From The Classroom To The Hill, Denver Pioneer's Katie Hensien's Journey To The Olympics Is No Ordinary Feat

By Romi Bean, CBS Denver:

DENVER (CBS4)– “I couldn’t really believe it at the moment. I was like, ‘No way, this can’t be real,’” Katie Hensien recalls the moment she found out she would be going to the Olympics as a member of the United States Alpine Ski Team. “All that rush and emotion just really hit me. After that phone call, I cried because my childhood dream came true.”

Katie Hensien is in her fourth season with the Denver Pioneers ski team. Currently, she’s missing a few weeks of collegiate competition, because she’s out in Beijing making her Olympic debut.

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