SDC 2007: Don Bowers 200-300 Memorial Race Results

Photo by Helen Lundberg
Sven Haltmann, winner of the 300
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Willow, Tuesday January 30
When Ellen Halverson pulled into Willow at 8:18pm last night she completed the running of the 2007 Don Bowers Memorial Sled Dog Race.

Don Bowers would have been pleased. He intended this race for rookies; six of the entrants were running the race as a qualifier [Q] for this years Iditarod (and others for next year). Poor weather on the Klondike and Copper Basin meant that this was the last chance to qualify for several racers.

Melissa Owens, 19, was second in the 200, and was running as a qualifier for next year's Iditarod. She will run the JR Iditarod for the last time this year. The 200 was won by a local lass. Sven Haltmann won his first race (having been a handler for Martin Buser, some of that training must have rubbed off). More at www.mcdma.org

Note from Joe May: This little race has become a truly international event. We had Maquieira from Argentina and Smidt from Wisconsin....

Place		Name	Home	# Dogs	Days/Hours/Min
Don Bowers Memorial 200
1		DeeDee Jonrowe	Willow, AK	16	1:03:55
2		Melissa Owens	Nome, AK	12	1:05:13
3		Julie DeLoach	Trapper Creek, AK	11	1:14:33
4		Mark Chin	Willow, AK	11	1:15:33
5		Paul McLarnon	Willow, AK	11	1:16:43
6		Karin Hendrickson	Chugiak, AK	12	1:17:47
7		Matt Wagner	Willow, AK	11	1:19:10
8	Q	Jeremy Keller	Wasilla, AK	10	1:23:35
9		Blake Matray	Two Rivers, AK	10	2:02:10
10	Q	Donald Smidt	Van Dyne, WI	16	2:03:00
11		Keith Larsen	North Pole, AK	12	2:03:20
Don Bowers Memorial 300
1		Sven Haltmann	Willow, AK	11	2:11:14
2	Q	Bruce Linton	Kasilof, AK	11	2:13:51
3	Q	Matt Calore	Trapper Creek, AK	11	2:15:49
4	Q	Hernan Maquieira	Willow, AK	13	2:23:55
5	Q	Ellen Halverson	Wasilla, AK	10	3:07:54
		Allen Peck	at Deshka River Lodge		Scratched
		Anja Fein	at Joe May's		Scratched

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