candgnews.com JULY 18, 2024 Vol. 43, No. 15
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California Rowing Club members Sorin Koszyk, pictured, and Ben Davison placed first in the men’s double sculls final at the 2024 World Rowing Final Olympic & Paralympic Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland, to punch their ticket to the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
Grosse Pointe City Mayor Sheila Tomkowiak meets her Eaton Rapids counterpart, Mayor Pam Colestock, during a community exchange program. Photo by George Young, provided by Grosse Pointe City
City welcomes Eaton Rapids officials during community exchange BY K. MICHELLE MORAN
Photo provided by California Rowing Club
OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION A ‘BIG RELIEF’ FOR GROSSE POINTE SOUTH GRAD SORIN KOSZYK BY JONATHAN SZCZEPANIAK jszczepaniak@candgnews.com
CITY — The Grosse Pointes keep close tabs on what their immediate neighboring municipalities are doing and often adopt similar practices or purchases if a new addition is a hit, but Grosse Pointe City is going farther afield this summer to see how another community does business. The City and Eaton Rapids are participating in a community exchange program run by the Michigan Municipal League.
PARK — For Grosse Pointe Park native Sorin Koszyk, an Olympic qualification was more of a ‘when’ rather than an ‘if.’ Teamed up with Florida native Ben Davison, who rowed collegiately at Washington University, Koszyk knew an Olympic bid was at the edge of their oars. A 13th place finish at the 2023 World Championships, two spots shy of an Olympic qualification, may have been a cloud over the duo’s head for a moment, but it set the table for a photo finish at the 2024 World Rowing Final Olympic & Paralympic Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland. Motivated by the missed opportunity months ago, Koszyk and Davison placed
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