Dallas Seavey

 

Dallas Seavey was born in Virginia where he lived the first six years of his life. The family came back to Alaska in 1992. Dallas turned 18 the day before the start of the 2005 Iditarod, which made him the youngest person to ever run the Iditarod. He also raced the Jr. Iditarod in 2005 and is the first person ever to do both the Jr. Iditarod and the Iditarod in the same year. He finished second in the 2003 and 2004 Jr. Iditarod races and ran the last two Kusko 300's, finishing fourth and sixth respectively. Dallas' main hobby is USA wrestling and he is Alaska's first and only national wrestling champion.  Dallas is engaged to Jen Podzemny; they are getting married in April 2008.

 

Racing Record

• 2007 Iditarod - 47th
• 2007 Tustumena 200 - 15th
• 2005 Iditarod - 51st
• 2005 Junior Iditarod - 3rd & Sportsmanship Award
• 2005 Kusko 300 - 6th & Humanitarian Award
• 2004 Kusko 300 - 4th
• 2004 Junior Iditarod - 2nd
• 2003 Junior Iditarod - 2nd & Sportsmanship
• 2002 Junior Iditarod - 7th