Susan is one of our local mushers who will be running the CopperDog 25. This is her eighth time racing! Her lead dogs this year are Grace and Lillie.

She has many crazy mushing stories but being stared down by a wolf is up towards the top!

Susan would like to thank her sponsor Ed Kraai! She would also like to thank all the CopperDog organizers and volunteers for making this event happen every year - and especially this year!

Linda is joining us to race in the CopperDog 25 from Cannon Falls, MN.
She attended the first CopperDog 150 as a handler and since then has competed in the CopperDog 6-dog races in 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2019.

Linda's crazy mushing story comes from when she ran the JackPine 30 in 2014, a time her lead dog Jax ran off the trail and ran over an innocent volunteer! This year her lead dogs are Falen, Mather, and Ziva!

She watched the end of the UP200 in 1991 and was hooked on the sport ever since. Since then, she has competed in numerous sprint, dryland, and mid-distance races. Her kennel name is Yoop It Up Kennel with 10 dogs - mainly Alaskan Huskies.

Linda would like to send out a big thank you to all the volunteers who help with this race and a big, big thank you to her husband, Chris, who supports her.

Good luck in the CD25, Linda!

Ben Thompson is back for his second CopperDog from Mondovi, WI. His kennel name is Team SISU, and his lead dogs are Noni & Ella.

He would like to thank the following sponsors; NutriSource Pet Foods from Perham, MN, and La Belle Bête Sports Canin out of Ville de Québec (Quebec City), Québec.

Ben is happy to be back at the race again! Good luck!

Anna is joining us for her first CopperDog!!

Her lead dogs, from River Rock Kennel are Gill, Dollar, Citation, Carbon, and Boone.

Anna's husband JR and their daughter Sara are also racing this year!!

Good luck in your first CopperDog, Anna!

Sara is joining us for her first CopperDog and first 6-dog race!

Her lead dogs, from River Rock Kennel, are Man o' War, Harry, and Rose.

Anna and JR, Sara's parents, are also racing the CopperDog this year!!

Good luck in your first 6-dog race!!

Kiana has raced the CopperDog 25 and several other races. She is running out of the Flying K Kennel from Mountain, WI.

She is looking forward to running again this year. She is 13 years old and this will be her fifth year racing dogs competitively.

Her favorite part of racing is going fast and keeping a close eye on her dogs. Her leaders will be Calamity and Kaa.

Good luck Kiana!

Kelsey is from Mountain, WI and will be running dogs from the Flying K Kennel. She has run the CopperDog 80 and the CopperDog 25 along with many other races. She is 15 years old and this will be her fifth year racing competitively.

Her favorite part of racing is watching the sun glisten off the backs of the dogs when she is running. Her leaders will be Raksha and Shere Khan.

Good luck in the CD25, Kelsey!

Linda is joining us for her first CopperDog from Last Chance Kennel in Baldwin, MI! She's entered the 6-dog race a few times but hasn't ended up at the start line! But this year, she'll do it! Her lead dogs are Agate and Zoom.

Linda has been racing with sled dogs since 1991. She started out ski-joring, then went on to sprint racing, then mid-distance racing, all in Michigan. Along with her husband, Rick, they have hosted races with the Michigan Dog Drivers Association (MiDD), Mid-Union Sled Haulers, and Great Lakes Sled Dog Association on the Sweetwater Non-Motorized Winter Sports trails in the Baldwin area. MiDD worked with the Forest Service and local Road Commission to implement the trail system on federal, county, and private lands.

Linda spent her first few years of life in Mohawk and Laurium, staying with her grandparents during the week while her dad attended Michigan Tech and her mom worked at Mullen's Dry Cleaners in Calumet. She also spent a lot of vacation time during her childhood at Lac La Belle.

She would like to thank her sponsor Elizabeth Kauffman, DVM at Irons Animal Hospital in Irons, MI.

Good luck in the CD25, Linda!

Casey Goedken is running his first CopperDog! He is from Deerwood, MN and his lead dogs, from Cross Country Kennel, are Sophia and Holly.

Casey has been racing for four years, and he is 14-years old!

He doesn't have any crazy mushing stories, yet, but he's hoping to make some really good memories this year at the CopperDog!

Good luck, Casey!

Steve is coming to the CopperDog for his first time and he is very excited!! He is joining us from Cross Country Kennel in Deerwood, MN where he has been racing for four years.

His lead dogs are Doc and Michael.

His first experience mushing was on a glacier in Alaska. Two weeks afterwards, he was hooked and buying dogs!

Good luck in the CD25 Steve!!

Morgan Larson is a first time attendee to the CopperDog. She will be competing in the CD25 from Pariah Dog Kennel out of Wausaukee, WI. Her lead dogs are Compass and Bonfire, they're two! They are running with their siblings; Totem, Canoe, Trapper, and Badger.

Her crazy mushing story involves maybe losing some tourists while running tours in Alaska... possibly on several occasions. They are all probably fine now. At least, she hasn't heard otherwise!

Morgan would like to thank Crivitz Vet Hospital!

Good luck in the CD25!

Sophie is attending her first CopperDog 25! She is from the Mushing Club at Michigan Tech and her lead dogs will be Captain Jack Sparrow and Gary. Four of her six dogs are yearlings and this is the Captain's first go at it!

She is a third year Materials Science Engineering student at Michigan Tech.

She would like to thank Tom and Sally Bauer for being the kindest and most supportive teachers. They have made her mushing experience positive and rewarding and have taught her so much about mushing and life in general throughout her years with the Mushing Club.

Good luck in the CD25, Sophie!

Suzie is a rookie musher this year! She is a fourth year mechanical engineering student at Michigan Technological University and she is racing dogs from Tom and Sally Bauer's kennel. Her lead dogs are Betty Boop and Hyrule.

Suzie would like to say thanks to the Bauer family, owners of the Otter River Sled Dog Training Center and Wilderness Adventures, for supporting the Mushing Club at Michigan Tech and allowing her to run and train their dogs!

Her crazy training story was when she was teaching a new member of the Mushing Club at Michigan Tech how to run a sled for the first time. She took them for a couple laps around the trail, then they switched and she rode in the sled while some one else mushed.

The leaders did not listen to them at one of the intersections at first, so they put down the snow hook and went to pull the team the correct way. The leaders ended up going the right way on their own, so the club member hopped back on the sled... or so they thought... going pretty fast, Suzie looked behind
her and there was no musher!!!

Suzie, riding in the sled, pulled the snow hook up to her and was able to stop the team from inside the basket!!! Once everything was in order they laughed pretty hard and made sure to hang on a little tighter for the rest of the run.

Good luck in the race, Suzie!

Christy is racing in her first CopperDog! She's joining us from Ludington, MI.
Her lead dogs are Barney and Quest.

Christy is a fun loving person who enjoys time on the trail with her team. She loves the great outdoors and the adventures that her dogs take her on!

Her husband is her sponsor; he helps to support her "crazy dog lady lifestyle."

Good luck in the CD25!!

Ted is joining us for his very first CopperDog 25! His kennel is Windigo Kennel out of Wrenshall, MN. Ted's lead dogs will be Jo Jo and Nellie.

He's trained and raced mostly Alaskans for 45 years. Most of those years have been concentrated on the 10-dog sprint in the Midwest and central Canada. He's raced as far northwest as Fort Nelson, British Columbia and as far east as Saranac Lake, NY!

Good luck in the CopperDog 25, Ted!!

Jesse is joining us, from Call Out Kennel in Champion, MI, for his third CopperDog.

His lead dogs are Boots and Jase. Jesse picked up mushing from his father who was selling his dogs.

Welcome back to the CopperDog and good luck again this year!

Randy is joining us for his very first CopperDog 25 from DeKuiper Kennel out of Hesperia, MI. His lead dogs are Yeti and Gretta.

His crazy mushing story goes something like this; at a race in Québec, he was dragging behind his sled holding onto the brake trying to hang onto his team; first his wind pants were down around his ankles... then his long underwear... then... his underwear!! Thankfully for Randy, no one was around!

He was finally able to pull himself back up to standing and somehow managed to get dressed again while maintaining control of his team!!

Randy would like to thank his wife and handler, Cris.

Good luck in the CD25, Randy!

Geri Minard is joining us for another CopperDog from Silver Creek Kennel in Newberry, MI! She's attended all but two CD races! Her lead dogs this year are Nikki and Nero.

In addition to the sport of mushing, Geri also runs half marathons!

Geri would like to thank her two sponsors Jay & Loretta Hollnagel and Joe & Bonnie Bennett, and her husband Rick.

Good luck in the CD25!

Richie Camden is back for his second CopperDog from Hillsboro, MO! His kennel is named Breakaway Siberians, and his leaders are Teemu and Juneau.

He initially got into mushing when he bought a Siberian Husky in 2008 from a breeder in Northern Wisconsin. He had no intention of even getting into mushing! The very first time he went to a sled dog race it was a 90-mile race that he entered which was his first attempt at mushing.

All of his dogs are adopted from rescue groups around the Midwest. They have become very popular and even had a few photo shoots with the Stanley Cup!

Richie would like to thank his sponsors; Alpine Outfitters and Diamond Naturals.

Glad to have you back and good luck!