Cornell University Athletics

2023-24 | JUNIOR SEASON
Swam in seven meets, including the Zippy Invitational and Ivy League Championship ... earned first team All-Ivy honors with a first-place finish in the 100 Butterfly (46.24), making him the first Big Red athlete to win the 100 Fly at Ivies since David Hager in 1992 ... also earned a bronze in the 200 Butterfly with a program-record time of 1:43.64 to secure 27 points ...  also helped set a new program record in the 400 Medley Relay at Ivies with a time of 3:10.64 ... opened his season with victory in 200 Butterfly (1:49.79) against St. Bonaventure ... followed that up with gold in the 100 (48.19) and runner-up spot in the 200 (1:47.98) in Ivy opener against Harvard and Dartmouth ... grabbed 96 points for Big Red at Zippy Invite, highlighted by a win in 100 (47.15) and setting a new meet and pool record in the 200 with a time of 1:44.85 ... took home gold in both events at Yale ... closed Ivy League regular season by helping set three new pool records in the 100 Butterfly (46.79), 200 Butterfly (1:43.68), and 200 Medley Relay (1:27.03) against Brown.

2022-23 l SOPHOMORE SEASON
Competed in all seven matches as well as the Zippy Invitational and Ivy League Championship ... started his season by winning the 200-Yard Butterfly at St. Bonaventure with a time of 1:51.40 ... repeated this result against Harvard and Dartmouth, this time with a time of 1:50.95 ... placed second in the 100-Yard Butterfly, also against Harvard and Dartmouth ... helped his 200-Yard Medley Relay team to four top-three finishes as well as placing fourth at the Ivy League Championship and seventh at the Zippy Invitational ... was a part of four other top-three finishing relay teams including the 400-Yard Medley Relay team that took home a first-place finish against Binghamton ... earned 13 points against Yale from a first-place finish in the 200-Yard Butterfly and a second-place finish in the 100-Yard Butterfly ... secured a second-place finish in the 200-Yard Butterfly against Princeton and UPenn ... finished second in both the 100- and 200-Yard Butterfly against Columbia ... recorded two first-place finishes against Brown in the 200- and 100-Yard Butterfly.

2021-22 l FRESHMAN SEASON
Competed in eight meets during his freshman campaign as well as the Ivy League Championship ... set the meet record in the 200-Yard Butterfly at the Zippy Invitational with a time of 1:46.99 ... against St. Bonaventure, secured a first and second place finish in the 500-Yard Freestyle and 200-Yard Freestyle respectively ... secured a fourth-place finish against Princeton and UPenn in the 200-Yard Butterfly with a time of 1:52.09 ... led Cornell to a fourth-place finish at the Zippy Invitational in the 800-Yard Freestyle Relay ... helped Cornell secure a second-place finish against Yale in the 200-Yard Medley Relay ... also against Yale, Gurski finished second in the 200-Yard Butterfly and first in the 100-Yard Butterfly ... was a part of the 200-Yard Medley Relay team that won outright against Brown with a time of 1:30.3 ... in the same meet, Gurski secured a second-place finish in both the 100- and 200-Yard Butterfly ... swept the Butterfly events against Columbia, finishing first in both the 100- and 200-Yard events ... outright won the 500-Yard Freestyle against Binghamton with a time of 4:33.02 ... at the Ivy League Championship, Gurski took home 40 points for the Big Red when he finished seventh in the 200-Yard Butterfly and tenth in the 100-Yard Butterfly.

PRIOR TO CORNELL
Swam all four years at Woodbridge High School ... was named captain ... won counties in the 100m fly, setting the meet record of 50.89.

PERSONAL
Joseph John Gurski is the son of Sandy and John Gurski, and has one brother ... enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.