KENAI, Alaska — Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion Mitch Seavey has done something he's never done before. He won the Tustumena 200 Sled Dog Race.

The Peninsula Clarion (http://is.gd/RcKZ5N) says Seavey crossed the finish line Sunday at 5:25 p.m. He finished the race in 30 hours and seven minutes - nearly 20 minutes before the second place musher Ray Redington. Four-time Iditarod winner Jeff King finished third.

The 200-mile race began Saturday morning with 35 mushers. The race begins in Kasilof and goes to Homer and back.

This year's purse was $25,000 to be split among the top 10 finishers. Seavey's share was $7,000.

The Sterling musher says the first-place finish caught him off-guard. He says he went out for a training run and ended up first.

Information from: (Kenai, Alaska) Peninsula Clarion, http://www.peninsulaclarion.com