Submitted Photo Sydnie Bahl trains her dog team in the off season. | Article: Ben Pifher, Minot Daily News - Wasilla, Alaska 
Minot native to compete in Iditarod 2025
When Sydnie Bahl talks about the Iditarod, she doesn’t talk only about herself. She speaks about her dogs and the 1,000-mile “last great race on earth” that they compete in as a team together.
A 2007 graduate of Des Lacs-Burlington High School, Bahl moved to Alaska about three years ago from Minot, and worked there as a physical therapist. One of her patients introduced her to mushing, or sled dog racing, through photos hanging on the wall. Her interest was piqued, and she went to see an Iditarod race in person.
“From there,” she said, “I was hooked.” She was connected with the owner of Dream A Dream Dog Sled Dog Farm, Vern Halter, and started running dogs under his tutelage. She currently leases her dogs from him and trains under his kennel. Bahl said taking care of a team of dogs is definitely a full-time job.
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