Three teams are still making their way to the finish line in Nome today in the famed Iditarod sled-dog race in Alaska.
Finished are all teams whose mushers are from Minnesota or are Minnesota natives.
Ken Anderson, who graduated from Forest Lake High School and moved to Alaska in 1993, finished fourth; Paul Gebhardt, who grew up near Glencoe and moved to Alaska in the 1970s, came in eighth.
Husband and wife Jennifer and Blake Freking, of Finland, Minn., had separate dog teams. Jennifer came in 50th, with Blake 51st. Her team had one dog killed and another seriously hurt last week on the route after the team was struck by a snowmobile.
Jennifer Freking was awarded the "most inspirational musher" honor, not only for persevering after the collision, but she also started the race with a hand that was healing from a bad break suffered the month before in another race.
Joe Gans, who graduated from Chaska High School in 2003 and now lives in Alaska, finished 57th; Jake Berkowitz, who grew up in St. Paul and now lives in Michigan, came in 65th; and Richard Savoyski, grew up in Chanhassen and crossed in 69th place.
Duluth musher John Stetson dropped out after one of his dogs died from a suspected case of pneumonia.
Lance Mackey won his second consecutive Iditarod, completing the 1,100-mile journey Wednesday in just under 9 1/2 days.
