Tustumena 200 Alaska Dog Sled Race

The 25th Anniversary of the
Tustumena 200

Race Purse $20,000

New: Tustumena 200 Student Photo Contest

Minutes From Our Meeting April 30, 2009

** FINAL RACE RESULTS **
2009 Tustumena 200 Dog Sled Race

AND THE WINNER IS

CIM SMYTH
Big Lake, Alaska

2009
Tustumena 200
Champion

2ND PLACE: Lance Mackey 3RD PLACE: Jon Little

Dean Osmar

T100 Race

Winner - Dean Osmar

Second Place - Bruce Linton

Third Place - Cain Carter

Travis Beals

Jr. T Race

Winner - Travis Beals

Second Place - Rebekah Ruzicka

Third Place - Merissa Osmar

Humanitarian Award � Cim Smyth Sportsmanship Award � Mike Barnett

Race Purse Distribution

Musher Photos From The Starting Chute Are Now Posted.

Tustumena 200 - 25 years and counting�
Story by Joseph Robertia
(From Mushing Magazine Nov./Dec. 2008)

The Tustumena 200 Sled Dog Association is proud to sponsor these mushers in the 2009 Jr. Iditarod. Rebekah Ruzicka (Anchor Point), Merissa Osmar (Ninilchik), Shameka Nelson (Anchor Point), Travis Beals (Seward) and Patrick Mackey (Kasilof).

Be sure to support our Kenai Peninsula mushers!

As the Tustumena 200 Sled Dog Race prepares for its 25th anniversary, it is facing a changing of the guard in regard to some long-time organizers� Click Here For Full Story

A few things are changing but one thing will stay the same; Kevin Fulton a very familiar face to the Tustumena 200 is still on board!

Kevin has spent countless hours putting in trails, grooming the trail and putting in thousands of trail markers. With the help of the Caribou Hill Cabin Hoppers Snowmachine Club the 25^th Anniversary T-200 trail will be the well groomed and well marked trail that we are famous for.

New Tustumena 200 Race Marshall Alaskan Artist Jon Van Zyle

Jon has twice completed the 1049 miles of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race between Anchorage and Nome. From these adventures he has created the yearly Iditarod posters series commemorating the race and his involvement every year. In 1979 he was made Iditarod artist, a title he still holds today. Jon's reputation as a storyteller through his art is further enhanced by his art originals, prints, posters and stone lithographs. Dog teams, landscapes, wildlife, Alaskan faces from Native to newcomer, portray an intimacy with the land and its people. He touches on history with studies of Alaska pioneers and Native traditions and lore recording the Alaska spirit. Public acceptance of his shared feeling through his art has been his greatest reward. Jon was inducted into the Iditarod Hall of Fame in 2004. http://www.jonvanzyle.com/

If you are a musher, a fan or a volunteer, please take the time to let the sponsor know that you appreciate their involvement in this great adventure. It is always a compliment to the sponsor when people acknowledge their contributions. And its for a good cause.
THANK YOU