Taveau edges Rasey, Chezik in 8-dog class

Anchorage Daily News / adn.com

Published: January 29th, 2012 11:03 PM
Last Modified: January 29th, 2012 11:03 PM

Christian Taveau covered an eight-mile course at Tozier Track in 23 minutes, 28 seconds, on Sunday to claim the eight-dog class in the Norma Rasmussen Memorial point race sponsored by Rasumssen's family and the Alaskan Sled Dog & Racing Association. The top three dog drivers finished within 21 seconds of one another -- Kris Rasey was runner-up in 23:40 and Ken Chezik clocked 23:49.

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Kim Wells won the six-dog class, completing six miles in 16:37 for a 54-second margin on Yelenna Cavens.

Jennifer Sterling had a busy day. She finished fifth in the eight-dog class and eighth in the six-dog class, and she won the four-dog class.

Norma Rasumussen Memorial Point Race #4

Sunday at Tozier Track

8-dog class (8 miles) -- 1) Christian Taveau 23:28; 2) Kris Rasey 23:40; 3) Ken Chezik 23:49; 4) Steve Cole 24:04; 5) Jennifer Sterling 24:07; 6) Kathie Barnhart 24:43; 7) Susan Anderson 25:42; 8) Deborah Baines 28:05.

6-dog class (6 miles) -- 1) Kim Wells 16:37; 2) Yelenna Cavens 17:31; 3) Chris Bacon 17:34; 4) Karoush Partow 17:36; 5) Doreen Hadeler 18:14; 6) Debora Summers 18:31; 7) Bev Stevens 19:27; 8) Jennifer Sterling 21:20.

4-dog class (3.5 miles) -- 1) Jennifer Sterling 10:38; 2) Amy Maclean 11:10; 3) Karoush Partow 11:27; 4) Kathy Faryniarz 11:45; 5) Kathie Barnhart 11:56; 6) Pam Schamber 12:23; 7) Lois Rockcastle 12:27; 8) Doreen Hadeler 14:29; 9) Michael Malvick 14:29.

3-dog (2.3 miles) -- 1) Kitty Wellman 8:46; 2) Donna Bacon 8:48; 3) Lois Rockcastle 9:04; 4) Carrie Smolden 9:17; 5) Dedee Beveridge 9:18.