2021 Iditarod Musher Profiles

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2021 Iditarod mushers

Find all of our coverage of the Last Great Race at ADN.com/iditarod.

Photos by Loren Holmes, Marc Lester, Bill Roth and Bob Hallinen of the ADN and Jeff Schultz with the Iditarod.
(Total number of race starts includes 2021.)

#2 Aaron Peck

Home: Grande Prairie, Alberta

First start: 2000 - Starts: 8 - Finishes: 5 - Best finish: 23 - Winnings: $5,562

#3 Peter Kaiser

Home: Bethel

First start: 2010 - Starts: 12 - Finishes: 11 - Best finish: 1 (2019,) - Top10: 6 - Winnings: $312,111

#4 Kristy Berington

Home: Knik

First start: 2010 - Starts: 12 - Finishes: 10 - Best finish: 16 - Winnings: $27,337

#5 Jeremy Traska - Rookie

Home: Two Rivers

#6 Richie Diehl

Home: Aniak

First start: 2013 - Starts: 9 - Finishes: 7 - Best finish: 6 - Top10: 1 - Winnings: $114,805

#7 Jeff Deeter

Home: Fairbanks

First start: 2008 - Starts: 5 - Finishes: 4 - Best finish: 15 - Winnings: $32,452

#8 Dennis Kananowicz

Home: Tolsona

First start: 2004 - Starts: 3 - Finishes: 2 - Best finish: 28 - Winnings: $3,149

#9 Ramey Smyth

Home: Willow

First start: 1994 - Starts: 25 - Finishes: 23 - Best finish: 2 - Top10: 11 - Winnings: $575,922

#10 Nicolas Petit

Home: Girdwood

First start: 2011 - Starts: 11 - Finishes: 7 - Best finish: 2 - Top10: 5 - Winnings: $204,224

#11 Gunnar Johnson

Home: Duluth, Minnesota

First start: 1991 - Starts: 3 - Finishes: 2 - Best finish: 48 - Winnings: $2,049

#12 Hal Hanson - Rookie

Home: Kenai

#13 Anna Berington

Home: Knik

First start: 2012 - Starts: 10 - Finishes: 8 - Best finish: 17 - Winnings: $23,337

#14 Ryne Olson

Home: Two Rivers

First start: 2012 - Starts: 3 - Finishes: 2 - Best finish: 31 - Winnings: $2,098

#15 Brenda Mackey - Rookie

Home: Two Rivers

#16 Riley Dyche

Home: Fairbanks

First start: 2020 - Starts: 2 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 25 - Winnings: $1,049

#17 Matt Hall

Home: Two Rivers

First start: 2018 - Starts: 3 - Finishes: 2 - Best finish: 6 - Top10: 1 - Winnings: $48,005

#18 Chad Stoddard - Rookie

Home: Anchorage

#19 Christopher Parker - Rookie

Home: Fairbanks

#20 Ryan Redington

Home: Skagway

First start: 2001 - Starts: 14 - Finishes: 6 - Best finish: 8 - Top10: 1 - Winnings: $67,498

#21 Brent Sass

Home: Eureka

First start: 2012 - Starts: 6 - Finishes: 4 - Best finish: 4 - Top10: 1 - Winnings: $76,438

#22 Joanna Jagow - Rookie

Home: Fairbanks

#23 Dallas Seavey

Home: Talkeetna

First start: 2005 - Starts: 12 - Finishes: 11 - Best finish: 1 (2012,2014,2015,2016,) - Top10: 9 - Winnings: $455,852

#24 Jessie Royer

Home: Fairbanks

First start: 2001 - Starts: 19 - Finishes: 18 - Best finish: 3 - Top10: 8 - Winnings: $470,905

#25 Wade Marrs

Home: Willow

First start: 2009 - Starts: 11 - Finishes: 8 - Best finish: 4 - Top10: 3 - Winnings: $180,017

#26 Michelle Phillips

Home: Tagish, Yukon Territory

First start: 2010 - Starts: 11 - Finishes: 10 - Best finish: 13 - Winnings: $120,246

#27 Will Troshynski - Rookie

Home: Fairbanks

#28 Mille Porsild

Home: Denmark

First start: 2020 - Starts: 2 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 15 - Winnings: $15,911

#29 Matthew Failor

Home: Willow

First start: 2012 - Starts: 10 - Finishes: 8 - Best finish: 13 - Winnings: $56,951

#30 Joshua McNeal - Rookie

Home: Fairbanks

#31 Susannah Tuminelli - Rookie

Home: Willow

#32 Aliy Zirkle

Home: Two Rivers

First start: 2001 - Starts: 21 - Finishes: 20 - Best finish: 2 - Top10: 7 - Winnings: $474,103

#33 Travis Beals

Home: Seward

First start: 2013 - Starts: 8 - Finishes: 7 - Best finish: 5 - Top10: 3 - Winnings: $123,691

#34 Martin Buser

Home: Big Lake

First start: 1980 - Starts: 38 - Finishes: 37 - Best finish: 1 (1992,1994,1997,2002,) - Top10: 19 - Winnings: $818,864

#35 Sean Williams - Rookie

Home: Chugiak

#36 Aaron Burmeister

Home: Nome/Nenana

First start: 1994 - Starts: 20 - Finishes: 19 - Best finish: 3 - Top10: 6 - Winnings: $365,387

#37 Cody Strathe

Home: Fairbanks

First start: 2016 - Starts: 4 - Finishes: 3 - Best finish: 29 - Winnings: $4,022

#38 Lev Shvarts

Home: Willow

First start: 2014 - Starts: 6 - Finishes: 3 - Best finish: 22 - Winnings: $3,147

#39 Dakota Schlosser - Rookie

Home: Willow

#40 Dan Kaduce

Home: Chatanika

First start: 2010 - Starts: 3 - Finishes: 2 - Best finish: 21 - Winnings: $9,249

#41 Joar Leifseth Ulsom

Home: Mo i Rana, Norway

First start: 2013 - Starts: 9 - Finishes: 8 - Best finish: 1 (2018) - Top10: 8 - Winnings: $324,702

#42 Paige Drobny

Home: Cantwell

First start: 2013 - Starts: 7 - Finishes: 6 - Best finish: 7 - Top10: 2 - Winnings: $66,274

#43 Larry Daugherty

Home: Eagle River

First start: 2016 - Starts: 5 - Finishes: 3 - Best finish: 40 - Winnings: $3,147

#44 Jessie Holmes

Home: Brushkana

First start: 2018 - Starts: 4 - Finishes: 3 - Best finish: 7 - Top10: 2 - Winnings: $50,624

#45 Rick Casillo

Home: Talkeetna

First start: 2004 - Starts: 10 - Finishes: 8 - Best finish: 26 - Winnings: $15,770

#46 Cindy Gallea

Home: Wykoff, Minnesota

First start: 1998 - Starts: 16 - Finishes: 12 - Best finish: 33 - Winnings: $12,588

#47 Sean Underwood - Rookie

Home: Talkeetna

First start: 2020 - Starts: 2 - Finishes: 0

#48 Victoria Hardwick

Home: Bethel

First start: 2019 - Starts: 2 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 39 - Winnings: $1,049