50th Annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
Brent Sass in 2015
VenueIditarod Trail
LocationAnchorage, Alaska to Nome, Alaska
DatesMarch 5–19, 2022
Competitors49
Champion
Brent Sass

The 2022 Iditarod was the 50th running of the annual dog sled race.[1] The competition began on March 5 with its ceremonial start in Anchorage. All mushers were required to be vaccinated for COVID-19.[2]

The race was won by Brent Sass, who finished on March 15 with a total race time of 8 days, 14 hours, 38 minutes, and 43 seconds.[3] His 11-dog team was blown off the main route on the approach to Nome due to high winds and low visibility, but Sass recovered to maintain his lead.[4] In second was Dallas Seavey, who was within 90 minutes of Sass.[5] Seavey finished after 8 days, 15 hours, 46 minutes, 51 seconds. By the end of the race, 12 mushers had withdrawn, half of them at the White Mountain checkpoint.[6] Hannah Lyrek was the first rookie to finish, in 19th place, in 10 days, 2 hours, 43 minutes, 12 seconds.

Apayauq Reitan became the first openly transgender woman to be a musher in an Iditarod.[7] Reitan finished in 37th place, the last to cross the finish line.[3] This was her second Iditarod. She participated in 2019 before she transitioned. She became the third person to participate in the Iditarod and Yukon Quest as a rookie in the same year.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Multiple Northern Valley mushers signed up to run 2022 Iditarod". January 22, 2022.
  2. ↑ Schwing, Emily; Media, special to Alaska Public (January 24, 2022). "Iditarod will require COVID vaccines this year, its third pandemic-altered race".
  3. 1 2 "Current Race Standings". iditarod.com. March 2022. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
  4. ↑ Thiessen, Mark (March 4, 2023). "Alaska's arduous Iditarod kicks off with ceremonial start". Associated Press. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Eye on the Trail: Last Teams to Finish March 17th". January 13, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Eye on the Trail: Last Teams to Finish March 17th". January 13, 2013.
  7. ↑ Oliver, Shady Grove; Media, special to Alaska Public (March 10, 2022). "'Proud to be an Iñupiaq woman': Apayauq Reitan makes history as first out trans woman in the Iditarod". Alaska Public Media. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  8. ↑ "'Proud to be an Iñupiaq woman': Apayauq Reitan makes history as first out trans woman in the Iditarod". March 10, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Eye on the Trail: Last Teams to Finish March 17th". 2022.


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