Twenty-two mushers and nine skijorers showed up from Anchorage, Homer, Seward, Willow and Talkeetna to participate in Montana Creek Dog Mushers third point race event of the season.

TAKE OFF— A handler lets the dogs loose as skijorer Rebecca Knight takes off during Saturday, December 19, 2009, MCDMA sled dog races. Photo courtesy of MCDMA

Juniors made a strong showing as three junior mushers participated in the one-dog class and two in the three-dog class.  The four-dog race won by Kim Wells. Rebecca Knight won the four-mile ski-jor event. Willow’s eleven-year old Ruthan Stitt won both the 3-dog and one-dog junior races. Anchorage’s Kris Rasey continued to dominate the six-dog class with her third win of the season. Brenda Burge won the eight-dog class and Christian Taveau won the open class.  Daryl Hollingsworth, of Seward, who had dominated the past two open class races, ended up in fourth place after a tangle in his team forced him to stop and untangle, losing precious time.

The final points race for the Montana Creek Dog Mushers is scheduled for Saturday, December 26, beginning at 10:30 a.m. The races are held near the Shooting Range near milepost 94 of the Parks Highway.

Race results for Point Race 3, held on Saturday, December 19, 2009

4-Dog

1. Kim Wells                                    15:19

2. Kris Rasey                                   18:19

3. Debra Castro                               19:38

4. Hannah Summers                    20:55

5. Kim Waychoff                              21:44

Jr. 3-dog

1. Ruthan Stitts                  26:20

2. Grayton Bruton             29:23

Jr. 1-dog

1. Ruthan Stitts               2:10

2. Lizzy Hahn                  2:20

3. Adeline Berry              3:18

3-Dog Junior

1. Ruthan Stitt                                   19:37

2. Grayson Bruton                            21:44

Skijor

1. Rebecca Knight                                    15:14

2. Becky Voris                                    15:16

3. Kim Wells                                    15:30

4. Lulie Williams                               15:35

5. Bud Rice                                    16:32

6. Phyllis Seeba                               17:17

7. Pam Schamber                               17:27

8. Kathy Faryniarz                              18:45

9. Skipper Stitt                                    21:35

6-dog

1. Kris Rasey                                    17:39

2. Hannah Summers                  20:00

3. Skeeter Stitt                                    20:25

4. Bev Stevens                                    21:05

5. Melissa Ghosh                                    21:52

6. James Castro                                    22:24

7. Mike Stitt                                     26:58

8-dog

1. Brenda Burge                             25:10

2. Christian Taveau                       25:16

3. Egil Ellis                                    27:12

4. Diana Haecker                            29:01

Open

1. Christian Taveau                      31:06

2. Egil Ellis                                    31:43

3. Greg Sellentin                            32:07

4. Daryl Hollingsworth                  32:10

5. Jack Berry                                    33:23

6. Nils Hahn                                    35:27