Junior Nordic
Torin Koos
Leavenworth Native and LWSC member Torin Koos represented the USA at the Olympics in Vancouver for 2010. One of the events, the Team Sprint was especially exciting. Torin Koos was born in Leavenworth, Washington in 1980 and began skiing with his local Leavenworth Winter Sports Club. Koos knew in second grade that he wanted to be an Olympic athlete.
Koos ascended the ranks of American skiing, winning two national titles, being a part of three Olympic teams, placing 3rd in the World Cup in 2007, clinching a European Cup Win in 2006, and being named to the World Cup Red Group (top 30 world ranking) from fall 2005 to spring 2008.
Koos’s philosophy: “Striving after the Olympic ideal, that of citius, altius, fortius,– swifter, faster, stronger—is to dream out loud the biggest dream there is. To believe one day you can be the undisputed best at a chosen field of play, then test out this assumption over years and years of struggle, of work, of breakthroughs, of bliss, is a pretty invigorating way to wake up every morning.”
junior nordic program
The Junior Nordic Program has a number of unique offerings for youth who enjoy cross-country skiing. The programs offer beginning instruction through competitive racing, with coaching in classic and skating technique. The aim of the Junior Nordic Program is for children of all ages to enjoy skiing, to become better skiers and to be active.
LWSC Junior Program
PO Box 573
Leavenworth, WA 98826
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Coaching Staff
- Kevin Farrell, Head Coach
- Pete Spiegel
- Steve Stefanides
- Barb Ringel
- Marci Ostrom
- Nancy Bywater
- Peggy Kinnear
- McKenzie Kinnear
- Susan Thomas
- Marlene Farrell
- Stephanie Astell
- Mike Cummings
- Milo Himes
- Donna Mauzer
