2017 Iditarod Musher Profiles

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2017 Iditarod mushers

#2 Ryan Redington

Home: Wasilla

First start: 2001 - Starts: 9 - Finishes: 4 - Best finish: 18 - Winnings: $20,147

#3 Otto Balogh - Rookie

Home: Budapest, Hungary

#4 Misha Wiljes - Rookie

Home: Prague, Czech Republic

#5 Cody Strathe

Home: Fairbanks

First start: 2016 - Starts: 1 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 300 - Winnings: $1,049

#6 Linwood Fiedler

Home: Willow

First start: 1989 - Starts: 22 - Finishes: 18 - Best finish: 2 - Top10: 4 - Winnings: $208,617

#7 Laura Neese - Rookie

Home: McMillan, Michigan

#8 Ryan Anderson - Rookie

Home: Ray, Minnesota

#9 Michelle Phillips

Home: Tagish, Yukon Territory

First start: 2010 - Starts: 7 - Finishes: 7 - Best finish: 16 - Winnings: $67,475

#10 Roger Lee - Rookie

Home: Birkenhead, England

#11 Ketil Reitan

Home: Kaktovik

First start: 1991 - Starts: 5 - Finishes: 5 - Best finish: 10 - Top10: 1 - Winnings: $25,955

#12 Joe Carson - Rookie

Home: McGrath

#13 Sebastien Vergnaud - Rookie

Home: Rioux, France

#14 Ray Redington Jr.

Home: Wasilla

First start: 2002 - Starts: 15 - Finishes: 15 - Best finish: 5 - Top10: 4 - Winnings: $283,129

#15 Martin Buser

Home: Big Lake

First start: 1980 - Starts: 33 - Finishes: 33 - Best finish: 1 (1992,1994,1997,2002) - Top10: 19 - Winnings: $814,668

#16 Mitch Seavey

Home: Seward

First start: 1982 - Starts: 23 - Finishes: 22 - Best finish: 1 (2004,2013) - Top10: 14 - Winnings: $702,729

#17 Kristin Bacon

Home: Big Lake

First start: 2016 - Starts: 1 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 300 - Winnings: $1,049

#18 Dallas Seavey

Home: Willow

First start: 2005 - Starts: 10 - Finishes: 10 - Best finish: 1 (2012,2014,2015,2016) - Top10: 8 - Winnings: $396,215

#19 Gunnar Johnson

Home: Duluth, Minnesota

First start: 1991 - Starts: 1 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 54 - Winnings: $1,000

#20 Karin Hendrickson

Home: Wasilla

First start: 2009 - Starts: 7 - Finishes: 5 - Best finish: 36 - Winnings: $5,245

#21 Richie Diehl

Home: Aniak

First start: 2013 - Starts: 4 - Finishes: 4 - Best finish: 14 - Winnings: $58,749

#22 DeeDee Jonrowe

Home: Willow

First start: 1980 - Starts: 34 - Finishes: 31 - Best finish: 2 - Top10: 16 - Winnings: $543,446

#23 Mark Selland

Home: Anchorage

First start: 2015 - Starts: 1 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 59 - Winnings: $1,049

#24 Nicolas Petit

Home: Girdwood

First start: 2011 - Starts: 6 - Finishes: 5 - Best finish: 6 - Top10: 3 - Winnings: $106,900

#25 Peter Kaiser

Home: Bethel

First start: 2010 - Starts: 7 - Finishes: 7 - Best finish: 5 - Top10: 3 - Winnings: $179,875

#26 Nicolas Vanier - Rookie

Home: Paris, France

#27 Rick Casillo

Home: Willow

First start: 2004 - Starts: 7 - Finishes: 6 - Best finish: 26 - Winnings: $10,945

#28 Jodi Bailey

Home: Chatanika

First start: 2011 - Starts: 5 - Finishes: 5 - Best finish: 23 - Winnings: $11,147

#29 Wade Marrs

Home: Willow

First start: 2009 - Starts: 6 - Finishes: 5 - Best finish: 8 - Top10: 2 - Winnings: $105,423

#30 Ellen Halverson

Home: Wasilla

First start: 2002 - Starts: 7 - Finishes: 2 - Best finish: 47 - Red Lantern: 2007,2011 - Winnings: $2,098

#31 Cindy Abbott

Home: Willow

First start: 2013 - Starts: 3 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 66 - Red Lantern: 2015 - Winnings: $1,049

#32 Hans Gatt

Home: Whitehorse, Yukon Territory

First start: 1998 - Starts: 14 - Finishes: 13 - Best finish: 2 - Top10: 5 - Winnings: $269,993

#33 Mats Pettersson

Home: Kiruna, Sweden

First start: 2014 - Starts: 3 - Finishes: 3 - Best finish: 25 - Winnings: $14,625

#34 Jeff King

Home: Denali

First start: 1981 - Starts: 26 - Finishes: 24 - Best finish: 1 (1993,1996,1998,2006) - Top10: 20 - Winnings: $921,244

#35 Alan Eischens

Home: Wasilla

First start: 2015 - Starts: 2 - Finishes: 2 - Best finish: 60 - Winnings: $2,098

#36 Allen Moore

Home: Two Rivers

First start: 2007 - Starts: 9 - Finishes: 8 - Best finish: 24 - Winnings: $15,794

#37 Jessie Royer

Home: Fairbanks

First start: 2001 - Starts: 14 - Finishes: 14 - Best finish: 4 - Top10: 5 - Winnings: $332,137

#38 Joar Leifseth Ulsom

Home: Mo I Rana, Norway

First start: 2013 - Starts: 4 - Finishes: 4 - Best finish: 4 - Top10: 4 - Winnings: $153,300

#39 Ralph Johannessen

Home: Dagali, Norway

First start: 2014 - Starts: 2 - Finishes: 2 - Best finish: 8 - Top10: 1 - Winnings: $45,675

#40 Thomas Rosenbloom - Rookie

Home: Cantwell

#41 Aliy Zirkle

Home: Two Rivers

First start: 2001 - Starts: 16 - Finishes: 16 - Best finish: 2 - Top10: 5 - Winnings: $376,987

#42 Zoya DeNure

Home: Delta Junction

First start: 2008 - Starts: 6 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 53 - Winnings: $1,049

#43 Jimmy Lebling - Rookie

Home: Willow

#44 Ramey Smyth

Home: Willow

First start: 1994 - Starts: 20 - Finishes: 19 - Best finish: 2 - Top10: 9 - Winnings: $480,153

#45 Lars Monsen

Home: Skiptvet, Norway

First start: 2016 - Starts: 1 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 30 - Winnings: $3,000

#46 Charley Bejna

Home: Addison, Illinois

First start: 2013 - Starts: 4 - Finishes: 2 - Best finish: 34 - Winnings: $2,098

#47 Paul Hansen - Rookie

Home: Kotzebue

#48 Justin High - Rookie

Home: Willow

#49 Justin Stielstra - Rookie

Home: Seward

#50 Hugh Neff

Home: Tok

First start: 2004 - Starts: 12 - Finishes: 11 - Best finish: 5 - Top10: 2 - Winnings: $161,596

#51 Seth Barnes

Home: Stocton, Alabama

First start: 2015 - Starts: 1 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 35 - Winnings: $1,049

#52 Katherine Keith

Home: Kotzebue

First start: 2014 - Starts: 3 - Finishes: 2 - Best finish: 32 - Winnings: $2,098

#53 Peter Reuter - Rookie

Home: Bloomingdale, New York

#54 Geir Idar Hjelvik

Home: Norjordet, Norway

First start: 2016 - Starts: 1 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 30 - Winnings: $6,075

#55 Matthew Failor

Home: Willow

First start: 2012 - Starts: 5 - Finishes: 5 - Best finish: 15 - Winnings: $26,247

#56 Melissa Stewart

Home: Wasilla

First start: 2008 - Starts: 4 - Finishes: 2 - Best finish: 30 - Winnings: $2,849

#57 Paul Gebhardt

Home: Kasilof

First start: 1996 - Starts: 20 - Finishes: 19 - Best finish: 2 - Top10: 7 - Winnings: $468,670

#58 Monica Zappa

Home: Kasilof

First start: 2014 - Starts: 3 - Finishes: 3 - Best finish: 47 - Winnings: $3,147

#59 Ken Anderson

Home: Fairbanks

First start: 1999 - Starts: 16 - Finishes: 16 - Best finish: 4 - Top10: 6 - Winnings: $405,559

#60 Dave Branholm

Home: Wasilla

First start: 1993 - Starts: 5 - Finishes: 3 - Best finish: 29

#61 Michael Baker - Rookie

Home: Willow

#62 Nathan Schroeder

Home: Warba, Minnesota

First start: 2014 - Starts: 3 - Finishes: 3 - Best finish: 17 - Winnings: $25,849

#63 Noah Burmeister

Home: Nome/Nenana

First start: 2004 - Starts: 3 - Finishes: 3 - Best finish: 52 - Winnings: $31,048

#64 Jason Mackey

Home: Salcha

First start: 2004 - Starts: 6 - Finishes: 5 - Best finish: 26 - Winnings: $7,496

#65 John Baker

Home: Kotzebue

First start: 1996 - Starts: 21 - Finishes: 21 - Best finish: 1 (2011) - Top10: 13 - Winnings: $586,907

#66 Anna Berington

Home: Wasilla

First start: 2012 - Starts: 5 - Finishes: 5 - Best finish: 28 - Winnings: $7,896

#67 Trent Herbst

Home: Ketchum, Idaho

First start: 2006 - Starts: 8 - Finishes: 8 - Best finish: 25 - Winnings: $11,443

#68 Mark May

Home: North Pole

First start: 1998 - Starts: 1 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 20 - Winnings: $8,078

#69 Scott Smith

Home: Willow

First start: 2004 - Starts: 6 - Finishes: 5 - Best finish: 26 - Top10: 1 - Winnings: $39,897

#70 Robert Redington - Rookie

Home: Willow

#71 Larry Daugherty

Home: Eagle River

First start: 2016 - Starts: 1 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 300 - Winnings: $1,049

#72 Dave Delcourt - Rookie

Home: Wasilla

#73 Kristy Berington

Home: Wasilla

First start: 2010 - Starts: 7 - Finishes: 7 - Best finish: 29 - Winnings: $10,796