Kristal, 16, started mushing in 2019. She said she wanted to experience something new and different. She is trading will Owl creek Kennel in Knik. Kristal is a fifth generation Alaskan. Between Kristal, her dad and aunts they have run the Jr. Iditarod twelve times. She is a junior at West Anchorage High School where she participates in International Baccalaureate Degree Program and the Spanish Immersion Program. She also likes to hunt, fish and take trips throughout Alaska with her family in the summer.”