PRINCETON, N.J. — Cornell men's heavyweight rowing alum Michael Grady '19 and Cornell men's lightweight rowing alum Sorin Koszyk '20 were both officially nominated to represent the United States at the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris, France, it was announced by USRowing on Monday afternoon.

Rowing at the Paris Olympics will begin on July 27 and conclude August 4, where the United States has qualified an American record 12 crews for this year's Olympics, tying Romania for the most entries by a single country for this year's Olympic Games.

The Americans will send crews in the women's single sculls, men's single sculls, women's double sculls, men's double sculls, lightweight women's double sculls, women's quadruple sculls, women's pair, men's pair, women's four, men's four, women's eight and men's eight.

Of the 42 American athletes who will be competing in Paris, 17 are returning Olympians with a combined three Olympic medals. Thirty-eight have competed on previous senior national teams, while four will be making their senior team debuts

Grady will be racing in the U.S. men's four for the second consecutive Olympics, having competed in the event at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, which were held in a year later than anticipated due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The American crew placed fifth out of six in the 'A' Final, posting a time of 5:48.85.

Joining Grady in the men's four will be Liam Corrigan in the stroke seat, Justin Best at No. 2, and Nick Mead in the bow. It will be Grady's fourth consecutive year representing the United States on the world stage as he has rowed on the American senior team at the 2020 Olympics and at the 2022 and 2023 World Rowing Championships in Račice, Czechia and Belgrade, Serbia, respectively.

Koszyk, who will be rowing with Ben Davison in the men's double sculls, will be making his Olympics debut next month after representing the United States at the past two year's World Championships.

This will be the 10th time and third consecutive Olympics on record that will feature multiple former Cornell rowers at the same Olympics. In the most recent Olympics in Tokyo in 2020, Grady was joined by former women's rower Tracy Eisser '11, who participated in the women's pair. In 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Eisser and Alexander Karwoski '12 (men's eight) represented the United States.

MULTIPLE CORNELL ROWING ALUMS AT SAME OLYMPICS

Year	Names of Cornell Alums
1964	Don Spero '61	Bill Stowe '62
1968	John Nunn '64	Dick Edmunds '69
1976	Mike Staines '71	Marion Greig '76	Chip Lubsen '77
1984	Chip Lubsen '77	Michael Bach '82	Dave Clark '82
1992	Stephanie Maxwell Pierson '86	Andrea Thies '89
1996	Andrea Thies '89	Tom Murray '91	Steven Segaloff '92
2008	Ken Jurkowski '03	Jen Kaido '03
2016	Tracy Eisser '11	Alexander Karwoski '12
2020	Tracy Eisser '11	Michael Grady '19
2024	Michael Grady '19	Sorin Koszyk '20

No Cornell alum has received a medal at the Olympics since former women's rower Solveig Imsdahl '13 earned silver at the 2022 World Championships in Račice, Czechia, in the women's lightweight pair. The last Olympic medal earned by a former Cornell rower was Stephanie Maxwell Pierson '86 at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, where she won bronze in the women's pair. Chip Lubsen '77 (men's eight), Michael Bach '82 (men's coxed four), and Dave Clark '82 (men's four) are the last Cornellian rowers to earn silver, when all three placed second in their respective finals at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Bill Stowe '62 remains the lone former Cornell rower to earn gold at the Olympics, placing first in the men's eight in Tokyo in 1964.

CORNELL ROWING ALUMS TO EARN OLYMPIC MEDALS

Year	Rower	Event	Time	Place	Medal
1964	Bill Stowe '62	Men's eight	6:18.23	1st	Gold
1968	John Nunn '64	Men's double sculls	6:54.21	3rd	Bronze
1976	Mike Staines '71	Men's pair	7:26.73	2nd	Silver
1976	Marion Greig '76	Women's eight	3:38.68	3rd	Bronze
1984	Chip Lubsen '77	Men's eight	5:41.74	2nd	Silver
1984	Michael Bach '82	Men's coxed four	6:20.28	2nd	Silver
1984	Dave Clark '82	Men's four	6:06.10	2nd	Silver
1992	Stephanie Maxwell Pierson '86	Women's pair	7:08.11	3rd	Bronze

2024 PARIS OLYMPICS ROWING SCHEDULE
Events With Cornell Alumni; subject to change

SATURDAY, JULY 27
11:30 a.m. CET (5:30 a.m. ET) — Men's Double Sculls (Koszyk)

SUNDAY, JULY 28
10:20 a.m. CET (4:20 a.m. ET) — Men's Double Sculls Repechages (Koszyk)
12:50 p.m. CET (6:50 a.m. ET) — Men's Four Heats (Grady)

TUESDAY, JULY 30
11:10 a.m. CET (5:10 a.m. ET) — Men's Double Sculls Semifinal A/B 1 (Koszyk)
11:20 a.m. CET (5:20 a.m. ET) — Men's Double Sculls Semifinal A/B 2 (Koszyk)
11:40 a.m. CET (5:40 a.m. ET) — Men's Four Repechages (Grady)

THURSDAY, AUGUST 1
10:42 a.m. CET (4:42 a.m. ET) — Men's Double Sculls 'B' Final (Koszyk)
11:06 a.m. CET (5:06 a.m. ET) — Men's Four 'B' Final (Grady)
11:30 a.m. CET (5:30 a.m. ET) — Men's Double Sculls 'A' Final (Koszyk)
12:10 p.m. CET (6:10 a.m. ET) — Men's Four 'A' Final (Grady)