NEW YORK – Cornell men's swimming and diving freshmen Joseph Gurski and Sebastian Wolff both emerged victorious not once, but twice, in the Big Red's meet at Columbia on Friday, Jan. 28 at the Percy Uris Natatorium. Although Cornell (1-7, 0-7 Ivy) ultimately fell to the Lions (3-5, 3-3 Ivy) by a score of 167-133, the Big Red had numerous strong performances, collecting six individual event wins on the day.

Gurski and Wolff accounted for four of the Big Red's six individual victories, with Gurski sweeping the butterfly events after clocking in first in the 100 (49.09) and 200 butterfly (1:49.42). Wolff's two victories came in the 100 breaststroke (56.25) and 200 IM (1:52.54). He had company in the 200 IM, as Wolff spearheaded a Cornell 1-2-3 sweep in the event, with Ricardo Martinez finishing second in 1:54.61 and Jacob Bass placing third in 1:54.65.

Bass collected three top-three individual finishes against the Lions, with his best showing coming in the 200 breaststroke where he placed second with a time of 2:03.88. He also added a third-place performance in the 100 breaststroke (57.77).

Jake Lawson found success in the 1,000 freestyle on Friday, as the senior won the event after touching the wall in 9:34.74. Lawson finished second in the 500 freestyle (4:40.25) as well, with Vlad Gilszmer placing one spot behind in third (4:42.90).

The Big Red's final victory of the day came in the 400 freestyle relay, where Lawson joined Pearce Bailey, Will Taner, and Dominic Edwards to swim a winning time of 3:05.29. Bailey exceled in his individual events as well, finishing second in the 100 freestyle with a time of 46.49.

Cornell tallied a trio of top-three finishes in the backstroke events, highlighted by a second-place showing in the 200 backstroke by Taylan Ercan (1:50.68). In the 100 backstroke, Logan Holt and Paige daCosta finished in a deadlock for third, both completing the race in 51.54.

Seniors Jameson Crandell and Ian Mackey both turned in notable performances on the day, with Crandell placing third in both the 1-meter (295.50) and 3-meter (280.95) diving events. Mackey added a third-place finish in the 50 freestyle (21.32).

In what is a busy weekend for the Big Red, the Cornell men's swimming and diving team will be back at it this afternoon when it takes on Binghamton in a nonconference bout to round out the dual season at 1 p.m. at the Patricia A. Saunders Aquatic Center in Vestal.