Everyone Chasing Jonrowe At Iditarod

Fri., March 13, 1998

Associated Press

With the front of the pack headed for Ruby and the Yukon River, the Iditarod’s second half got under way in earnest Thursday.

Dee Dee Jonrowe of Willow grabbed the lead out of Cripple at 9:04 a.m. While she’s 4 hours behind John Baker of Kotzebue, Jonrowe has taken her mandatory 24-hour rest and Baker hasn’t.

Bill Cotter of Nenana was running second, pulling out of Cripple at 1:17 p.m. after just 7 minutes’ rest.

Two-time winner Jeff King of Denali Park, now in 14th, gave Jonrowe credit for stamina.

“It’s obvious she pushes herself to the extreme limits. I think she’s hungrier than most of us,” King said.

The front of the pack is running within a couple of hours of one another.

The question for the next several days centers on how many teams will remain in the front pack when it reaches the Yukon River at Ruby and separates itself from the rest of the Iditarod field.

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