Emily is the current champion of the Knik 100. Emily and Stanley will run the 2025 Knik 100 in December. This is the race that kicks off the season for our team. It is a two day, 50 mile stage event for a total of 100 miles. Emily won the 2024 & 2025 Knik 100 and her brother Stanley was the youngest musher to ever run the race and he placed 3rd! This year Stanley gets his choice of the dogs and it will be exciting to watch brother and sister to see who crosses the finish line first!

Emily is the current champion of the Knik 200 and the first woman to win! She will be going back in January to defend her title against some of the best teams in racing. This race is 100 miles with a 6 hour checkpoint and then another 100 mile run. It will be a great set up for the Kusko 300. Emily won the Knik 200 in 2024 & 2025 becoming the first woman to win the race twice! Her dad Wally ran it with the young dogs and finished 6th. Wally is planning on running the young team in the 2026 Knik 200.

Emily is entered to race the 47th annual Kuskokwim 300! The race is in Bethel, AK.Emily and dogs finished their first 300 mile race and In 2025 Emily and team finished her first K300 and they did it in style! In a field of Iditarod veterans, Emily started out as the only rookie and only female. She had an epic first K300 race experience and finished the race in 6th place. She was very happy with how her team ran the K300 and learned a lot about racing longer mid-distance races. Emily is excited to run her second Kuskokwim 300 in January.

"the Kuskokwim 300 is the premier middle distance sled dog race in the world, spanning 300 miles of traditional trails along the Kuskokwim River, from Bethel, Alaska to to Aniak, AK and back"

Stanley will be running our team in the Willow Jr 100! He is excited to be running his 3rd WJ100 with a group of his friends and other young mushers. Emily won the Willow Jr 100 in 2023 and 2024. Stanley was 5th in 2023 and 2nd right behind Emily in 2024!

A fun, family centered race for youth ages 12-17. The Willow Jr is the first checkpoint race most Jr mushers run. It is a 100 miles of challenges that they face alone with their dog teams and other young competitors.

Join us in cheering Stanley on as he takes on the challenge of his rookie Jr Iditarod! Stanley has been training the main team this winter and over the last few seasons he has been dedicated to helping the family train the dogs. He is as ready as he can be to take on his first 150 mile race. Stanley will face new challenges but we know he is ready for them!

The Jr Iditarod is the most challenging race in Alaska for youth ages 14-17. The trail is 75 miles long, the contestants all camp in a checkpoint for 10 hours, then run 75 miles back.

Emily made history and won her 4th Jr Iditarod becoming the first musher to ever win the race four times! Emily never gave up and she worked hard to earn her 4 wins with her incredible dog team! Now she will cheer on her younger brother and watch as he navigates one of the toughest races for young people!