...finish line, many of whom were inspired by the celebrity participant Iditarod musher and breast cancer survivor, DeeDee Jonrowe.Ruffner noted that there are several key factors that make the Kenai River Festival an exceptional community event...
...the cause. Alaska was Sommermann's 25th state. DeeDee Jonrowe also participated in the event. Both Sommermann and...29:15; 42. Juliet Bramante, 1:29:47; 43. DeeDee Jonrowe, 1:30:41; 44. Cassie Collins, 1:31:55...
...defending champion John Baker of Kotzebue, Aaron Burmeister of Nome, four-time champion Jeff King of Denali Park and DeeDee Jonrowe of Willow. The Yukon River portion of the nearly 1,000-mile Iditarod is dreaded by many mushers because of its...
...3. Alice Anderson, 2:03:36; 4. Janice Habermann, 2:10:29; 5. Shelly Peterson, 2:13:59; 6. DeeDee Jonrowe, 2:15:21; 7. Kathy Oakland, 2:28:53; 8. Sherry Stead, 2:28:53; 9. Maria Sweepy, 2:32:32...
...field of mushers this year," Murray said. A handful of competitors have won the race in the past. Willow musher Deedee Jonrowe took the 2011 title, Denali's Jeff King won in 2010, 2000 and 2001, Big Lake's Cim Smyth took the title in...
...open. As a result, this year's race from Caribou Lake to Homer reverts the trail back to its original route. DeeDee Jonrowe, veteran musher and race's 2011 winner, petted her lead husky's head with bear hands in the frigid cold. A...
...day at the Tustumena 200 Sled Dog race this weekend. Shortly before 3 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, veteran musher DeeDee Jonrowe arrived at Mile 112 of the Sterling Highway in Kasilof, greeted by an anxious crowd. Led by Sparky and Dragon...
...third, departing at 7:52 p.m. Mitch Seavey, from Seward, was fourth, leaving at 8:07 p.m. Then came DeeDee Jonrowe of Willow, at 8:26 p.m.; Jon Little of Kasilof at 8:45; Daniel Govoni from Wasilla at 8:49, and Rick...
...36th-place finish in the 1999 Iditarod. In his rookie year, he turned heads during the preseason, giving the likes of DeeDee Jonrowe and Martin Buser a run for their money in the Copper Basin 300 in January. But even with the early success, he said...
...reputation, as well as that of third-place finisher DeeDee Jonrowe of Willow, kept him pushing his team hard. Jonrowe...finishers T-200 1. Jeff King 2. Cim Smyth 3. DeeDee Jonrowe 4. Micah Degerlund 5. Scott Smith 6. Lance Mackey...
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