Five-time and defending champion Dallas Seavey was first out of Ophir early this morning as he pursues a record-breaking sixth Iditarod title, but Brent Sass is hot on his heels. THE LATEST:
Sass, Diehl lead out of McGrath
As of 10 p.m. Tuesday, Burmeister was still resting at McGrath along with other top contenders Ryan Redington and Dallas Seavey. A total of 14 teams had made it as far as McGrath on Tuesday night.Aaron Burmeister was the first musher to pull into the community of McGrath on Tuesday evening on the third day of the 50th running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race., making about a 6 hour run from the Nikolai checkpoint, which he left this morning.
In arriving first at McGrath, Burmeister won the Alaska Air Transit Spirit of Iditarod Award. He was presented with several handmade prizes including musher mitts.March 8 - 4:24 p.m.Musher Aaron Burmeister is at the front of a group of leaders heading out of Nikolai and into the McGrath checkpoint, according toJust over 300 miles into the race, the next checkpoint is located along the Kuskokwim River in the small community of McGrath.
Sass is currently being pursued by five-time and defending champion Dallas Seavey, who left Nikolai eight minutes behind him.Veteran musher Aaron Burmeisterat 7:38 a.m. Tuesday, hitting the 263-mile mark of the nearly 1,000-mile marathon with 712 miles to go. Burmeister left the Rohn checkpoint Monday evening at 6:22 p.m., just 23 minutes after then-leader Ryan Redington.
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