TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University swimming and diving teams will be in action twice this week. Swimmers Jed Garner, Sean Colson, Christian Davidson and Harry Herrera will be at the Toyota US Open hosted by USA Swimming in Austin, Texas from Thursday, December 4 until Saturday, December 6.
Also on Saturday, the men's and women's diving teams will be competing in the Retriever Diving Invite hosted by UMBC at the UMBC Aquatic Center at 1 p.m.
 
U.S. Open Towson Schedule
Thursday, December 4:
50 Breast – Jed Garner & Harry Herrera
 
Friday, December 5:
100 Breast – Jed Garner
 
Saturday, December 6:
200 Breast – Jed Garner
200 Back – Sean Colson
800 Free – Christian Davidson
 
Jed Garner has started his first season as a Tiger strong as the junior has already posted the second fastest 100 breast (52.65) and 200 breast (1:53.19) times in school history only behind Brian Benzing as well as the third fastest 200 IM at 1:45.76. Garner's 200 breast time was a NCAA A Cut and ranks as the 21^st best time in the country. Garner has won the Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) Men's Swimmer of the Week award twice this season.
 
Sean Colson has already improved upon his existing Towson record times in the 100 back (47.23) and 200 back (1:42.30) and swam the seventh fastest 100 fly in school history with a time of 47.98. Both his 100 and 200 back times are CSCAA National Invitational Championship A cut times.
 
Christian Davidson has made an early impact on the Towson record book is his first season as a Tiger as he set the school record in the 1000 free with a time of 9:13.30 and sits second all-time in the 1650 free with a time of 15:18.52. The South Africa International has also posted the seventh best 500 free and the tenth best 400 IM in program history.
 
Harry Herrera's start to the 2025-26 season has included swimming the 3^rd fastest time in the CAA in the 200 breast (1:58.39) and the fifth fastest time in the conference in the 100 breast (54.45). The 200 breast time also ranks third in Towson history while the 100 breast time sits in fourth.
 
The Towson divers first half of the season has seen Shannon Parrau win three CAA Women's Diver of the Week awards and be named the Female Diver of the Meet at the Thomas Murphy Invite. The senior has won eight of the ten dive events that she has competed in so far this season.
 
Sam Tennell has set a new Towson record in the 1 meter dive with a score of 338.20 and scored 326.60 to place second in program history in the 3 meter dive. Tenell has twice been named CAA Men's Diver of the Week this season.
 
The Season So Far:
The Tigers earned season opening victories over LaSalle with the women's team winning 214-86 and the men's team taking a 212-88 win. Divers Shannon Parrau and Sam Tennell swept the boards, and the Tigers won all four relays. Sean Colson and debuting transfers Jed Garner and Christian Davidson all won multiple individual events for the men while Riley Willett and Addie Scott did the same for the women.
 
The next week Towson hit the road for a pair of dual meets where both teams had 1-1 weekends. The men got a 185-115 win over Fordham on Friday, October 3 before the women took down Seton Hall 207-92 on Saturday, October 4. Addie Scott went undefeated in five individual events on the weekend while Madison Neal was a victor on both days in the 200 back. Garner was the highest scorer for the men in both meets and Colson was unbeaten in both backstroke heats.
 
Towson was next in action at the Thomas Murphy Invite hosted by Loyola where both the men's and women's teams earned second place finishes. Parrau was named the Female Diver of the Meet after sweeping the boards and setting a meet record in the 3-meter dive, and Garner set a pool record in the 200 breast. Meet records were also set in the 1650 free by Davidson and in the 200 free by Scott.
 
The Tigers then entered the Patriot Invitational where the men's team earned the first Towson Championship of the season behind three individual wins by Jed Garner and school 100 and 200 backstroke record swims from Sean Colson. The 200 and 400 medley relay teams also set pool records. The women's team took second place as Addie Scott set a meet record in the 200 free and the 800 free relay also set a meet record.
 
Towson Award Winners:
The first round of CAA weekly awards saw three Tigers honored as Addie Scott was named CAA Women's Swimmer of the Week, Sam Tennell earned the CAA Men's Diver of the Week award and Shannon Parrau claimed CAA Women's Diver of the Week.
 
Week four saw the Tigers sweep the weekly conference honors as Jed Garner was named CAA Men's Swimmer of the Week while Scott (CAA Women's Swimmer of the Week), Parrau (CAA Women's Diver of the Week), and Tennell (CAA Men's Diver of the Week) each earned their second weekly award of the season.
 
The Season Ahead:
The Towson men enter the season off a 4^th place finish in the 2025 Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) Championships. The Tiger's top returners include senior Sean Colson, who won gold, silver, and bronze medals at the conference championships last season; and sophomore Anthony Mortellite who was a CAA Swimmer of the Week and CAA Rookie of the Month as a freshman. Towson also brings back a 2024 CAA Diver of the Week in Aidan Clark as well as juniors Stephen McDonald and Benjamin Eischeid, sophomore Geoffrey Cradock, and Seniors Daniel McLaughlin and David Walton who all posted top 10 times in school history in their respective events this past season.
 
The Tiger women head into the new season after placing 5^th at the CAA Championships in March. The top returners are highlighted by senior diver Shannon Parrau who won silver on both boards at the conference championships and was a three-time CAA Diver of the Week. Towson also brings back sophomore Bjartey Gudmundsdottir and junior Riley Willett who were members of the 200 free relay team that won silver at CAAs and set a new Towson record in the event. Willett also broke the school record in the 100 IM last season while Gudmundsdottir swam the second fasted 50 free in school history.