Linda Rokos Watts

With the CU Buffs winning the Championship this year there have been some great articles written about my dad and his team but, I think there needs to be an article about the other 1/2. A woman, mother, daughter, wife, grandmother and one amazing lady, my mama. For the last 36 years (yes, that's how old I am) she has been there through thick and thin and kept us together, moving forward and the backbone of the Rokos Family. She is there day in, day out while we are all over the map keeping it all together. I am beyond grateful and thankful that she is my mother.  With Love and Gratitude! 

The Denver Post this morning had a cool article about my dad. Thanks to John Meyer, he's been covering ski racing for a really long time from the World Cup to the local races to Troy when he was racing and all other sporting events from around the world.  -Denver Post 3/18/2015 BOULDER — With a humility that has marked his 25 years as head coach of the Colorado ski team, Richard Rokos won his eighth NCAA championship to break the school record for national titles and then deflected the glory to others. He credited CU's tradition of success begun by Bob Beattie — patriarch of American ski racing — and successor Bill Marolt. Rokos gave a nod to CU's cross country coach, Mark Wetmore, who won his seventh NCAA title last fall. Marolt also won seven titles. "Passing Bill and Mark, it's no motivation," said Rokos, a native of the former Czechoslovakia whose English isn't as polished as the trophy his team brought home Sunday. "I'm more excited...