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Mitch Seavey - Musher Profile - A Fierce Competitor

The Iditarod Sled Dog Race features some of the world’s top athletes, dog and human. This a short profile of musher Mitch Seavey. Name:Mitch Seavey Birth Date:1959 Birth Place:Minnesota Residence:Sterling, Alaska Iditarod 2006, Official start in Anchorage, AK. Musher Mitch Seavey | By Carl Chapman / Wikimedia Commons By the NumbersNumber of Iditarod Finishes:22 Best Finish:1st (2 times) 2004, 2013 Best Time:8d 12h 5m 25s (2nd place in 2016) Total Iditarod Earnings:$702,729.33 Impressive Statistic:Placed in the top ten 13 out his last 14 races. Mitch Seavey, husband of Janine and father of Danny, Tyrell, Dallas and Conway, began racing the Iditarod in 1982. After a 13 year break, he continued racing again in 1995 and since then has competed every year. Mitch won the Iditarod in 2004 and 2013. At age 53, he is the oldest winner in Iditarod history. Mitch is the first musher in 75 years to complete the entire Iditarod trail, beginning in Seward and going all the way to Nome. Mitch and Dallas Seavey | Albert Marquez / Planet Earth Adventures2008 was an especially big year for Mitch. He earned $48,000 for his 7th place finish in the Iditarod, $20,000 for winning the Kuskokwim 300 and $100,000 for the All Alaska Sweepstakes. The All Alaska Sweepstakes is a winner-take-all 408 mile round-trip race from Nome to Candle, and back. Seavey finished the race in 61 hours, shaving 13 hours off of the previous standing 98-year-old record set by John “Iron Man” Johnson. The All Alaska Sweepstakes is another example of how you can never count out Mitch Seavey. With under 50 miles to go Mitch, Jeff King, and Lance Mackey were in the running for the 100K dollar purse. With an enormous late surge Mitch increased his lead over Lance, and trimmed Jeff King’s 38 minute lead down to just 5 minutes. Mitch eventually caught Jeff and for the last 20 miles fought him off and secured his name in history as the 12th winner
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    • Dynasty of dogs — Three generations of Seaveys take to the trail in this year’s Iditarod

    By Joseph Robertia

    Photo by Joseph Robertia. Mitch Seavey prepares to leave the starting line of the Tustumena 200 several years ago. Seavey is an annaul Iditarod contender, joined this year by his father, Dan Sr, and Dallas, one of his sons.

    Redoubt Reporter

    In the world of mushing, few families can claim as many Iditarod accomplishments as the Seavey clan. The now 74-year-old Dan Seavey Sr., of Seward, helped organize the first Iditarod back in 1973. He ran the race in its inaugural and second years, took a hiatus, returned in 1997 and 2001, and is back again for the 2012 race.

    His son, Mitch, of Sterling, won the Iditarod in 2004 and has also earned nine top-10 finishes out of 18 attempts at the race. Mitch’s son, Dallas, formerly of Sterling, has run the Iditarod five times, placing in the top 10 the last three years, including a career-best fourth-place finish in the 2011 Last Great Race, which came just weeks after Dallas won the 1,000-mile Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race.

    Mitch’s other sons, Tyrell and Danny, have also both completed the Iditarod, as well as his daughter-in-law, Jen, who is Dallas’ wife. Mitch’s youngest son, Conway, ran the Jr. Iditarod in 2011, won the Jr. T in January, and has been cited on several occasions as stating he intends to run the Iditarod when he turns 18.

    “We joke about it all the time. We wonder how different things would be if instead of getting those first sled dogs I’d gotten into stamp collecting,” Dan Seavey said. “But, I didn’t, and sled dogs have just always been a part of us Seaveys. They’ve just always been.”

    As the 2012 Iditarod takes shape, three Seaveys will again take to the runners: Dan, Mitch and Dallas. The younger members of the Seavey clan will be racing to win, while Dan will be running to commemorate. After years of serving on the boards of directors for both the Iditarod Trail Committee and

    [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 46 (Thursday, March 14, 2024)] [Senate] [Pages S2382-S2384] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Tribute to Dallas Seavey Ms. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I am here today for a really fun update. Some of you have been here before when I have had occasion to speak about the Last Great Race. The Last Great Race in Alaska is really all about the Iditarod. I note the presence of my friend from Vermont, who was sitting where the Presiding Officer is last year, and he was so captivated by the story of the Iditarod. He said: Lisa, when you come back and you give the great announcement, let me know. So I am pleased to be able to regale you with yet another Iditarod. This is an extraordinary tradition--51 years in Alaska--where dogs and mushers have left the starting in the Willow, Wasilla area to head north on an almost 1,000-mile--and in some years, an over 1,000-mile race--test of a musher and K-9 against all of the elements. And it is always a bit exciting, but this year, I am really excited to be able to announce that we have made history yet again with the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Dallas Seavey has won for the sixth time in a row. This is the first time any musher has ever won more than five Iditarods. This extraordinary young man from an extraordinary mushing family has made history in a way that is absolutely worth celebrating. Again, for those who are not familiar with the Iditarod, it is about a 1,000-mile sled dog race. It goes from the Anchorage area, where we host the ceremonial start--I was there a couple of weeks ago--and then they begin their actual race the following day, on Sunday. They proceed all the way up to Nome, and this is not easy terrain. You are going over mountains. You are going over ice on the ocean. You are going over rivers. The terrain is challenging, and, certainly, the temperatures are challenging. This year has been a test for all of our m

    Meet Hannah Moderow and Cali King
    February 2002

    Hannah Moderow (Photo courtsey Pedigree Food for Dogs)

    Young mushers Hannah Moderow and Cali King, both 17, are veterans of dog-sled racing. Both ran in the Jr. Iditarod February 23-24, 2002, with Cali placing first. Hannah also ran the International Pedigree Stage Stop Race in Wyoming in January. The 450-mile race is the longest in the lower 48 states.

    Hannah and Cali participated in a live online interview with visitors to Scholastic News Online in 2002. Below is a transcript of their discussion.

    Q: How does it feel to be in the Iditarod?

    Hannah: Well, I haven't been in the real Iditarod, but I've been in the Jr. Iditarod. It's fun to be in with a whole lot of kids with the same interests. It's really the sense that you're getting ready for a race as big as the Iditarod.

    Cali King (Jeff Schultz/AlaskaStock.com)

    Cali: Like Hannah said, it's great to be with people who are interested in the same things. There is a very social group out there this year. We always build a campfire when everyone is done with his or her chores. We sit and talk about dogs and everything else. This year, I competed in the Jr. Iditarod for my second time and came in first.

    Q: How many other girls race?

    Hannah: I think two thirds of the field were girls in the Jr. Iditarod this year. That's unusual in racing. In the Iditarod, it is nowhere near that ratio. The Jr. draws a lot of girls. There are a lot of young mushers. I think girls have a lot of fun together out there. Some of it might be for social reasons. A lot of people are friends. It was more fun when Cali came. We have a big group of friends rather than rivals.

    Q: I just want to know how you got started.

    Cali: Well, it runs in my family. I didn't get started until a couple of years ago, focusing on racing, actually. But I've been mushing ever since I was little. I finally decided it [racing] was something I wanted to try,

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