HOLDMANN WINS
INTERNATIONAL PEDIGREE STAGE STOP SLED DOG RACE
February 1, 2003—Jackson, Wyoming—Gwen Holdmann from Fairbanks, Alaska, won
the 8th annual International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog race
with an overall time of 24:52:49. Jacques Philip from Nenana, Alaska, was
second with a time of 24:57:34. Melanie Shirilla from Lincoln, Montana,
placed third with 24:59:02.
2003 IPSSSDR Champion Gwen Holdmann with her winning lead dog
Twenty
teams competed in the 2003 IPSSSDR, the largest sled dog race in the lower
48 states, from January 25 to February 1. With its unique “Stage Stop”
racing format, the race stopped in a different
Wyoming
community each night. Stage stop communities included
Jackson,
Dubois, Lander, Evanston, Mountain View, Lyman, Kemmerer/Diamondville,
Alpine, and Pinedale and Teton Village in Jackson Hole. Each town hosted
festivities for mushers and spectators ranging from junior dog sled races
for children, dog parades and ice sculpture contests, to banquets, carnivals
and fishing derbies.
The 2003 IPSSSDR mushers on the final
day at Teton Village
Directly following the conclusion of stage eight of the IPSSSDR, a 15-mile
course in Teton Village, Wyoming students participated in a sled dog race of
their own, the Junior Stage Stop. The final IPSSSDR celebration takes place
at 5:00 p.m. at Teton Pines in Jackson.
The International
Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race was founded in 1996 by Frank Teasley, an
Iditarod veteran who lives and works in Jackson Hole. Teasley’s goal was to
make sled dog racing more accessible to the general public as well as to
showcase the beautiful state of Wyoming. During the 2003 IPSSSDR, title
sponsor Pedigree hosted “Postcards from the Trail” with photographs posted
on its web site, pedigree.com. Pedigree will make a donation to animal
shelters for each visitor to the site during the race through its Homeward
Bound program. For more information, visit the race website at
www.wyomingstagestop.org, or contact the race via e-mail at
wystagestop@blissnet.com
From left: Third Place Melanie Shirilla, takes a champagne break with second place winner Jacques Philip and 2003 IPSSSDR Champion Gwen Holdmann
|
Finish Position |
Bib # |
Musher |
Elapsed Time |
Average MPH |
|
1 |
1 |
Jacques Philip |
0:47:29 |
11.4 |
|
2 |
21 |
Ken Anderson |
0:49:55 |
10.8 |
|
3 |
22 |
Gwen Holdmann |
0:51:24 |
10.5 |
|
4 |
6 |
Grant Beck |
0:51:45 |
10.5 |
|
5 |
15 |
Melanie Shirilla |
0:52:11 |
10.3 |
|
6 |
7 |
Mike Salvisberg |
0:52:24 |
10.3 |
|
7 |
16 |
Doug Swingley |
0:52:27 |
10.3 |
|
8 |
10 |
Sam Perrino |
0:52:50 |
10.2 |
|
9 |
8 |
Warren Palfrey |
0:53:14 |
10.1 |
|
10 |
9 |
Lloyd Gilbertson |
0:53:36 |
10.1 |
|
11 |
4 |
Kati
Davis |
0:54:27 |
9.9 |
|
12 |
3 |
Dan Carter |
0:55:08 |
9.8 |
|
13 |
18 |
Jessie Royer |
0:55:10 |
9.8 |
|
14 |
23 |
Bill Pinkham |
0:55:51 |
9.7 |
|
15 |
17 |
Buck Church |
0:57:25 |
9.4 |
|
16 |
11 |
Gregg Dubit |
0:58:45 |
9.2 |
|
17 |
19 |
Matt Weik |
0:58:59 |
9.2 |
|
18 |
13 |
Leslie Martin |
0:59:02 |
9.1 |
|
19 |
12 |
Joe Loveless |
1:00:29 |
8.9 |
|
20 |
5 |
Tim Hunt |
1:01:14 |
8.8 |
