Veterinary Student Volunteers at Sled Dog Marathon

Veterinary Student Volunteers at Sled Dog Marathon

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Lauren Maghak didn’t bring her laptop. She didn’t even pack it. For a fourth-year student at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine who is normally glued to her email, that alone was a first. But this wasn’t a typical externship. Maghak spent a week volunteering as the only student veterinarian at the 41st John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon — a 300-mile race up Minnesota’s North Shore, the longest sled dog race in …