AND THE WINNER IS..........................

CRAIG HOUGHTON

2015 UNDERDOG CHAMPION!!

Craig Houghton  3:44

Marcel Marin      3:57

Dyan Bergen        4:39

Sean Houghton     4:45

Paul Hamlyn          4:55

It was a fast paced race this year.  -30 degrees at the race start without the wind chill.  Dyan Bergen led the pack followed by the Houghton teams.  Paul Hamlyn and Marcel Marin were the last ones out of the blocks.  Craig Houghton took the lead by the end of the Ice Road and never looked back, his team was led by “Quarter”.  His single lead white hound, his team consisted of 6 Males and 1 Female.  He pulled away from the pack and smoked the competition.  His team peaked and fine tuned for the Underdog.  He set a new track record of 3:44

13 minutes later, Race organizer Marcel Marin rode in to claim 2^nd prize.  

Yukon Quest Veteran Dyan Bergen and her super steady team came in 3^rd and also claimed the Best Cared For Team voted on by the Race Officials.  She also claimed the Sportsmanship award, which was voted on by all her fellow mushers.  

4^th place went to “Rock Star” Sean Houghton, the crowd favorite, he grew quite a fan fair from the local media interviews, including CBC’s Northwind and the Edge Magazine.  At only 11 years old, this remarkable young man took his team of 5 dogs around the 50 mile track in a time of 4:45.  For his efforts, Sean took home a $500.00 cheque from Aurora Telecom, $250.00 prize money, A $400.00 Arctic Cat Jacket donated by Yellowknife Chrysler Motor Sports.  And Countless other prizes.  WAY TO GO SEAN!!!!

Rounding off the top 5 was Paul Hamlyn and his team of Sepalla Siberians after racing in the Yukon this winter.  Pauls team hardened by many miles and other mid-distance races, came in at respectable time of 4:55.  All the teams finished under 5 hours and 2 teams finished under 4 hours. 

Not bad for a little 7-dog race.

Then as a tradition of the Underdog, we all went back to the Hamlyn’s and ate for 5 hours!  Thank you Irene Vasa for the Chilli J

The Underdog thanks its awesome crew of volunteers which makes this race possible.  The professional crew kept the racer’s safe, on the trail, and informed the rules.

Jerry, Ian, Zach, Kane, Wayne, Brena and Rachel.  This race couldn’t of happened without the volunteers.  Thank you so much.

So, a big thank you and shout out to the Sponsors, Volunteers and Mushers.  See you all next year.