TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University men's swimming and diving team starts off 2026 hosting Navy for a dual meet at Burdick Pool on Saturday, January 3. Diving events will begin at 9 a.m. followed by the swimming events at 11 a.m.
 
Scouting the Opponent:
The Navy men's swimming and diving team are an undefeated 8-0 in dual meets so far this season including wins over Loyola University Maryland and Army. The Midshipmen also took first place in the Navy Fall Invitational in November. Multiple Navy swimmers including Ben Irwin, Dean Jones, Jaun Mora, and Michael Phillips have swam NCAA A Cut times already 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.
 
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.
 
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.