TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University women's swimming and diving teams are back in action 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 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,
Sarah-Margaret Locke. The exercise science major is from Marietta, Georgia and is ready to end her senior year out with a bang.
"The team is very excited to compete against Loyola this Wednesday," said Locke. "We love racing a team so close and they are always great competitors which helps us as a team race better."
Like most of her teammates, everyone is looking forward to conferences but first the Tigers compete on Wednesday then Locke and five other seniors will be celebrated on Friday during the senior meet.
"Everyone is excited to race on Wednesday," said Locke. "We have some people swimming different events than they normally do, so all around we are just ready to have fun and swim fast!"
"I am actually looking forward to the senior meet on Friday and the conference championships in February. Those will be my last two meets ever as a Tiger and I am so excited to finish this season out strong with my teammates."
To ensure she is going out with a bang, Locke is determined to accomplish the goals she set and the team set at the beginning of the season.
"One thing we would like to accomplish as a team is to have as much fun and be as loud as possible while diving and swimming our best at any competition we go too," said Locke.
"One thing personally that I would like to do, is to place top 3 in the 400 IM for my team at the conference championship meet."
Fun insight from Sarah-Margaret Locke: "One thing I always bring to a meet is strawberry pedialyte and have a certain way I warm up, but other than that I am just there to have fun competing with and for my teammates! Goooo Tigers!"
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
Qualifying Times
This past Saturday, Jan. 18,
Sarah-Margaret Locke and
Christina Coleman got NCAA zone qualifying times.
Awards
Christina Coleman was named Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Women's Diver of the Week after her performance against Drexel.
Tigers Last Time Out
The Tigers fell to Drexel 165-135 last Saturday, Jan. 18.
Christina Coleman qualified for NCAA diving zones after winning the 3-meter dive with a score of 274.20. Coleman was also victorious in the 1-meter dive with a score of 279.07.
It was a 1-2-3 finish in the 200-yard butterfly as Cowan was first (2:05.52),
Sarah-Margaret Locke took second (2:06.74) and
Andrea Ducar was third (2:10.07).
Annemarie Schnoor won the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 53.01.
Locke was victorious in the 500-yard freestyle winning with a time of 5:04.49.
Parker Schulz (5:20.67) came in fourth while Reedy finished in fifth (5:22.10).
It was a 1-2 punch in the 100-yard butterfly as Cowan came in first (57.17) and Ducar finished in second (58.56).
Scouting Loyola
The Greyhounds fell to La Salle 178.5-121.5 on Monday, Jan 20 in a dual meet in Mangione Pool.
Devin Cronin swept the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke events. Cronin teamed with Elizabeth Walsh, Emily Koegl and Megan Dickey for a first-place time of 1:47.90 in the 200 medley relay to begin the afternoon.
Cronin finished the 100 breast in 1:05.64, with teammate Abby Andrews (1:09.70) following in third. She then completed the 200 breast in 2:25.39, with Allison Wade (2:34.54) adding a third-place showing for the Greyhounds.
The Meet Matchup
Last year, the Tigers saw the Dragons inside Burdick Hall on senior day and won 169-127.
Anniemarie Schnoor led the way led the way winning two events in the 50-yard freestyle (24.03) and the 100 yard freestyle (51.74).
All together the Tigers had ten first place victories including
Megan Cowan winning the 200-yard breaststroke (2:22.18) and the 200-yard individual medley (2:09.00).
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.
