After finish-line battle, musher becomes 1st woman to win John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon in 2 decades
By FOX 9 Staff
First-time musher becomes 1st woman to win John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon in 23 years
First-time musher Erin Letzring of Skagway, Alaska won the 2021 John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon on the North Shore Tuesday night, become the race s first female champion since 1998. Video courtesy of FOX 21.
GRAND PORTAGE, Minn. (FOX 9) - The 37th annual John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon came down to the wire Tuesday night, with only seven seconds separating the winner and the second-place finisher.
Rookie musher Erin Letzring of Skagway, Alaska beat out previous champion Ryan Redington of Wasilla, Alaska, becoming the first female musher to win the Beargrease Marathon since 1998.