Past Races
Percy DeWolfe Memorial Mail Race - Historical Results 1977-2026
2026 — 50th Anniversary
Main Winner: Michael Burtnick — Percy 185, 23h49
Other Winners:
Percy Jr. 100: Sean de Wolski — 11h00
Percy Skijor 100: Melissa Antony — 17h33
Percy Open 40: Jonathan Lucas — 3h48
Red Lantern:
Main Race: Jen Spence — 40h45 (last recorded finisher)
Notable Results & Awards:
Main race: 2nd Kelsey Winters (25h09); 3rd Jen Spence (40h45).
Percy Jr.: 2nd Kyla Boivin (14h07); 3rd Jesika Reimer (14h50).
Skijor: 2nd Ben Gervais (27h20).
Open 40: 2nd Nicolas Cardona (4h56); 3rd Kathryn Couture (5h58); 4th Emily Bernier (8h11).
Veteran Awards: Jen Spence and Jesika Reimer.
Mitch Sportsmanship Award: Kyla Boivin.
Spirit of the Percy: Jen Spence and Ben Gervais.
Rookie of the Year: Kelsey Winters.
Ben Simard scratched from the Percy 185 to protect his team.
2025
Main Winner: Michael Burtnick — Percy 150, 18h00
Other Winners:
Percy Jr. 100: Sean de Wolski — 9h51
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards:
Main race: 2nd Jody Potts-Joseph.
Percy Jr.: 2nd Nathaniel Hamlyn (12h15); 3rd Luc Tweddell (13h26).
The competitive race returned following the previous year's Fun Mail Run.
2024
Main Winner: N/A
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards:
The traditional race was replaced with a noncompetitive Fun Mail Run, scheduled for March 7.
The decision followed challenges involving board membership, finances, and Yukon River ice conditions.
2023
Main Winner: N/A
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards:
Rookie of the Year: Keaton Loebrich.
The event took place in March 2023.
2022
Main Winner: Nathaniel Hamlyn — Percy 170, approximately 18h00
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern:
Main Race: Ilana Kingsley
Percy Jr.: Krys March
Notable Results & Awards:
Main race: 2nd Connor McMahon; 3rd Quince Mountain (23h37); 4th Ilana Kingsley.
Four mushers competed in the full-distance race.
Ilana Kingsley carried the mail and described challenging trail markings and overflow.
2021
Main Winner: Connor McMahon — 11h47
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern:
Main Race: Krys March — 17h05 (last recorded finisher)
Notable Results & Awards:
2nd Aiyana O'Shaughnessy.
3rd Nathaniel Hamlyn.
4th Jason Biasetti.
5th Jess Sears.
6th Jonathan Lucas.
7th Paul Hamlyn.
8th Marcelle Fressineau.
9th Krys March.
Kyla Boivin scratched before reaching Forty Mile.
A modified 110-mile loop was used due to border restrictions and river conditions.
2020
Main Winner: N/A
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards:
Race cancelled due to COVID-19.
2019
Main Winner: Jason Biasetti — 13h50
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards:
Main race: 2nd Coady Lee.
Jason Biasetti achieved his third consecutive main-race win.
The course was shortened and rerouted within Canada because the Yukon River did not freeze sufficiently for the traditional route to Eagle.
2018
Main Winner: Jason Biasetti — 19h50
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards:
Main race: 2nd Crispin Studer.
Alexandra Rochat also competed in the main-distance race.
Jason Biasetti won for the second consecutive year.
2017
Main Winner: Jason Biasetti — N/A
Other Winners:
Percy Jr.: Alexandra Rochat — N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards:
First of Jason Biasetti's three consecutive main-race victories from 2017 through 2019.
Alexandra Rochat won the Percy Jr. division.
2016 — 40th Anniversary
Main Winner: Crispin Studer — 21h39
Other Winners:
Percy Jr.: Jason Biasetti — 11h50 running time / 23h50 elapsed time
Red Lantern:
Main Race: Sam Christman.
Percy Jr.: Krys March — 32h50 elapsed time.
Notable Results & Awards:
Main race: 2nd Hans Gatt (22h02); 3rd Alexander Serjukov (22h24); 4th Kyla Boivin (24h51).
Other finishers: Laura Neese, Gaetan Pierrard, Victoria Hardwick, Alexandra Rochat and Jen Peeks.
Percy Jr.: 2nd Matt Rydholm (11h56 running / 23h56 elapsed); 3rd Matt McHugh (12h53 running); 4th Brian Wilmshurst; 5th Krys March.
Vet Care Award: Jason Biasetti (Percy Jr.).
Sportsmanship and Humanitarian recognition: Gerry Willomitzer, who scratched to protect his sick dogs.
Crispin Studer recorded his fifth overall victory and fourth consecutive win.
More than 200 volunteer hours went into preparing the trail to Eagle, Alaska.
2015
Main Winner: Crispin Studer — 20h21
Other Winners:
Percy Jr.: Ed Hopkins — N/A
Red Lantern:
Main Race: Melissa Schenke — 31h56.
Percy Jr.: N/A
Notable Results & Awards:
Main race: 2nd Normand Casavant (20h45); 3rd Jason Biasetti (22h51); 4th Gaetan Pierrard (23h34); 5th Nathaniel Hamlyn (24h16); 6th Alexandra Rochat.
Percy Jr.: 2nd Dany Jette; 3rd Jeffrey Mickelson; 4th Jean-Marc Champeval; 5th Krys March.
Vet Care Awards: Alexandra Rochat and Jeffrey Mickelson.
Rookie of the Year: Gaetan Pierrard.
Sportsmanship Award: Jason Biasetti.
Humanitarian Award: Josh Skerritt.
Nathan Becker scratched at Eagle following injuries to two of his dogs.
Crispin Studer won his third consecutive race.
A memorial tribute honoured longtime race supporter Barry Fargey.
2014
Main Winner: Crispin Studer — 18h18
Other Winners:
Percy Jr.: Gaetan Pierrard — 9h48.
Percy Skijor: Raija Easterbrook — 13h12.
Red Lantern:
Main Race: Jacob Heigers.
Percy Jr.: Nathaniel Hamlyn — 12h07.
Notable Results & Awards:
Main race: 2nd Gerry Willomitzer; 3rd William Kleedehn; 4th Jean-Denis Britten; 5th Meghan Luke; 6th Amanda Gecas; 7th Joanna Jagow.
Other finishers: Jason Biasetti, Ed Hopkins, Gustav Sakshaug, Brian Wilmshurst and Colin Morrison.
Percy Jr.: 2nd Rob Wilmshurst (10h14); 3rd Melissa Schenke.
William Kleedehn received a one-hour penalty for a dog-restraint infraction, dropping him to third place.
Crispin Studer set a new race record of 18h18.
Raija Easterbrook was the sole Skijor competitor, completing the Forty Mile route at age 57.
2013
Main Winner: Crispin Studer — 22h06
Other Winners:
Percy Jr.: Maren Bradley — N/A
Red Lantern:
Main Race: Simi Morrison — 33h18.
Percy Jr.: Jacob Heigers — 13h32.
Notable Results & Awards:
Main race: 2nd Michelle Phillips (23h38); 3rd Hans Gatt; 4th Gerry Willomitzer; 6th Brian Wilmshurst.
Percy Jr.: 2nd Jonathan Lucas; 3rd Marcel Marin.
Vet Care Awards: Maren Bradley (Percy Jr.) and Brian Wilmshurst (Main Race).
Rookie of the Year: John King.
Sportsmanship Award: Simi Morrison and Brian Wilmshurst (tie).
Humanitarian Award: Ed Hopkins, who scratched at Eagle to care for two dogs.
Hans Gatt received a one-hour penalty for forgetting to wear his bib at the finish, dropping him from second to third.
Fourteen teams started the main race, with ten Junior teams registered.
No Skijor entries this year.
2012
Main Winner: Gerry Willomitzer — 24h14
Other Winners:
Percy Jr.: Gaetan Pierrard — 12h31.
Percy Skijor: Jonathan Lucas — 13h21.
Red Lantern:
Main Race: Dyan Bergen — 30h34 (last recorded finisher).
Percy Jr.: Christina Reeves — 14h34 (last recorded finisher).
Notable Results & Awards:
Main race: 2nd Maria Hernetkoski (24h17); 3rd Will van Randen (25h22); 4th Brian Wilmshurst (25h23).
Percy Jr.: 2nd Melissa Schenke (12h46); 3rd Anezka Kolafova (13h31); 4th Deb Knight (13h44); 5th Erin Stevens (13h45); 6th Shelley Brown (14h15).
Vet Care Awards: Brian Wilmshurst and Melissa Schenke.
Rookie of the Year: Maria Hernetkoski.
Sportsmanship Award: Gerry Willomitzer.
Only five teams completed the main race.
Jonathan Lucas was the sole Skijor competitor.
Gerry Willomitzer recorded his second Percy victory.
2011
Main Winner: Crispin Studer — 20h23
Other Winners:
Percy Jr.: Luc Tweddell — N/A.
Percy Skijor: Stefan Wackerhagen — 10h10.
Red Lantern:
Main Race: Karon Ramstead.
Percy Jr.: Simi Morrison.
Notable Results & Awards:
Main race: 2nd Gerry Willomitzer; 3rd Mathias Bech; 4th Brian Wilmshurst; 5th Maren Bradley; 6th Yuka Honda; 7th Deb Knight.
Other finishers: Marcelle Fressineau, Colin Morrison, Jonathan Lucas, Ryan Kinna and Richard Todd.
Percy Jr.: 2nd Pierre Duc; 3rd Kyla Boivin; 4th Alexandra Rochat; 5th Matt McHugh.
Skijor: 2nd Darryl Sheepway (10h19).
Vet Care Awards: Maren Bradley (Main Race) and Alexandra Rochat (Percy Jr.).
Rookie of the Year: Mathias Bech.
Sportsmanship Award: Gerry Willomitzer.
Lucy Tyrell scratched at Eagle to protect her older dogs.
Special recognition award: longtime race marshal John Borg.
Crispin Studer's first main-race victory.
2010
Main Winner: Hans Gatt — N/A
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards:
Main race: 2nd Crispin Studer (22h35); 5th Gerry Willomitzer.
Vet Care Award: Gerry Willomitzer.
Twelve teams started the main race; two scratched.
Eleven Percy Jr. teams and one Skijor competitor were also reported.
Junior mushers included Ed Hopkins, Alexandra Rochat, Jason Biasetti, Cor Guimond, Marie-Claude DeFresne, Craig Houghton, M.C. Leroux, Sebastian Jones, Elie LeFebvre, Wayne Hall, Nate Becker and Mike McDougall among listed entries.
Three Junior mushers were permitted to start from Eagle, Alaska, travelling to Forty Mile and then Dawson.
Hans Gatt recorded his second consecutive Percy victory.
2009
Main Winner: Hans Gatt — N/A
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards:
Main race: 7th Crispin Studer; 11th Kyla Boivin.
Gerry Willomitzer entered but scratched.
Hans Gatt recorded his first Percy victory.
2008
Main Winner: Gerry Willomitzer — 22h20
Other Winners:
Percy Jr.: Crispin Studer — N/A
Red Lantern:
Main Race: Craig Houghton — 34h10.
Percy Jr.: Matt McHugh — 19h06.
Notable Results & Awards:
Main race: 2nd Jarod Chinnick (22h44); 3rd Ed Hopkins (22h38); 4th Hans Gatt (22h58); 5th Peter Ledwidge (23h26).
Other finishers: Didier Mogia, Newton Marshall, John Stewart, Paul Geoffrion, Michelle Phillips, Scott Read, Laird Crow, Darryl Otto and Simi Morrison.
Percy Jr.: 2nd Cor Guimond (10h04); 3rd Susan Rogan (10h30); 4th Marcel Morin (10h35); 5th Kyla Johnson (10h38).
Other Junior competitors included Kyla Boivin, Sandra Holzinger and Elicia McLellan.
Rookie of the Year: Jarod Chinnick.
Vet Care Award: Ed Hopkins.
Humane Society Award: Peter Ledwidge.
Sportsmanship Award: Newton Marshall, the Jamaican musher who finished seventh.
Didier Mogia received a one-hour penalty for not wearing his bib at the finish.
Fifteen teams competed in the main race and nine in the Percy Jr.
The race was moved later in March to accommodate mushers returning from the Iditarod.
All main-race finishers returned in under 36 hours.
The contemporary newspaper lists Jarod Chinnick second and Ed Hopkins third despite reporting a faster unadjusted time for Hopkins.
2007
Main Winner: Ed Hopkins — 24h41
Other Winners:
Percy Jr.: Scott Read — 27h31.
Red Lantern:
Main Race: Heather Moore.
Percy Jr.: N/A
Notable Results & Awards:
Main race: 2nd Jean-Denis Britten; 3rd Luc Tweddell; 4th Jerry Joinson; 5th Simi Morrison.
Percy Jr.: 2nd Andrew Davies; 3rd Wayne Hall; 4th Nicholas Griffen; 5th Jonathon Howe.
Vet Care Award: Simi Morrison.
Sportsmanship Award: Simi Morrison.
Simi Morrison competed with six dogs that had previously been abandoned and rescued.
Ed Hopkins recorded his second Percy victory, following his win in 1999.
2006
Main Winner: Peter Ledwidge — N/A
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards:
Main race: 2nd Gerry Willomitzer; 4th Ed Hopkins.
Vet's Choice Award: Gerry Willomitzer.
Peter Ledwidge's victory was reported in contemporary Yukon newspaper coverage.
2005
Main Winner: N/A
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards:
Main race: 3rd Gerry Willomitzer.
Percy Jr.: 2nd Ed Hopkins.
Dawson City also hosted international sled-dog racing events during this period.
2004
Main Winner: Catherine Pinard — N/A
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards:
Main race: 4th Ed Hopkins; 8th Gerry Willomitzer.
Contemporary newspaper reporting identified Catherine Pinard as a Percy winner.
All three Percy DeWolfe racing events were won by women.
The Whitehorse Star described the achievement as a historic sweep by women competitors.
2003
Main Winner: Brian MacDougall — 18h46
Other Winners:
Percy Jr.: Gerry Willomitzer — N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards:
Brian MacDougall established a course record of 18h46.
The first three main-race finishers completed the race in under 20 hours.
Crispin Studer placed 11th in his first Percy DeWolfe race.
Gerry Willomitzer won the Percy Jr. 100-mile race.
2002
Main Winner: N/A
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards:
Percy Jr.: 6th Gerry Willomitzer.
The Percy Jr. 100-mile race provided a shorter-distance competition.
The Junior division allowed mushers to compete on the Dawson–Forty Mile trail without completing the full Eagle round trip.
2001 — 25th Anniversary
Main Winner: N/A
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards:
Percy DeWolfe Jr., son of the original mail carrier, attended the race.
His visit was documented in the Klondike Sun.
Newspaper archives also record a story titled "Percy Rookie Captures the Antlers," concerning the 2001 competition.
The event marked 25 years since the inaugural 1977 mail run.
2000
Main Winner: N/A
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern:
Main Race: Kyla Boivin.
Notable Results & Awards:
Kyla Boivin received the Red Lantern, an achievement she later recalled in interviews about her long history competing in the Percy.
The competition continued on the traditional Dawson City–Eagle, Alaska, route.
1999
Main Winner: Ed Hopkins — 20h51
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards:
Main race: 13th Shannon Brockman.
Kyla Boivin competed in her first Percy DeWolfe race at age 17.
This was Ed Hopkins's first Percy victory; he would win again in 2007.
1998
Main Winner: N/A
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards:
Race marshal John Borg was recognized for his long involvement in organizing and overseeing the event.
Historical newspaper coverage exists for this period, but complete standings were not recovered.
1997
Main Winner: N/A
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards:
An April 1997 newspaper article titled "DeWolfe Race Ends with Eight in the Money" documents the competition.
Eight competitors reportedly received prize money.
1996
Main Winner: N/A
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards: N/A
1995
Main Winner: N/A
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards: N/A
1994
Main Winner: N/A
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards: N/A
1993
Main Winner: Brian MacDougall — 24h06
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards:
Main race: 2nd Al Pope, approximately 17 minutes behind the winner; 3rd William Kleedehn; 5th Cor Guimond.
Sportsmanship Award: John Anderson.
Golden Harness Award (Best Lead Dog): Munroe, Brian MacDougall's lead dog.
Cor Guimond was the first Dawson City competitor to finish and received the Holland America Westours Appreciation Award.
Other competitors included Deborah Bicknell, Allan Denechzeb, Doug Harris and David Wilson.
Nine teams started the race.
Brian MacDougall earned $2,500 for first place.
His victory was his second Percy DeWolfe title, following his 1991 win.
1992 — 16th Annual Race
Main Winner: William Kleedehn — 23h47
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern:
Main Race: Dale Braga — 57h17.
Notable Results & Awards:
2nd Larry Smith (24h49).
3rd Al Pope (24h56).
4th Benoit Lefebvre (25h01).
5th Mark Elliott (26h04).
6th Gordon Wood (27h57).
7th Terry McMullen (28h00).
8th Ed Hopkins (28h07).
9th David O'Farrell (29h41).
10th Ryan Turner (31h15).
11th Doug Harris (31h59).
12th Bob Zeitler (32h39).
13th John Anderson (32h40).
14th Geoff Zapranuk (54h17).
15th Dale Braga (57h17).
Sportsmanship Award: Dale Braga.
Golden Harness Award (Best Lead Dog): Fruitcake, William Kleedehn's lead dog.
William Kleedehn became the first rookie to win the Percy DeWolfe Memorial Mail Race.
His time established a new race record.
Fifteen mushers competed in the traditional 210-mile Dawson–Eagle–Dawson race.
This is one of the earliest years for which a complete published finishing order has been located.
1991
Main Winner: Brian MacDougall — 24h47
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards:
Main race: 2nd Benoit Lefebvre (24h56).
3rd François Varigas (25h27).
4th Larry Smith (26h48).
5th Raymond Brisebois (31h08).
Brian MacDougall won by approximately nine minutes.
His first documented Percy DeWolfe victory.
1990
Main Winner: Bruce Johnson — 28h27
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern:
Main Race: Steve Fosset — 68h48.
Notable Results & Awards:
Main race: 2nd Benoit Lefebvre (29h00); 3rd Gerry Kuzyk (29h16).
Bruce Johnson recorded his sixth career victory in the Percy DeWolfe Memorial Mail Race.
Johnson received six troy ounces of silver for being the first competitor to reach Eagle, Alaska.
Steve Fosset, a rookie musher from Chicago, received the Red Lantern.
Brad Keenan scratched between Cassiar Creek and Forty Mile.
Bruce Johnson had also won the previous year's competition.
1989
Main Winner: Bruce Johnson — 24h25
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards:
Bruce Johnson established a race record with his winning time of 24h25.
His victory was documented in the following year's historical race coverage.
1988
Main Winner: Larry Smith — approximately 72 hours
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards:
Extremely difficult weather and trail conditions slowed the race.
Larry Smith's winning time was remembered as exceptionally slow compared with other years.
The race took approximately three days to complete.
1987
Main Winner: N/A
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards: N/A
1986
Main Winner: N/A
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards: N/A
1985
Main Winner: N/A
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards: N/A
1984
Main Winner: N/A
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards:
The Yukon Quest began in 1984.
As long-distance mushing became increasingly popular, the Percy DeWolfe race eventually benefited from improved trail marking, maintenance and greater participation.
1983
Main Winner: Bruce Johnson — N/A
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards:
Bruce Johnson won his third consecutive Percy DeWolfe Memorial Mail Race.
His victories from 1981 through 1983 were later documented by Yukon historian Michael Gates.
1982
Main Winner: Bruce Johnson — N/A
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards:
Bruce Johnson recorded his second consecutive Percy DeWolfe victory.
The race continued to develop from a commemorative mail run into an established competitive mushing event.
1981
Main Winner: Bruce Johnson — 42h59
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards:
First of Bruce Johnson's three consecutive victories between 1981 and 1983.
His winning time of 42h59 was later documented in a 1990 newspaper retrospective.
The Percy DeWolfe had evolved considerably from its original commemorative format.
1980
Main Winner: N/A
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards:
The Percy DeWolfe Memorial Mail Run continued during its early development as a competitive event.
Original finishing positions and awards are unavailable.
1979
Main Winner: N/A
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards:
The event continued following the first two commemorative mail runs.
Early races emphasized working dog teams, with equipment and minimum sled-weight requirements.
1978
Main Winner: N/A
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards:
Second annual Percy DeWolfe Memorial Mail Run.
The event was principally a commemorative mail run rather than a conventional competitive race.
The historic route between Dawson City and Eagle, Alaska, honoured the original mail service.
1977 — Inaugural Event
Main Winner: N/A
Other Winners: N/A
Red Lantern: N/A
Notable Results & Awards:
First Percy DeWolfe Memorial Mail Run.
Established following planning by the Klondike Visitors' Association's Dawson Diamond Jubilee Committee in 1976.
The event honoured Percy DeWolfe, the legendary "Iron Man of the North."
DeWolfe carried the mail between Dawson City and Eagle, Alaska, from 1910 until 1949.
The original event was a commemorative mail run rather than a conventional race with competitive finishing positions.
The tradition ultimately developed into one of the Yukon's longest-running sled-dog competitions.