ITHACA, N.Y. -- A hometown parade for two-time Olympic medalist Kyle Dake '13 will be held on Saturday, August 17 beginning at 3 p.m. in Lansing, N.Y. The parade will begin at Lansing Town Hall and will conclude with a meet and greet from 4-6 p.m.

Beginning at Lansing Town Hall, the parade will loop around Crossroads Bar & Grill and return to Salt Point Brewery for the meet-and-greet. Parking will be along Woodsedge Drive, Lansing Center Trail parking lot, and behind the ball fields. Please do not park in the Town Hall lot. Lansing is asking everyone to line/sit along the ball field roadside as well as the opposite side of the road by Salt Point Brewery on the sidewalk.

Dake, a four-time NCAA champion at Cornell and a four-time world champion. captured his second bronze medal at 74kg last weekend in Paris, France. The 2013 Hodge Award winner as the national Wrestler of the Year was a three-time EIWA Wrestler of the Year. The Outstanding Wrestler of the NCAA tournament in 2013, Dake became the third Cornell wrestler to capture the award and the first since Dave Auble in 1960. He wrapped up his amazing Cornell career with a 137-4 record, including winning his final 79 collegiate matches. Dake was named the Charles H. Moore Senior co-Athlete of the Year at Cornell, the Sports Illustrated Male College Athlete of the Year and was an ESPY finalist for Best Male College Athlete in 2013. The four-time NCAA All-American was elected to the EIWA Hall of Fame in 2014 and the Cornell Athletics Hall of Fame in 2023.