Dallas Seavey
2021: 7d 14h 8m 57s
Dallas Seavey, son of Mitch Seavey and a third-generation musher, achieved legendary status as one of only two competitors to have won five Iditarods. Consider him the Tom Brady of mushing, perhaps the G.O.A.T. of the sport, because, honestly, he shows no signs of using the brake on his sled anytime soon. The year after his father won the race, Dallas, just 18 at the time, entered as a rookie in 2005 and became the youngest person to finish the event. In 2012, he crossed the line as the youngest Iditarod champion. But Dallas wasn’t always a musher. One look at the mangled cartilage of his ears will tell you he once dominated the sport of wrestling. He won his weight division in 2003, at age 16, and represented the U.S. at the junior worlds two years later—his inaugural year of the Iditarod. Profiled in 2015 in Alaska magazine, Dallas admitted that concussions convinced him to stop wrestling. “The turning point,” he confided, “was when I realized I couldn’t remember the names of my dogs.” The rest, is, well, history—as father and son continue to dominate the sport, racing against each other again in 2022. See sleddogtours.com for more about Dallas.
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