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Ken Anderson cossed the finish line at 11 a.m. Sunday to win the 2009 Knik 200 sled dog race. Anderson bested the field of 40, arriving at Knik Lake 20 minutes before second-place finisher Ray Reddington Jr. Anderson arrived at the halfway marker in Swentna in second place about a half hour behind Mike Barrnett, who was leading the race at the time. Sub-zero temperatures slowed racers considerably, said Chris Matthews, who watched the race. Matthews said that the top times this year were more than two hours behind the pace of last year’s record time set by Ryan Redington. These dogs stay warm and active during the race while, in the next photo, ice cakes the beard of Shane Goose.

Knik 200 Results

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Top 15 times arriving at Knik Lake on Sunday

11 a.m. Ken Anderson

11:20 Ray Redington Jr.

11:25 Mike Santos

11:28 Mike Barnett

11:31 Mitch Seavey

11:47 Dallas Seavey

12:10:07 p.m. Matt Hayashida

12:10:43 Jake Lyshyn

12:29 Bruce Linton

12:42 Gerry Willowmitzer

13:23 Robert Bundtzen

13:25 Jake Berkowitz

13:48 Sarah Spinola

14:28 Karin Hendrickson

14:30 Jessie Royer