Upcoming Event: Swimming & Diving versus Boston College on September 26, 2025 at 4 p.m. Diving / 5 p.m. Swimming
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4 p.m. Diving / 5 p.m. Swimming
Swimming & Diving
vs Boston College
2014-15 Swimming & Diving Roster
Furth, Josh
Josh Furth
- Position:
- Mid-Free/Back
- Weight:
- 0
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Stamford, Conn.
- High School:
- Hopkins School
Bio
Honors: ACC Academic Honor Roll (2015)
2014-15: Ranked third on the team in the 200 backstroke as a freshman … Concluded the season with best times in four events at the Carolina College Invitational … Duke’s top finisher in the 200 backstroke at that meet, coming in fourth overall at 1:50.98.
Prior to Duke: 2014 USA Swimming Junior Nationals Qualifier … Member of USA Swimming Eastern Zone Team (2009-10), YMCA national teams (2011-14) and U.S. Men’s Open Swim Team ... Finalist at 2013 World Maccabiah Games in Israel ... Guided Hopkins School to two Western New England Prep School championships as a freshman and senior … Captured individual championships in 200 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 100 butterfly, 400 freestyle relay and 200 medley relay … Tabbed to all-area select swim team and NEPSSA All-Star Team in 2014 … Set school record in the 200 medley relay as a freshman … NISCA Academic All-America … National Merit Commended Scholar … AP Scholar with Honors … Three-time summa cum laude for the National Latin Exam … Two-time Connecticut Scholar-Athlete … Selected an athlete representative to the CT Swimming Board of Directors his junior and senior year.
Personal: Born Joshua Alexander Furth on July 20, 1996 in Greenwich, Conn. … Son of Peter Furth and Susan Lesser Furth … Has two older brothers, Michael and Eddie, and one older sister, Missy … Mother, Susan, graduated from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business in 1983.
Furth Career Bests:
| 100 Back | 51.52 |
| 200 Back | 1:50.98 |
| 100 Fly | 51.36 |
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