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LP Camp: Altitude Down, Intensity Up Koos Pursues Masters at Westminster SALT LAKE CITY (Sept. 21) – While schools are reopening across the nation and tens of millions of students are heading back to class, Olympic skier Torin Koos (Leavenworth, WA) is taking a break from his graduate work at Westminster College in Salt Lake City. Koos, the defending U.S. cross country sprint champion, is enrolled in an innovative program that offers U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association athletes a chance to further their education while still pursuing their athletic careers. NZ Camp: Good Snow, Great Training WANAKA, N.Z. (Aug. 3) - For the fourth consecutive preseason, U.S. cross country skiers have gone Down Under - to New Zealand - to train at the Snow Farm outside Wanaka on South Island. And for the fourth straight preseason, they've found plenty of snow and long loops for a variety of training situations. 2006 Team Focused on Success PARK CITY, Utah (May 13) - Five athletes, four of them Olympians and all five on the 2005 World Nordic Ski Championships Team, will form the 2006 U.S. Cross Country Ski Team. U.S. Nordic Director Luke Bodensteiner said the five included: Kris Freeman (24; Andover, NH; 2002 Olympics), Andrew Johnson (27; Greensboro, VT; 2002 Olympics), Torin Koos (24; Leavenworth, WA; 2002 Olympics), Andy Newell (21; Shaftsbury, VT) and Carl Swenson (35; Park City, UT; 1994, 2002 Olympics). “This elite group is 100-percent focused on achieving international success this season,” said Bodensteiner. “Our staff has total focus on this squad as well. In addition, we have an very strong group of young men and women who are poised to move into the World Cup arena, and we are expanding our development system to help them achieve their potential.” Freeman, who was hobbled by sickness last season, was fourth in the 15K classic race at the 2003 World Championships – the best U.S. result at Worlds since 1982 – and had the best World Cup results in more than two decades with fifth- and sixth-place finishes during the 2004 season. Newell turned-in the best-ever U.S. sprint result last season, finishing 12th at the World Championships. “The men were fifth in the relay at the 2002 Olympics and these athletes have shown they have the ability to challenge for the podium in a variety of competitions in Torino next February,” Bodensteiner said. “Kris and Carl had to fight a lot of illness last winter, but Andrew wasn’t immune to problems either. Andy’s got the speed to contend and he’s making a name for himself, and Torin’s got some outstanding speed which will start to pay off this year. Their progress shows that the whole team continues to get stronger.” Bodensteiner said early season World Cup races in Canada will be an advantage for the U.S. squad because it will mean less travel in November and December, “which will be key to staying healthy and to bringing the team to a peak at the Olympics.” Team Thrives Through Sickness in '05 PARK CITY, Utah (April 15) - Injuries and sickness beset all three U.S. nordic teams during the 2005 World Cup season, but three-time Olympic nordic combined skier Todd Lodwick (Steamboat Springs, CO) extended his record to eight consecutive years of being in the top eight in his sport's final standings, and cross country sprinter Andy Newell (Shaftsbury, VT) turned in the best sprint showing in history by an American.
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