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Former Utah Skier Koos to be Honored at Pac-12 MBB Tournament
3/5/2017 1:25 PM | Skiing
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Former Utah skier and four-time Olympian Torin Koos will represent the University of Utah as the United States Olympic Committee will honor the Pac-12 Conference and its member institutions during the 2017 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament in Las Vegas.
Set for Friday, March 10, the conference tribute is the first of its kind and part of an organizational initiative to enhance broad-based Olympic sport programs at the collegiate level. As part of the celebration, Koos will be recognized during the 8:30 p.m. semifinal session of the Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament. He will also be available on the concourse to meet fans from 6:30-7:00 p.m. during the first semifinal game.
Koos, who won six U.S. sprint titles, competed in four Olympics (2002, '06, '10, '14). He was a three-time All-America skier at Utah. He finished seventh in the classic at the 2001 NCAA Championships while placing fourth in the classic race in 2002 with a sixth-place run in the freestyle race. He also ran track and cross country for the Utes. Koos graduated from Utah in 2004 with a degree in communications.
Koos is currently working with the International Olympic Committee Athlete Career Program, which helps athletes manage the transition from sport into a new career. He has also worked in journalism for several publications, including USA Today.
At Rio 2016, Pac-12 athletes competed in 23 sports for 47 countries, including 113 athletes who represented Team USA – nearly double the delegation from any other NCAA conference. The Utes had seven former student-athletes compete at the Rio games, representing five different countries.
Set for Friday, March 10, the conference tribute is the first of its kind and part of an organizational initiative to enhance broad-based Olympic sport programs at the collegiate level. As part of the celebration, Koos will be recognized during the 8:30 p.m. semifinal session of the Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament. He will also be available on the concourse to meet fans from 6:30-7:00 p.m. during the first semifinal game.
Koos, who won six U.S. sprint titles, competed in four Olympics (2002, '06, '10, '14). He was a three-time All-America skier at Utah. He finished seventh in the classic at the 2001 NCAA Championships while placing fourth in the classic race in 2002 with a sixth-place run in the freestyle race. He also ran track and cross country for the Utes. Koos graduated from Utah in 2004 with a degree in communications.
Koos is currently working with the International Olympic Committee Athlete Career Program, which helps athletes manage the transition from sport into a new career. He has also worked in journalism for several publications, including USA Today.
At Rio 2016, Pac-12 athletes competed in 23 sports for 47 countries, including 113 athletes who represented Team USA – nearly double the delegation from any other NCAA conference. The Utes had seven former student-athletes compete at the Rio games, representing five different countries.
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