March 28, 2024

Musher Details

2012 Jr. Iditarod » Mushers » Abigail Brooks

Abigail Brooks

Bib Number: 12
Hometown: Fairbanks, Alaska


Biography

Abby Brooks, 17, says “I was born into mushing.” The 4th generation musher is the great granddaughter or sprint musher Gareth Wright, granddaughter of sprint musher Roxy Wright and daughter of distance musher, Ramy Brooks. She started the 2012 Jr. Iditarod and ended up scratching. She is being homeschooled her senior year so she could train dogs. She says her other hobby is photography.

Abby plans to go to college but hasn’t decided what her major field of study will be. She doesn’t expect to continue mushing.

Sponsors

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2012 Standings

Checkpoint Time In Dogs In Time Out Dogs Out Rest Time Previous Layover Status Distance
Enroute Time Speed (mph) 10hr
Knik Lake Start 02/25/2012 00:00:00 02/25/2012 10:22:00 10 10h 22m 0
Burma Road Crossing (Out) 02/25/2012 11:58:00 10 02/25/2012 11:58:00 10 0h 0m 1h 36m 9.38 15
Su River Crossing (Out) 02/25/2012 14:55:00 10 02/25/2012 14:55:00 10 0h 0m 2h 57m 8.47 25
Eagle Song Lodge (Out) 02/25/2012 16:44:00 10 02/25/2012 16:48:00 9 0h 4m 1h 49m 8.26 dropped 1 dog 15
Yentna Station 02/25/2012 19:33:00 9 02/26/2012 05:33:00 8 10h 0m 2h 45m 7.27 20
Eagle Song Lodge (In) 02/26/2012 09:31:00 8 02/26/2012 09:39:00 8 0h 8m 3h 58m 5.04 20
Su River Crossing (In) 02/26/2012 14:34:00 4h 55m 3.05 scratched 15