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Kelly is a musher in the 2012 Iditarod.
Kelly is a musher in the 2011 Iditarod.
Kelly finished 45th of 95 mushers in the 2008
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. She didn't race in
2009.
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Bio
Hometown: Wasilla,
AK
Kelley Griffin, 52, was
born in Minnesota and raised in Alaska. She
graduated from West Anchorage High School, now
known as West High. She began mushing more than 30
years ago and moved to Knik in 1992 just to run
dogs. “I have run the Yukon Quest nearly every
year since 2002 and the Iditarod in 2005, 2008 and
2011 with dogs from my small kennel. I’ve done
a variety of work to support the kennel from
horseshoeing to working in Prudhoe Bay. Now my
small farm allows me to stay home and focus on
dogs. The dogs are Alaskan Husky from several
lines. It is exciting to be the support crew for
such an amazing group of athletes. We train for
thousands of miles during the darkest part of the
winter to race in the Iditarod. Then with nearly 12
hours of daylight in March, I finally see the
incredible country we travel. Not only are the dogs
addicting, the trail itself gets into your blood,
too.” Kelley lists her current occupation as
musher and farmer and says she has a “PhD in
Life.” Her hobbies are winemaking, reading and
learning. Kelley is married to Ed Grube.
Kelley Griffin, 48, was
born in Minnesota and moved to Alaska in 1963. She
began mushing in 1979 and In 1992, she moved out to
Knik to run dogs. She has run the Iditarod once and
the Yukon Quest five times. She is currently
entered in both the Iditarod and the Yukon Quest
for 2008. Kelley is the President of the Mat-Su
Sled Dog Council, Inc., a member of the Iditarod
Official Finishers Club, and the Yukon Quest
Official Finishers Club. She says she enjoys wine,
garden and horses.
She finished 46th her rookie race in 2005. In
2008 she finished sixth -- her best ever -- in the
just-completed Yukon Quest.
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