TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University men's and women's swimming and diving teams have road and home dual meets this week. First the Tigers will take a short trip to the nation's capital to face Howard on Wednesday, January 14 before returning home to take on George Washington at Burdick Pool on Friday, January 16. Both meets are set to start with diving at 10 a.m. followed by the swimming events.
 
Scouting the Opponents:
The Howard women's swimming & diving team is 2-3 in dual meets this season with victories over Mount Saint Mary's and VMI while placing second in the Osprey Beach Blast Invitational and third in the H2ounds Invitational hosted by Loyola. The Howard men are 1-4 in dual meets with a win over American and have placed second at the NJIT Invitational and fourth at the H2ounds Invitational.
 
The George Washington men's swimming & diving team are 2-4 in dual meets this season with victories over William & Mary and Army. The George Washington women are also 2-4 on the season in dual meets with wins over Army and Navy. The Revolutionaries swam at the Wolfpack Elite Invitational and dove at the Navy Invitational at mid-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.
 
Four Towson swimmers competed at the Toyota U.S. Open where Garner made the B finals in the 50 breast, 100 breast and 200 breast. Garner also set a new Towson record in the long course 200 breast. The men's and women's diving teams entered the Retriever Diving Invite hosted by UMBC. Shannon Parrau swept the boards for the women and Sam Tennell won the 1 meter dive.
 
The Tigers closed out 2025 with a pair of dual meets first taking on James Madison in a women's dual meet, Scott won two individual events and the Towson 200 free relay team broke a tie score on the final event to win the meet 153.5-144.5. The next day both teams were in action against George Mason and the Tigers completed a sweep of the Patriots behind three individual events wins from Willett and Scott for the women and Colson and Garner for the men.
 
The new year began with a home men's dual meet against Navy. Despite Aidan Clark and Sam Tennell sweeping the boards and Christian Davidson taking the 1000 free, the Tiger men fell to the Midshipmen.
 
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.
 
Purrau (CAA Women's Diver of the Week) and Garner (CAA Men's Swimmer of the Week) were weekly award winners in week eight marking Garner's second win and Purrau's third.
 
Towson won all four conference weekly awards for the second time in week ten as Purrau won CAA Women's Diver of the Week number four, and Scott received her third CAA Women's Swimmer of the Week honor. Sean Colson (CAA Men's Swimmer of the Week) and Aidan Clark (CAA Men's Diver of the Week) each earned their first weekly awards 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.