San Antonio – Trinity University alumnus Terris Tiller will present “The Olympic Movement and the Modern World” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20, in the Coates University Center Fiesta Room.

The lecture is free and open to the public. The Coates Fiesta Room is located west of the Coates Center, on the Trinity campus. Persons attending the event may park in Alamo Stadium.

Tiller, a 2000 graduate of Trinity, is the multi-media coordinator for the U.S. Olympic Committee  in Colorado Springs. He is also the assistant fencing coach for the Front Range Fencing Club.

His address will cover issues that are quickly gaining notoriety among those involved in the Olympic Games. Tiller will speak on topics which include the athlete pipeline and youth sport development, and how the U.S. compares to other nations with respect to support from national organizing bodies. He will also discuss the impact of consumerism on the games, and how athletes may qualify for the Olympics.

Tiller has competed in modern pentathlon, and was a three-time world team member. He also was the 2004 national champion.

He has worked for USOC at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and the 2010 Vancouver Winter Paralympic Games.

While competing for the Trinity Tigers, Tiller was a four-year letter winner in cross country and track and field. He earned All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Track and Field honors seven times, and captured four conference championships..

For information on the presentation, contact Jacob Tingle, instructor in business administration, and director of Trinity's sport management minor, at 210-9998281, or e-mail Jacob.tingle@trinity.edu