Mansfield native and St. Peter’s graduate Matt Failor just finished his 7th Iditarod trail dog sled race in Alaska this week.

Listen here as Matt Failor spoke with WMAN’s Rick Durkin about his trek across the Alaskan wilderness.

Failor came in 13th place out of 67 who entered the 1,000 mile trek across the Alaskan wilderness. 13th is the best finish of Failor’s career in the race, which has been going on since 1973. Failor’s team name is 17th Dog, as each team consists of 16 dogs and the musher.