The 20-year-old crossed the finish line in Bethel early Sunday, winning the 150-mile race for the second year in a row.
Raymond Alexie of Kwethluk crossed the finish line at 9:03 a.m. winning his second consecutive Bogus Creek 150. Photographed Feb. 11, 2024 in Bethel.
“Actually, a lot of the race didn’t really even feel like a race because I was kind of by myself for a lot of it,” Kaiser said. “But yeah, it was good. I was hoping for a little snow to slow things down a bit and we got it.” Asked how he planned to celebrate his Rookie of the Year win in the Bogus 150, George said that he was looking forward to some rest.
In the second quarter of the race, a split started to form between a lead pack of mushers and the rest of the field.Rookie George surged forward to lead for a chunk of the race’s second-quarter run into Bogus Creek, while defending champion Alexie steadily climbed up the leaderboard throughout the evening.
Other mushers found themselves leapfrogging back and forth throughout the final 75 miles, like seventh and eighth place Jason Pavila and Napoka, and ninth and 10th place Robert Charles Jr. and Fr. Alexander Larson. Charles Jr. and Larson finished the race within less than a second of each other.