She participated in the 2019 Iditarod as a rookie, finishing in 28th place in 12 days, 5 hours, 15 minutes, and 17 seconds.
[7] She started mushing at age four at her family's tourism kennel, Alaskan Husky Tours.
Her dad, Ketil Reitan, finished the Iditarod, after which Apayauq took the family's dogs back home.
[1] In 2019, Apayauq, then about 21, became the third person to complete the Iditarod and Yukon Quest as a rookie in the same year.
[1] During the Iditarod, Apayauq criticized the Alaskan school sports ban on transgender girls.