Arien Sanderson

Palmer, AK

Veteran - (10th place in 2024)

10th Grade - Career Tech High School

15 years old

Arien Sanderson, 15, is a tenth grader from Palmer, Alaska. She got her start running dogs with Alan Eischens at the age of 3-years-old. In 2016, she got her first sled dog. Since then, Midnight Howlers Racing Kennel has expanded to 28 dogs.  Arien has a wide variety of mid-distances races under her belt: Willow Jr. 100 (6th - 2022, 3rd - 2023), Yukon Quest 80 (6th - 2023, 2nd - 2024), Goose Bay 150 (4th - 2024), Jr. Iditarod (10th - 2024), Knik 100 (20th - 2024). In her freetime, Arien will almost always be found doing something outside. She enjoys running, skiing, hunting, fishing, hiking, four-wheeling, skijoring, and biking. When she graduates high school, she aspires to be a veterinarian and professional dog musher. 

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