Seavey grabs Iditarod lead

Defending champion Dallas Seavey grabbed the lead from veteran musher Aaron Burmeister in Alaska’s 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Nome, Alaska. Seavey was the first to reach the checkpoint at Koyuk, 123 miles from the finish line in Nome, even though he left the previous checkpoint at Shaktoolik more than an hour behind Burmeister. Seavey arrived in Koyuk at 12:34 p.m. Monday, and Burmeister was three minutes behind him. Four checkpoints remain for the mushers as they brave the hard-packed trail and chilling north Pacific winds of the Bering Sea coast. Aliy Zirkle was in third place, Jessie Royer in fourth and Norwegian musher Joar Ulsom in fifth Monday afternoon.