Lawrence Sych completes Ore to Shore Mountain Bike Epic

Central Michigan University alumnus and emeritus faculty member Lawrence Sych completed the 28-mile Ore to Shore Mountain Bike Epic from Negaunee to Marquette August 10^th in 3 hours, 9 minutes and 15 seconds!

The Ore to Shore is one of the Midwest’s premier mountain bike events in the heart of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The annual event is filled with mountain bikers of all ages. The course is challenging with rolling hills, hard-packed dirt, grass and gravel.

“My first-time racing on a mountain bike at different moments proved exhilarating, terrifying, and challenging,” said Sych. “What an exciting way to spend a Saturday morning!”

Sych is a graduate of Central Michigan University (’78, B.S.), Oakland University (’81, M.P.A.), and Michigan State University (’86, M.A., ’87, Ph.D.). He taught public budgeting and finance, state and local government and program evaluation in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration (now the School of Politics, Society, Justice and Public Service) at CMU, retiring in the fall of 2021.