TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University women's swimming and diving teams are traveling down to Annapolis, Maryland to compete against four teams.
Navy host Towson, University of Miami, George Washington and John Hopkins inside Lejeune Hall.
The meet is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m.
On Saturday, the Tigers will travel to Harrisonburg, Virginia to compete against James Madison inside Savage Natatorium. The meet is slated for a 2 p.m. start.
Swimming Spotlight
Before each meet, the swimming and diving program will introduce us to someone in the senior class who will share highlights and their expectations of the season. This meet we introduce you to senior
Maddi Mangum. Hailing from Hampton, Virginia the mass communications major will compete in the butterfly.
Every week the team looks to progress on what they been learning in practice and looks forward to applying it to the meets.
"I'm excited to see what this team can do, we brought in a large class of new talent so it'll be fun to see how everyone continues to progress and what we can accomplish this season," said Mangum.
Even though the anticipation is high for the season, Mangum is making sure her and her fellow classmates keep their cool and always handle business.
"This season will definitely be a wild card season, we graduated a huge class and brought in a big one too so it'll be cool to see how everyone handles all the ups and downs of a season, but everyone has huge goals whether being better than they've ever been or finding their grooves in new events," said Mangum.
"I personally am changing up my line-up for the season, so I'm excited for the change and challenge of racing some new individual events."
As Mangum is making sure everyone's energy stays high, she is really looking forward to competing in the Bucknell Invitational because it's the one meet where the intensity is unmatched.
Going forward Mangum just wants to have fun, swim fast and work hard at improving the numbers and records that have previously been set. Ultimately, she would love for the team to finish above third place at the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Championships.
Four years have gone by very quickly but having the constant motivation from her teammates when she is on the blocks and hearing everyone scream is something Mangum looks forward to each meet.
As you all watch
Maddi Mangum compete this year, make sure her sparkly-winged eyeliner is intact and she had a good breakfast before the meet!
Introducing the Depth Chart
The Tigers have numerous student-athletes competing in multiple events this year. To give you a glimpse they have the following:
Butterfly:
Megan Cowan,
Maddi Mangum,
Andrea Ducar and
Lauren Cavanagh
Backstroke:
Meghan Jones,
Reagan Martin,
Alex Diacumakos
Breaststroke:
Jacki Schoening,
Kalyn Fetter and
Katie Nunez
Sprint Freestyle:
Annemarie Schnoor, Nunez,
Ava Enriquez
Mid-Distance/Distance Freestyle: Jones,
Meagan Clark,
Tigers Last Time Out
It was tight races all night for the Towson University women's swimming and diving team but Georgetown came out on top with a final score of 155-145 to defeat the Tigers last Thursday evening. Schnoor had four wins apiece in her individual events.
Jacki Schoening times in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:20.56) is top of the CAA currently.
Scouting Navy
Six members of the Navy swimming team won a pair of individual events during a sweep by the Mids of UMBC last Friday evening at the Retriever Aquatic Center. The women won all 16 events in a 171-115 victory over the Retrievers.
Scouting Miami
The Hurricanes wrapped up their run at SMU Classic last Sunday afternoon at the Robson & Lindley Aquatics Center and Bar-McMillion Natatourim. Miami finished with 230 points to finish fifth in the two-day event. Claire McGinnis opened Saturday with a time of 5:04.01 in the 500-yard freestyle.
Scouting George Washington
The Colonials finished fifth out of eight teams in a competitive field over two days at the TYR Fall Classic last Saturday. Gemma Atherley and Stine Omdahl Petersen led the way. Artherley landed a third-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke (2:03.49), while Omdahl Petersen placed third in the 200 breast (2:21.51).
Scouting Johns Hopkins
On Oct. 5, Johns Hopkins defeated William & Mary 135-127. The women won the final three events of the meet to come from behind to beat the host team. The Blue Jays grabbed first through third in the 200 butterfly.
Scouting James Madison
The Dukes opened its season with a CAA dual meet defeating Northeastern 184-116 last Saturday. JMU earned first-place finishes in 10 of 16 events on the day, including diving performances with sweeps on the 1-meter and 3-meter boards as Faith Anderson won both events.
Tigers in the Community
The Towson University athletics department deems community service as one of its highest priorities to give back to the Greater Baltimore area.
- For the 7th consecutive year, the department exceeded 10,000 hours of community service to the Greater Baltimore region, finishing with 11,162 hours of community service in the 2018-19 academic season.
- Towson ranked #1 nationally for community service and won the 2018 National Championship for Community Service through the Helper Helper NCAA Team Works Competition.
- Towson had a 97% participation rate, attended 118 community service opportunities and volunteered with 19 organizations.
- Towson won the 2018 Volunteer of the Year Award from Susan G. Komen of Maryland.
