TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University men's and women's swimming and diving teams competed in two events this week as the Tigers look to improve their swim times and dive scores before the CAA Championships at the end of the month. Select Towson swimmers entered the Cavalier Invite hosted by Virginia from Thursday to Saturday, and the Towson divers hosted the Towson Diving Invite on Saturday as well.
 
Cavalier Invite Recap
Thursday, February 5:

• Riley Langan placed third in the women's 500 free finals with a time of 459.72.
• Teddy Ament posted a time of 4:31.21 in the men's 500 free finals followed by Christian Johnson with a time of 4:38.80.
• Jackson Cummins won the 200 IM with a time of 1:53.17, right behind him was Owen Cather in second with a time of 1:55.39. Ian Lee placed sixth swimming a time of 1:59.09.
• Owen Cromer took third in the men's 50 free finals at 20.39 with Jacke Wade in fourth at 20.49. Julian Najarro (21.05) and Hugo Haggard (21.43) placed seventh and ninth.

 
Friday, February 6:

• Julian Najarro claimed second in the men's 100 fly finals swimming 50.14. Owen Cather and Ian Lee were right behind in third and fourth at 50.61 and 50.75 respectively.
• Jackson Cummins swam 4:01.58 to place third in the men's 400 IM finals with Christian Johnson taking fourth with a time of 4:07.72.
• Riley Langan finished 11^th in the women's 200 free finals with a time of 1:54.22.
• Jake Wade posted a time of 1:39.86 to place fourth in the men's 200 free finals. Teddy Ament (1:40.54), Owen Cromer (1:40.93) and Hugo Haggard (1:42.55) took fifth sixth and seventh place.
• Ian Hewett swam a 50.20 to finish fourth in the men's 100 back and Owen Cather came in fifth at 50.97.

 
Saturday, February 7:

• Riley Langan swam a 17:18.79 in the women's 1650 free to place sixth in the mile.
• Christian Johnson touched the wall second in the men's 1650 free at 15:54.54. Teddy Ament placed fifth at 16:21.06.
• Ian Hewett finished in fourth in the men's 200 back finals with a time of 1:48.94. Jackson Cummins took fifth with a time of 1:49.21 followed by Owen Cather in seventh at 1:54.80.
• Langan swam 54.13 in the women's 100 free finals.
• Owen Cromer (44.99), Jake Wade (45.22), Julian Najarro (46.13) and Hugo Haggard (46.32) all placed fifth through eighth respectively in the men's 100 free finals.
• Jackson Cummins swam 1:52.70 to place second in the men's 200 fly finals. Ian Lee took third at 1:54.51 followed by Ian Hewett in fifth with a time of 1:56.77.

 
Towson Diving Invite Recap:

• Sam Tennell put up a Towson record 342.75 score on the men's 1 meter dive. Aidan Clark placed third scoring 325.25 and Grady Gardner with a score of 256.75.
• Shannon Parrau took the top spot in the women's 1 meter dive with a score of 300.75. Lara Booth Alam placed third scoring 271.65 followed by Liliana Bermudez who qualified for zones on the 1 meter board with her fourth-place score of 269.15. Sara ParksVold (230.40), Maya Brigman (224.15) and Morgan Kelly (216.15) all placed in the top ten as well.
• The men's 3 meter dive saw Tennell score a personal best 352.45 to place second. Clark claimed third place with a zone qualifying score of 321.35, followed by Gardner in eighth scoring 274.45.
• Parrau completed a sweep of the boards with a winning score of 324.35 in the women's 3 meter dive. Booth Alam qualified for 3 meter zones with a second-place score of 300.45. Bermudez placed fifth with a score of 263.50, and Brigman (243.90) and ParksVold (222.15) placed seventh and eighth respectively.

 
Up Next:
The Tigers now set their sights on the CAA Championships hosted this year by Hampton, which take place Wednesday, February 25 through Saturday February 28.