Six Utes Preparing for Start of XXXIII Olympiad in Paris

SALT LAKE CITY – Six current or former Utah Utes are getting set to compete in the XXXIII Olympiad in Paris, which will get underway with the opening ceremonies on Friday.
 
Utah swim and dive’s Emilia Nilsson Garip is preparing to represent her home country of Sweden in the 3m springboard, Norway’s Josefine Eriksen and Canada’s Simone Plourde from the Utah track and field squad will each be competing in one event, Erikson in the 4x400m, Plourde in the 1500m, and Utah women’s basketball alums Michelle Plouffe, Paige Crozon and Kim (Smith) Gaucher will be representing Canada in 3×3 basketball.
 
Gaucher serves as head coach of the team with Plouffe and Crozon competing on the court. The former Utes are joined on the court by Plouffe’s twin sister Katherine Plouffe and Kacie Bosch.
 
While at Utah, Gaucher led Utah to three Mountain West regular season titles as well as a Mountain West tournament title. She is a four-time WBCA All-American as well as a four-time Mountain West Player of the Year. Gaucher currently stands as the Utes’ all-time leading scorer with 2,281 points. After her time as a Ute, Gaucher was drafted by the Sacramento Monarchs in the first round as the 13th overall pick where she played for three seasons.
 
Plouffe was a three-time AP All-American and a three-time All-Conference selection in both the Mountain West and Pac-12 conferences. She was also named Mountain West Freshman of the Year and currently holds the record for most career rebounds at 1,171. Plouffe was also drafted into the WNBA by the Seattle Storm in the second round.
 
Crozon was an All-Pac-12 selection in her time at Utah and a 1,000 point scorer. She was ranked in the top-five in the conference in free throw percentage (.827) and wrapped up her career shooting 83.8-percent from the charity stripe to rank No. 3 all-time in the Ute’s career records. Crozon posted double digit scoring in 48 games. After her collegiate career, Crozon went on to play overseas professionally with Saarlouis in Germany for one season and currently serves as an assistant coach at the University of Lethbridge in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
 
Team Canada’s pool play schedule is set and will go as follows:
 
Tuesday, July 30 – 10 a.m….