PELLY CROSSING, Yukon (AP) -- For about $2,000, the cost of a fairly nice vacation in Hawaii, Thomas Tetz has turned himself into a contender in this year's Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. His team cost less than some lead...
...Race. The Two Rivers musher was first at the Braeburn Lodge checkpoint, arriving at 5:06 p.m. Canadian musher Thomas Tetz followed Zirkle, arriving at Braeburn 47 minutes later. The mushers and their teams had a mandatory eight-hour layover...
...Eagle checkpoint, 410 miles into the race, at 4:42 a.m. His nearest competitors were more than two hours behind. Thomas Tetz of Carcross, Yukon reached Eagle at 7:01 a.m. Peter Butteri of Tok and William Kleedehn of Carcross both arrived...
...08 a.m. William Kleedehn of Carcross, Yukon Territory, finished second nearly an hour later at 12:03 p.m. Thomas Tetz of Tagish, Yukon Territory, reached the finish line at 12:34 p.m. to finish was third. The 300-mile race...
...racing, including Frank Turner, who has started every race, plus Kyla Boivin, William Kleedehn, Peter Ledwidge, Thomas Tetz and rookies Paul Geoffrion and Catherine Pinard. Most of the mushers have run a previous Quest, or at least part of...
...drop point where mushers can leave dogs that are tired or injured. Butteri, of Tok, was first in at 3:40 a.m. Thomas Tetz of Carcross arrived at 5:10 a.m. and William Kleedehn of Carcross was two minutes behind Tetz. Joran Freeman of...
...drop point where mushers can leave dogs that are tired or injured. Butteri, of Tok, was first in at 3:40 a.m. Thomas Tetz of Carcross arrived at 5:10 a.m. and William Kleedehn of Carcross was two minutes behind Tetz. Joran Freeman of...
...Moroney 26. Carrie Farr 27. Suzan Amundsen 28. Hugh Neff 29. David Sawatzky 30. Bill Steyer 31. Chad Nordlum 32. Thomas Tetz 33. Peter Butteri 34. Frank Turner 35. Diane Allen 36. Jim Hendrick 37. Doug Grilliot 38. Terry Asbury 39. Jamie...
...Alaska, who had been in third place, scratched after his dogs tired just outside of Braeburn on the way to Whitehorse. Thomas Tetz of Carcross finished in 3rd place at 10:45 p.m. Finishing fourth was 1988 Quest champion David Monson of Fairbanks...
...Alaska, who had been in third place, scratched after his dogs tired just outside of Braeburn on the way to Whitehorse. Thomas Tetz of Carcross was in third and 1988 Quest champion David Monson of Fairbanks was in fourth place approaching the finish...
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