2026 T-Dog Participants

  • T-DOG 50

    Kaytlyn Krish (Mush)

    Aurelia Umholtz (Mush)

    Amy Crawford (Mush)

    Anna Marie Nolte (Mush)

    Anna Westfall (Mush)

    Sarah Harman (Mush)

    Kristen Eckwright + Allyanne Lipkvich - (Mush +Tag)

    Bailey Hudson (Mush)

    Madelyn Wonderlich (Skijor)

    Ariel Ellison (Skijor)

    Emily Richmond (Skijor)

    Phoebe Wooller (Skijor)

    Kelsi Johnson (Skijor)

    Hazel Sutton (Skijor)

    Iris Sutton (Skijor)

    Naomi Helmer (Skijor)

    Gus Johnson (Bikejor)

    Matias Saari (Ski)

    Brie Van Dam (Ski)

    Adam Guerra (Bike)

    Quinn Evenson (Bike)

    Kayla Shively (Bike)

    Alexandria Manley (Bike)

    Colin McKenzie (Bike)

  • T-DOG 120

    Ashley Patterson (Mush)

    Nathan Helmer (Mush)

    Jesika Reimer (Mush)

    Abbey VanderBerg (Mush)

    Steve Humes (Mush)

    Sonja Truffer (Mush)

    Kristy Berington (Bike)

    Nikki Potter (Bike)

    Travis Naibert (Bike)

    Ben Pysto (Bike)

    Hannah Myers (Ski)

    Riley Bickford (Ski)

  • T-DOG 200

    Mike Parker

    Holly Lynn

    Torleif Bentzen

    Anna Berington

    Tyler Berger

    Hunter Keefe

    Meghan McClelland

    James Seale

    Matt Riess

Meet the T-Dog 200 Mushers!

  • Kennel Name: Northern Whites
    Bio: Mike is a dog musher from Eagle River, Alaska and has trained and raced dogs all over the state, including working with Jim Lanier's team for the past 4 years.

  • Kennel Name: Dallas Seavey
    Bio: 52 year Texas gal that made her home in Alaska!  Since I moved here in 2021 I’ve been spending my winters at Dallas Seavey’s kennel. I spend my summers operating jet boats for Mahay’s jet boat adventures and during the shoulder season I enjoy having fun with my granddaughters back in Texas! 
    I’m excited to have some fun on the trails with the dogs and mushers!

  • Kennel Name: Seeing Double Sled dog Racing
    Bio: First time running the T Dog!!

  • Kennel Name: Look Out Kennel
    Bio: Hunter Keefe grew up Michigan but came to Alaska to follow his childhood of dream of being a dog musher in 2018. Since then he has competed in two Iditarods and most mid-distance races across the state. This will be his first time racing in the Fairbanks region and first year running a full team of dogs he owns himself.

  • Kennel Name: Northern Whites
    Bio: I never planned on mushing until my coworker, Mike Parker, and kennel owner, Jim Lainer started sharing their trail tales with me. I’m here for the dogs, the adventure, and every wag-filled mile!

  • Kennel Name: Whisky Jack's dogs
    Bio: Torleif Bentzen is from Fairbanks, AK. He has been mushing his whole life but only began racing in 2024. Whisky Jack’s Kennel began with trapline dogs from Eagle but has expanded to include a lot of second hand dogs from mushers from around the state. Torleif ran the Jr. Iditarod and Solstice 50 with ReRun Kennel in 2024. He ran the T-dog 100 and the Yukon Quest Alaska 80 in 2025 with his own Whisky Jack's dogs.

  • Kennel Name: Skookum expeditions
    Bio: I like dogs.

  • Kennel Name: Crooked Creek Kennel
    Bio: I was born in Florida and have spent the last 6 years here in Alaska chasing my dreams. This winter, I’m proud to be a member of the Crooked Creek Kennel team. I would like to give a big thank you to Josh, Jobie, Jane, and Olivia for all their support this winter.d

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Meet the T-Dog 120 Participants

  • Kennel Name: LoneWolf Kennel
    Bio: Moved to AK from Maine is 2022. Competed last year in the T-dog and placed second. Been racing sled dogs since I was young and love the sport.

  • Kennel Name: Cloudberry Kennel
    Bio: Abbey started running dogs at Dew Claw Kennel in Chatanika in 2020. She started building her own distance mushing kennel in Fairbanks in 2022. When not running dogs, Abbey works as a field botanist and her current favorite plant is the round-leaf sundew (Drosera rotundifolia). Abbey often has a pile of 19 left-handed gloves lying around because the right-handed ones somehow always get lost when she's feeding her dog yard. Most of her dogs are named after Pokemon or horror movie villains.

  • Kennel Name: Hardly Workin Sled Dogs
    Bio: Based out of Fox, AK. Owner of Hardly Workin Sleddogs. We are excited to take on the T-Dog 200.

  • Kennel Name: Goldstream Gals

  • Bio: Riley grew up in Anchorage and has spent the last 10 years in Fairbanks. He is a life-long skier.

  • Bio: Skier lucky to live and play in Fairbanks.

  • Kennel Name: The Reimer Pack
    Bio: Wildlife biologist specializing in Alaska bats, with a small pack of adventure and racing dogs currently based in Northern California.

  • Bio: Avid fatbiker in the Fairbanks area. Previous RD of the CR2R race.

  • Bio: Avid fatbiker interested in a different, more self-supported challenge after completing multiple Chena River to Ridge races, Tanana River Challenge races, and one White Mountains 100

  • Kennel Name: Copper Eagle Kennel
    Bio: I am a lifelong Alaskan and have been mushing since a very young age. I currently get to experience the amazing trails of the Copper Valley with my team. Looking forward to seeing new areas from the sled in the T-dog race.

Meet the T-Dog 50 Participants

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  • Bio: I enjoy beer, biking, joring, and yoga. A small man from texas with big dreams living in Fairbanks, AK.

  • Kennel Name: Goldstream Gals Kennel
    Bio: A couple years ago, one of my mest freinds took me skijoring and I fellin love with it. I then started running Iris Sutton's dogs and have loved it. I now have 3 dogs of my own and am super excited to try a race!

  • Kennel Name: Paws for Adventure
    Bio: My name is Kaytlyn. I mush in the summers on the mendenhall glacier and this will be my second winter giving tours at Paws for Adventure here in Fairbanks. I have worked with dogs my whole life and I love seeing all the amazing things that dogs are capable of.

  • Kennel name: Stochastic Dog Sports
    Bio: My family and I have a small recreational dog sports kennel in the hills of Fairbanks, where we mush, skijor and participate in agility.

  • Bio: Hi! I'm Amy and I love all things dogs and winter! I ran a team in the T-Dog 100 in 2024 and am excited to be back for the 50 this year!

  • Bio: I grew up in remote Alaska, mushing and skijoring with my family. I enjoy experiencing the beauty of winter with my dogs, and I'm excited to test our teamwork and strength on a new trail!

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    Grew up in Fairbanks, 30 years old. Weofk as an Alaska smokejumper. Grew up riding/driving jet boats on the tanana with my dad so this river and area mean a lot to me. My bike expereince that is noteable is I raced in the River to Ridge 50 miler last year. I aslo have ridden my bike from Seattle to San Diego.

  • Bio: I'm Kelsi and I'll be skijoring with my shelter dog Lumi. I've been skijoring since getting my first husky, Loki, in Florida and seeing him truly come alive in the snow. I'm passionate about getting people outdoors with their dogs and am one of two acting presidents on the Alaska Skijoring and Pulk Association.

  • Bio: Skier in Fairbanks, Alaska.

  • Bio: Racing, ironically, is time I use to slow down. I am proud of my ten red lantern finishes, including the White Mountains 100 (3 times), Denali Bare Bottom, Denali Bitty Bottom, Tanana River Challenge, Kluane-Chilkat International Bike Relay, the Tour of Fairbanks, and–most recently–the Iditarod Trail Invitational 350. This will be my last winter in Fairbanks before moving to Albuquerque, New Mexico in July to get a Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy. I’m excited to make new friends and memories out on the trail!

  • Kennel Name: All Terrain Canines
    Bio: I am a veterinary technician that races competitively with my sprint dog kennel around Alaska and Canada. I also have an awesome team of alaskan huskies that I am getting into mid distance racing with.

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  • Bio: Skier formerly from Fairbanks, now Anchorage. Trying to do all the 100+ mile ski events in the U.S.! Have done WM100, Susitna 100, Drift 100, Fat Pursuit 120, Alaska Mountain Wilderness Ski Classic, ITI to McGrath.

  • Bio: Born and raised in Fairbanks, Anna has always loved sled dogs. Despite never having dogs herself, she has always found a way to make them a part of her life. She completed her first race last year (The T-Dog 50) and works at Trail Breaker Kennel in the summer time.

  • Kennel Name: Trail Breaker Kennel
    Bio: Anna Marie was born in Maryand and grew up on the East coast. She discovered the world of sled dogs one summer when she worked a seasonal job in Montana, and fell in love with the dogs. She moved to Fairbanks to work at Trail Breaker Kennel 2 years ago. T-Dog 50 will be her first race and she is very excited!

  • Bio: I'm a Fairbanks-based ecologist and former distance runner who has recently traded in running shoes for fat tires. This winter I'm ready to level-up from being a commuter to a trail crusher. Here for some Type-II fun and good company!

  • Kennel Name: Cook Inlet Kennel in Cohoe, AK
    Bio: From Nome, AK originally, my family had sled dogs before I was born but we moved to Flagstaff, AZ before I was old enough to get on the runners. I'm a rookie musher learning from Dean Osmar at Cook Inlet Kennel out of Cohoe, AK.