FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 19, 2022
Iditarod mushers Sebastien Dos Santos Borges, KattiJo Deeter and Jeff Deeter scratch
between White Mountain and Safety checkpoints
Anchorage, Alaska –– Iditarod mushers Sebastien Dos Santos Borges (bib #44, rookie), KattiJo
Deeter (bib #19, rookie) and Jeff Deeter (bib #34, veteran) have scratched from the Iditarod
between the checkpoints of White Mountain and Safety.
In the late evening on March 18, 2022, Iditarod Race Marshal Mark Nordman was notified that
all three teams had accepted assistance between the checkpoints of White Mountain and
Safety. Due to the ground storm and high winds, all three teams received snowmachine
assistance by White Mountain search and rescue to the Nome Kennel Club shelter cabin, where
they stayed until improved weather conditions allowed for Iditarod volunteers to assist with
transporting the mushers and their teams to Nome.
The mushers have been in direct communication with the race marshal while at the shelter
cabin and the race teams are reportedly in good health. Upon arrival in Nome, the race teams
will be given a full veterinary check.