Rochester ties to Summer Olympics 2024: Here's who's heading to Paris

Anyone with plans to watch the Summer Olympics in three weeks might see athletes with ties to Rochester in Paris.

Some followed their dreams in other parts of the world, like Rush-Henrietta graduate Lanae-Tava Thomas , one of the greatest athletes in Section V track and field history.

Thomas is on the Jamaican Olympic Team, after she qualified for the women's 200-meter dash, while Penfield graduate Kevin Penev , a gymnast, has made it on to the team from Bulgaria.

Brynn King is a fifth-year senior at Roberts Wesleyan University, where she is coached by Jenn Suhr of Riga, an Olympic gold medalist during her track and field career, and husband Rick Suhr. King, who qualified in the pole vault, is on the United States track and field team.

Professional tennis player Jessica Pegula , who was born in Buffalo, is one of five singles players on the US team. Her mother Kim Pegula , a prominent owner of the National Football League's Buffalo Bills and the National Hockey League's Buffalo Sabres, grew up in Fairport.

(Check back into this story in the coming weeks for updates)

James Johnson, a native of the city of Rochester and a graduate of Edison Tech in the Rochester City School District, has worked as a full-time journalist covering high school sports for the Democrat and Chronicle since 1996. Follow him @jjDandC on X (Twitter). You can contact him at JAMESJ@gannett.com

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