TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University swimming & diving teams sent four swimmers to the Toyota U.S. Open this week while the dive teams competed in the Retriever Diving Invite hosted by UMBC. Jed Garner set a Towson 200 breast long course record on Saturday while Shannon Parrau set a UMBC Aquatics Complex record in the 3 meter dive.
 
Thursday's U.S. Open events saw Garner and Harry Herrera enter the 50 meter breast prelims. Garner tied for thirteenth with a time of 27.86 to qualify for the B finals while Herrera posted a time of 28.37 to place 25th. Garner went on to finish sixth in the B final heat with a time of 27.91.
 
Garner was the only competing Tiger on Friday in Austin as he took thirteenth in the 100 meter breast prelims with a time of 1:01.47 again qualifying for the B finals. The junior swam 1:02.06 in the B finals heat to place eighth.
 
Saturday saw the men's and women's diving teams in Baltimore for the Retriever Diving Invite. Shannon Parrau won the 1 meter dive scoring 235.05 while Lara Booth Alam (218.05) placed fourth, Sara ParksVold (202.5) finished seventh and Liliana Bermudez (194.45) placed tenth. In the women's 3-meter, Parrau completed a sweep of the boards with a UMBC Aquatics Complex record 282.85 and Booth Alam came in second with a score of 245.30 with Bermudez placing 8^th (206.0).
Sam Tennell scored 324.00 to take the top spot in the men's 1 meter and was followed by Aidan Clark in second place with a score of 281.65. Grady Gardner placed eighth scoring 229.65. The men's 3 meter dive saw Tennell (242.05), Clark (219.30), and Gardner (214.65) finish fifth, sixth, and seventh respectively.
The U.S. Open also concluded on Saturday and Towson saw Garner, Sean Colson and Christian Davidson all enter events. Garner qualified for his third B Final of the week with a 2:16.12 time and 13^th place finish in the 200 meter breast prelims. Colson posted a time of 2:06.05 to place 25^th in the 200 meter back prelims, and Davidson swam in the 800 meter free B heats and finished tenth with a time of 8:25.68. Garner saved his best swim of the week for his last as he set a Towson 200 breast long course record with a time of 2:12.11 to win the B finals heat. The finals heat time was the fourth fastest time swam in all the finals heats.
 
The Tigers return to action December 18^th when the Tiger women host James Madison at Burdick pool for a dual meet, diving begins at 10 a.m. followed by swimming at noon.