Meet the Mushers

JRT

Official Start Order

T200#1
Paul Gebhardt
Kasilof Alaska
Morning View Kennel
Paul has been mushing in Alaska since 1992 and is an Iditarod Veteran. He loves the solitude when running his dogs.

Momemtum Premium Atheltic Dog Food; Bill Petrell; Janssen Funeral HOmes, Inc.; Steve Tarries, CPA; Allan & Alfie Norville; Grabber Warmers; Craig Taylor Equipment; Fulton Auto Body; Mickey's Custom Sewing; Blockbuster; Udelhoven Oilfield System Services; Kenai Veterinary Hospital; SBS of Soldotna; Ferguson; CertainTeed Shingles; Exterior Portfolio; Inlet Painting & Drywall; Tubbs Enterprise; Columbia Paint & Coating; Northern Outfitters; No Room 4 Error.

T200 #2
Dan Kaduce
Dew Claw Kennels
Chatanika, Alaska
Dan and Jodi Bailey have been mushing together over a decade. Starting out skijoring in the Goldstream Valley, and over the years grew into a distance racing kennel.
Race Experieince; Yukon Quest, Iditarod, and Copper Basin 300.
Dan Loves being out in vast beautiful country with the kids (dogs).

Race Sponsors; TJ's Landclearing, Usibelli the one and only Idita-bugger

 

 

 

T200#3
Rebekah Ruzicka
Anchor Point, Alaska
Devil Dog Kennel
Rebekah began mushing when she was 9 years old and hasn’t stopped.
Race Experience includes, Junior Iditarod-4 years, Willow Junior 100-2 years, Junior Tustumena-3years. She too enjoys the solitude of running dogs.

Race Sponsors; Kasilof Enterprises, Marcie Donor, Ben & Misty Ruzicka, MushHusky! Programs.

 

 

T200#4
Jane Adkins
Play More Kennel
Kasilof, Alaska
Jane was born and raised in Oregon & California.
She moved to Alaska 21 years ago to raise her son, Zachary Adam Faulkner, in a safe environment.
Jane started mushing in 2000. She helped train dogs for Ed Borden & became hooked.
Race Experience includes many T-100’s, Copper Basin 2010, Chatanika Challenge 2009, Serum Run x 3 years, Iditarod 2010
She loves the loyalty of the dogs

Race Sponsors include; Central Peninsula Hospital Emergency Department, Family & friends

 

T200#5
Didier Moggia
Whitehorse, Canada
Didier is from France but living and training in Canada, he began mushing in France in 1998.
Race experience includes Yukon Quest, Tustumena 200, Sheep Mountain 150 and the Percy de Wolf.
Didier likes that he is still learning from his dogs every day.

 

 

 

 

 

T200#6
Sarah Stokey
Turning Heads Kennel
Seward, Alaska
Sarah is from Falmouth, Massachusetts, she has been running dogs since 2009 back in Massachusetts.
She moved to Seward in 2010 ot work for the Seavy’s.
Race Experience includes Tugbar 120, Chugiak 36, Aurora 25/25
Sarah enjoys spending time out on the trail with the dogs and running on new trails.

Race Sponsors are Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association, Pacific Sea Foods, Cynthia Carlson, Paul & Darla Forman, Travis Beals, Susan & Michael McHone, Andrea & Roger Stokey

 

T200 #7
Jeff King
Husky Homestead
Denali Park
Jeff was born in California moved to Denali in 1975 and soon after discovered dog mushing.
He has an outstanding race record including a Yukon Quest victory, 4 Iditarod and 3 T200 victories.
Jeff enjoys working with his dogs and has logged more than 100,000 miles on a dog sled.

Race Sponsors are; SportDOG, Usibelli Coal Mine, Man Mat, Alaska Industrial Hardware, Touch N'Seal, Batteries Plus, Howling Dog of Alaska, Inlet Tower, Kaladi Brothers Coffee, American Dehydrated Foods, Inc.ponsors are Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association, Pacific Seafoods, Susan & Michael McHone, Roger & Andrea Stokey

T200 #8
William Pinkham
Kuka Kennels
Glenwood Springs
Bill was born on the east coast, resides in Colorado but spends his winters in Homer Alaska training for the race season. He began mushing back in Colorado in 1994
Bill enjoys the freedom and the conversations he has with his dogs.

Race Sponsors are; Cogswell Tavern, Pinkham Inc., All Dogs & Cats Veterinarian, Sunset B&B-Big Lake, Rocky Mountain Meal Bars

 

 

 

 

T200 #9
Anna Berington
Kasilof Alaska
Cook Inlet Kennel
Anna is from Wisconsin, she first came up to Alaska in October of 2007. She left for a few summers returning for the winters, she moved here for good in 2010.
She began mushing when she was 10, working with a neighbor who raced sprint dogs.
Anna loves dogs, Alaska, and endurance racing. She also admires the athletic abilities of the dogs.
Race experience includes Klondike 300, Knik 200, Tiaga 300, Sheep Mountain 150, Copper Basin 300, Tustumena 200, and some sprint races.

Race Sponsors are; Halliburton, Janssen Funeral Homes, Cook Inlet Kennel, Kasilof Enterprises, Snug Harbor Seafoods, No Room 4 error, Northern Outfitters, Cpt. Tom Bathey and Crew, friends and family, and local businesses of Bayfield County Wisconsin.

T200 #10
Bruce Linton
Kasilof, Alaska
No Limits Sled Dog Kennel
Bruce is from Pennsylvania
He starting mushing dogs in Stowe, Vermont in 2001 and moved to Kasilof in June of 2006 to run the Iditarod.
Race experience includes Iditarod 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011. Sheep Mountain 150, Knik 200, Kuskokwim 300, Tustumena 100, Don Bowers 300, Can Am 250.
Bruce enjoys all the adventures he has with his team and the loving bond he has with his friends.

Race Sponsors include; Stanley Ford; Kenai Premier Custom Meat Cutting; Alaska Missions and Retreats; Central Peninsula Health Foundation; Snug Harbor Seafood; Echo Lake Meats; AK Custom Meat Processing; Oklahoma JDRF Chapter; Daily's Web Design; The Diabetic Community; Family & Friends.

T200#11
Dee Dee Jonrowe
Willow Alaska
Jonrowe Racing Kennel
Dee Dee was born in Frankfurt, Germany; she is from an Army family and has lived all over the world.
She moved to Alaska 1971, and graduated from U of A, Fairbanks in 1974
Dee Dee began mushing in Bethel in 1979
Race experiences includes; 29 Iditarod Races (2nd place 2x's), Champion T-200 2011, extensive other major distance and mid-distance races.
Dee Dee enjoys the relationship with her dogs, each as individuals. It is the most rewarding aspect of this lifestyle

Race Sponsors; Shell Oil Exploration, Eagle Pack Natural Foods, Taco-Bell.

T200 #12
Jodi Bailey

Dew Claw Kennels
Chatanika, Alaska
Jodi was born in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts
She started mushing over a decade ago, started skijoring and the addiction grew.
Race Experience includes; Copper Basin 300, Kobuk 440, Yukon Quest, Iditarod
Jodi says she loves being out on the trail with her dogs.

Race Sponsors; Halliburton, Usibelli Coal Mine

 

 

 

T200 #13
Aaron Kershner
Clam Gulch, Alaska
Cook Inlet Kennel
Aaron is from Tucson, Arizona he came to Alaska to fish and never left.
Aaron started running dogs last year with Dean Osmar.
He’s raced in the T100 and the Alaska Excursions 120
He simply likes mushing dogs.

Race Sponosrs; Janssen Funeral Homes, Cook Inlet Kennel, Kasilof Enterprises and Snug Harbor Seafoods

 

 

 

T200 # 14
Bill Piccolo
No Limits Sled Dog Kennel
Kasilof, Alaska
Bill is from Connecticut, he came to AK in 2009 for a summer job and never left, currently works and lives in Kasilof, AK and Wrangell St Elias National Park.
This is his first year running dogs with Bruce Linton and No Limits Kennel.
Race Experience includes the Sheep Mountain 150, Bill does plan to someday run the Iditarod or Yukon Quest. The T200 is a qualifier for Bill.
Being in the Alaska backcountry just you and the dogs and feeling that bond with them is what most intrigues Bill about dog mushing

Race Sponsors include, No Limits Sled Dog Kennel. Family and Friends.

T200 #15
Cim Smyth
Big Lake, Alaska
Perseverance Springs Farm
Cim was born and raised in Alaska and has been mushing dogs for as long as he can remember.
Race Experience includes T-200 Champion, Klondike 300 Champion, Iditarod & Quest finisher
The personalities of the dogs and the relationship building between the musher and the dog is what intrigues Cim most about mushing dogs.

Race Sponsors include Bloomin' Crew, YCF

 

 

 

T200 #16
Colleen Robertia
Kasilof, Alaska
Rogues Gallery Kennel
Colleen move to Alaska with her husband in 2002 to have fun and find adventure...we haven't been disappointed.
She began mushing in 2003 by handling for 1984 Iditarod champ Dean Osmar. Three years later she started her own kennel.
Colleen is a veteran of the Yukon Quest, Iditarod and many mid-distances races. She has won the 2010 Gin Gin 200 and 2008 Chatanika 200, but prides herself not on the races she’s won, but how well she has cared for her dogs throughout every race they compete in. It's how you play the game, not just who wins in her opinion, and Colleen has received the Humanitarian Award from several races, including most recently the 2011 T200.

Colleen says she enjoys trying to bring out the best in her dogs. Even if we don't win, if I can get my dogs to peak during a race, do their best the whole way, and enjoying doing it the entire time, then I am a happy musher.

Race Sponsors include Kassik's Brewery; Mickey's Custom Sewing; Pet Partners; Arrowhead Fabrics; Gone to the Dogs; Twin Cities Veterinary Clinic; The Redoubt Reporter Newspaper; Kenai Feed and Supply; Roscoe's Pizza; Jersey Subs; Web Express Inc.; The Sour Does Bookclub, The Morrow family; The Robertia family; Deb and Kevin Hayes; Doug Johnson; Mike Barnett; Susan McRae; Amy Gregg; Martha in Juneau; and several other friends and members of the Rogues Gallery Kennel booster club.

Withdrawn Prior to the Race
Elaine Martin
Lachlan Clarke
Linda Clarke
Zoya DeNure
Jessica Hendricks