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Nome, Alaska
2015
Janelle, 17, began mushing in the spring of
2011, when her dad bought her a team. In
2009, my family and I sailed through the North West
Passage on a thirty foot wooden sail boat. We got
to Nome and decided to stay there. In April of
2011, we acquired some Greenlandic Huskies and soon
became interested in mushing. Later, we organized a
team of dogs from a family moving out of Nome. We
mushed those dogs for a winter and they taught me a
lot. The next spring we purchased more dogs. I ran
the 2014 Jr. Iditarod with the newly purchased
dogs, and my dad ran them in several races. This
year we have some new pups on the line. With the
help of our handler, Tara Cicatello, we are off to
a good season of mushing. We finally got some snow
in Nome, and the miles are being cranked out. I
look forward to providing some competition in the
races to come. Janelle is a senior at Nome
Beltz, where she is in the National Honor Society,
the Nome Native Youth Leadership Organization,
JROTC, student council and cross country running.
She said her hobby is cross country skiing. She is
applying to the Coast Guard Academy and says she
doesnt expect to continue competitively
musher, but shell see where it all
takes me.
Jannelle, 16, says she started out in Michigan.
She and her family sailed through the North West
Passage in 2009 on a thirty foot wooden sail boat
and once in Nome, decided to stay there. In the
winter of 2011, her dad acquired 10 Greenlandic
Huskies. The family then became interested in
racing so got a team of dogs from a family that was
moving out of Nome, some of which had run the Jr.
Iditarod. We mushed those dogs for a winter
and they taught me a lot. This past spring we
purchased more dogs from Anchorage. Jannelle
has run one local race with her slow
Greenlandic Huskies and place 9th out of 10. He
attends Nome Beltz High School where she is a
junior. She says she sings, runs and skis for the
Biathlon team. Shes also on student council
and in National Honor Society. Janelle says her
hobbies are sailing and photography. She plans to
go to college and study life science. She hopes to
get a job working in the field versus an office
job. I will be mushing her senior year but says she
will focus on her schooling after that.
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