TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University men's swimming and diving teams are back in action for a mid-week meet taking on Loyola Wednesday, Jan. 22 in Baltimore, Maryland.
The meet is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. inside Mangione Pool at the Fitness & Aquatics Center.
Swimming Spotlight
Before each meet, the swimming and diving program introduced us to someone in the senior class, but this week the Tigers will introduce us to junior diver
Will Canny. The past Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Rookie and Diver of the Year and Havertown, Pennsylvania native has consistently been making a name for himself.
Canny of course is already looking forward to upcoming CAA's as the season progresses.
"Everyone has been working so hard all season," said Canny. "I'm really looking forward to see how everything comes together at conferences and seeing how much improvement we've made as a team".
The fun and energy level that each athlete provides to one another is the force and drive to keep them all going week after week.
"Something I really love about this team is the amount of energy we bring to every meet," said Canny. "As our season is starting to come to an end we're all excited to make those final end of season pushes to become our best we can be by conference."
Before Canny and the Tigers compete for CAA's, they have a dual-meet with Loyola and senior day on Friday against Delaware.
"We want everyone to do really well," said Canny. "We want fast swims, and on the diving side we had some amazing dives and great energy at Drexel so we want to keep up the momentum and do the same thing at Loyola."
"We want to win," said Canny. "Conferences and dual meets alike, we want to win them all. We want guys to get up on the podium at conferences and get their names on the record board."
Believe it or not Canny uses his teammates as his motivation to have that drive to win and dive well.
"My teammates are my main motivation when I'm on the board," said Canny. "I know how much one event can change the outcome of a meet, so I do my best to help the team win."
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
Qualifying Times
This past Saturday, Jan. 18,
Michael Fazio and
Will Canny both got NCAA zone qualifying scores.
Award Winners
Will Canny was named the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Diver of the Week after his performance at Drexel this pass weekend.
Tigers Last Time Out
Towson fell to Drexel 166-134 last Saturday, Jan. 18.
Michael Fazio not only won the 200 freestyle (1:39.88) but also broke a pool record inside the Drexel Pool.
Drew Munson was victorious in the 1000-yard freestyle finishing with a time of 9:37.53.
Matt Essing won the 50-yard freestyle (20.73).
Will Canny won the 1-meter diving with a score of 302.70.
Scouting Loyola
The Greyhounds fell to La Salle 222-76 on Monday, Jan. 20 in a dual meet in Mangione Pool.
Jimmy Hayburn topped the field in the 50 free to lead the Loyola men, as he completed the sprint race in 21.13. Hayburn was also third in the 100 free (47.58), and he was part of a pair of runner-up relay efforts.
Conor Rutigliano, Jay Venit, Sung Lee and Hayburn were runners-up in the 200 medley relay (1:33.74), while Lee, Jonathan Brooks, Colin Anderson and Hayburn were second in the 400 free relay (3:11.70).
The Meet Matchup
Last year, the Tigers defeated the Greyhounds 157-125.
Owen Robinson,
Ryan O'Leary,
Jack Saunderson and
Matt Essing won the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:32.32.
Evan Brophy was victorious in the 1000-yard freestyle (9:38.12).
Andrew Snyder finished in fourth with a time of 9:55.98.
Ryan Baldino and
Evan Lynch had a 1-2 finish in the 200-yard freestyle.
Will Canny (277.27) and
Devin Gaul (226.50) had a 1-2 finish in the 1-meter diving competition, respectively.
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.
