TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University men's swimming and diving teams are back in action taking on conference foe Drexel Saturday, Jan. 19 in Philadelphia.
The meet is scheduled to begin at noon inside Drexel Pool.
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
Matt Essing. The economics major is from Waldorf, Maryland and is ready to be back in action after a small break.
"This is our first meet after a long break, it will be a chance to see where we are at as a team," said Essing. "We want to shake off the rust and get back into the racing mentality."
As a senior and captain this year, Essing has been proud to lead by example. He looks forward to seeing how the underclassman keep up as conference swimming really gets underway.
"I am looking forward to seeing how our young guys preform during our conference meet," said Essing. "They have a lot of potential to make a serious impact."
Essing's overall goal for to always go best times. As a team he wants to see the Tigers rewrite the record board, especially in the freestyle relays.
A small secret into Essing's momentum going into a meet is the mentality he has. He treat's every meet as if it's the championship final.
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:
Nick McClure,
Patrick Flint and
Cody Stewart
Backstroke:
Owen Robinson,
Tommy Whitman and
Andrew Lapin
Breaststroke:
Noah Diacumakos, Ryan O'leary and
Alex Suehiro
Sprint Freestyle:
Matt Essing,
Michael Fazio, and
Ryan Baldino
Mid-Distance/Distance Freestlye: Andrew Munson,
Brendan Farrar,
Matt Kenney and
Hunter Wright
Individual Medley: Diacumakos, Flint, Wright
Diving:
Will Canny and
Ajani Dorner
Tigers Last Time Out
Towson finished third in the Bucknell Invitational after an overall score of 1165.
Noah Diacumakos and
Michael Fazio both broke freshmen records and the 400-yard freestyle relay led by Essing also broke a record and tied for second place with a time of 3:01.55.
On the first day of the Invitational the 200-yard freestyle relay team had a first place finish with a time of 1:20.99 and Essing also won the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 20.07.
Scouting Drexel
The Dragons cruised past Delaware 192.5-105.5 last Saturday, Jan. 11. The Dragons won more than 10 events.
The 200 medley relay team had a victory finishing with a time of 1:33.86 and Jason Arthur and Zachary Valenzuela had individual victories. Arthur won the 200 freestyle (1:42.74) while Valenzuela won the 100 breaststroke (58.10).
The Meet Matchup
Last year, the Tigers saw the Dragons inside Burdick Hall and won the meet 169-127.
Jack Saunderson led the way winning two events and was a part of the winning 200-yard medley relay. The winning relay team also included
Matt Essing,
Owen Robinson and
Ryan O'Leary.
Will Canny was victorious in the 1-meter dive (277.65) and 3-meter dive (310.85).
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.
