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# SMC track coach to carry Olympic torch
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/smc-track-coach-to-carry-olympic-torch/
- Published: 2002-01-05T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-22T23:56:37.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Tommie Smith, 1968 Olympic gold medal sprinter and Santa Monica College’s men’s track and cross country coach, will carry the Olympic Torch for the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Games Jan. 16 in Santa Maria.

The torch is currently on a 65-day journey as it makes its way through 46 states en route to Salt Lake City for the opening ceremonies on Feb. 8\. By then it will have been carried 13,500 miles.

Smith, who has been teaching at SMC since 1978, is a Los Angeles resident.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 5, 2002.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/010502.pdf?ref=smdp.com)