Asher Engeberg placed third at 19:34.Įzra Engeberg, also 13, finished fifth in the three-dog, 3.9-mile race. His time of 19 minutes, 10 seconds was nearly a minute behind race winner Mira Franz, who ran the course in 18:18. Sam Perez, now 13, finished second in the longest race on Friday, the five-dog, 5.4-mile swing through the Shields trail and Homecoming trail. Whether they were spurred on with a push from a friend or encouragement from a parent, many of the young racers at the championships took an immediate interest in mushing. Racer Tavo Claye, right, gets help adjusting her helmet from Virginia Kelly at the 2023 Junior World Championships on Friday. It was the first race on the property where the group’s new multimillion-dollar facility is still under construction.Īudrey Pereira and her dog approach the finish line on Friday. Perez and the Engeberg brothers were among the two dozen youth mushers competing Friday during the 2023 Junior Mushing World Championships, which runs through Sunday at the Alaskan Sled Dog and Racing Association’s relocated clubhouse and Tozier Track in Anchorage.
He did one lap on the quarter-mile track with one dog that day, and he was hooked.” “They said, ‘How about you give it a try?’ and that was it for him.
“We stopped by one day to see what was going on,” said Theresa Perez, Sam’s mother. “We used to go out to Chugiak and see the dog teams go out there, and one day they gave my brother a ride on a sled and then we started doing it,” Engeberg said.Įngeberg in turn introduced the sport to his friend, Sam Perez. It only took one ride to hook Ezra Engeberg, who was just 4 years old when he and his brother Asher got started mushing. Hennessy Aloysius returns to the starting area at the 2023 Junior World Championships on February 17. Updated: FebruPublished: February 19, 2023
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