Getting Ready To Go: The Iditarod Starting Lineup; UAA at UAF VB postponed
THE STARTING LINEUP FOR IDITAROD 49 HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED, WITH THE START SCHEDULED FOR 1:30 SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT DESHKA LANDING. OF THE 47 MUSHERS, 35 ARE VETERANS OF THE RACE.
HEADING OUT FIRST, WEARING BIB NUMBER 2, WILL BE AARON PECK OF GRANDE PRAIRIE, ALBERTA, CANADA. NEXT WILL BE FORMER IDITAROD CHAMPION PETE KAISER OF BETHEL, THEN KNIK’S KRISTY BERINGTON.
OTHER NOTABLES INCLUDE FORMER CHAMPS DALLAS SEAVEY AT 23, MARTIN BUSER AT 34, AND JOAR LEIFSETH ULSOM AT 41. FAN FAVORITE AND THREE-TIME RUNNER-UP AILY ZIRKLE IS HEADING OUT 32ND.
FOUR COUNTRIES ARE REPRESENTED THIS YEAR…THE U-S, CANADA, NORWAY AND DENMARK.
Bib/Musher/Hometown/R=rookie
2) Aaron Peck, Grande Prairie, Canada
3) Pete Kaiser, Bethel
4) Kristy Berington, Knik
5) Jeremy Traska, Two Rivers (R)
6) Richie Diehl, Aniak
7) Jeff Deeter, Fairbanks
8) Dennis Kananowicz, Tolsona
9) Ramey Smyth, Willow
10 Nicolas Petit, Girdwood
11) Gunnar Johnson, Duluth, Minn.
12) Hal Hanson, Kenai (R)
13) Anna Berington, Knik
14) Ryne Olson, Two Rivers
15) Brenda Mackey, Two Rivers (R)
17) Matt Hall, Two Rivers
18) Chad Stoddard, Anchorage (R)
19) Christopher Parker, Fairbanks (R)
20) Ryan Redington, Skagway
21) Brent Sass, Eureka
22) Joanna Jagow, Fairbanks (R)
23) Dallas Seavey, Talkeetna
25) Wade Marrs, Willow
26) Michelle Phillips, Tagish, Canada
27) Will Troshynski, Fairbanks (R)
28) Mille Porsild, Denmark
29) Matt Failor, Willow
30) Joshua McNeal, Fairbanks (R)
31) Susannah Tuminelli, Willow (R)
32) Aliy Zirkle, Two Rivers
33) Travis Beals, Seward
34) Martin Buser, Big Lake
35) Sean Williams, Chugiak (R)
37) Cody Strathe, Fairbanks
38) Lev Shvarts, Willow
39) Dakota Schlosser, Willow (R)
40) Dan Kaduce, Chatanika
41) Joar Leifseth Ulsom, Norway
42) Paige Drobny, Cantwell
43) Larry Daugherty, Eagle River
44) Jessie Holmes, Brushkana
45) Rick Casillo, Talkeetna
46) Cindy Gallea, Wykoff, Minn.
47) Sean Underwood, Talkeetna (R)
48) Victoria Hardwick, Bethel
JUST WHEN THEY WERE READY TO PLAY, THE RUG GETS PULLED OUT AGAIN ON UAA VOLLEYBALL. THE ABBREVIATED SPRING SEASON WAS SET TO BEGIN THIS WEEKEND IN FAIRBANKS, BUT IT WAS ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY THAT THE MATCHES HAVE BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO COVID PROTOCOLS. THE PRESS RELEASE FROM UAA DIDN’T INDICATE WHICH TEAM CALLED IT OFF, BUT DID SAY UAA COACH CHRIS GREEN WAS HOPEFUL TO RESCHEDULE. A UAF RELEASE SAID THE NANOOKS WILL PLAY AN INTERSQUAD SCRIMMAGE FRIDAY INSTEAD.
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