She has finished second in three of the five overnight races she's entered, and won the Solon Springs Classic in Wisconsin as a senior in high school. Angstman is conscious of usually being the only female musher at a race, and at age 20, by far the youngest. Most of the mushers are in their 40s or 50s. It's a quiet sport-not an extreme sport like snowmobiling or snowboarding. I don't think dog sledding is dying out, though.
Most people just get into it when they're older.
She admits that her fondness for the dogs keeps her in the sport. She loves the family pets and confesses that they are the main topic of conversation when she's at home. I just love my dogs.