TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University men's and women's swimming teams competed in the 2026 College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association (CSCAA) National Invitational Championship this week. The Tiger's were on the podium in three events and Riley Willett broke the school 100 IM record over the three-day meet.
 
The Towson men's team finished 6^th in the overall men's standings with 371 points while the Tiger women placed 40^th overall in the women's standings.
 
Day 1: Thursday, March 12
Men

• Isak Brkanovic, Benjamin Eischeid, Jake Wade, and Harry Herrera took 12^th in the 200 free relay with a time of 1:20.81.
• Christian Davidson qualified for the A-Final in the 500 free and placed 8^th overall with a time of 4:27.67.
• Eischeid was in the B-Final in the 50 fly and swam 21.55 to tie for 12^th overall.
• Nathan Decker made the 200 IM B-Final where he finished 16^th overall with a time of 1:50.03.
• Harry Herrera qualified for the 50 breast A-Finals and tied for 5^th at 24.48.
• Decker, Herrera, Eischeid and Brkanovic placed 13^th in the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:15.54.

Women

• Bjartey Gudmundsdottir, Addie Scott, Julianna Wahl and Riley Willett placed 22^nd in the 200 free relay swimming 1:33.88.
• Gudmundsdottir made the 50 free B-Finals and swam 23.26 to finish 16^th overall.
• Riley Willett swam 29.39 in the 50 breast prelims to place 32^nd overall.

 
Day 2: Friday, March 13
Women

• Megan Unruh, Kaitlyn Besner, Madison Neal and Britney Denny finished 30^th in the 800 free relay with a time of 7:36.24.
• Addie Scott finished 21^st in the 200 free prelims swimming a time of 1:50.11.
• Willett placed 34^th in the 100 fly prelims with a time of 55.72.

Men

• Nathan Decker, Harry Herrera, Nicco Gurri and Isak Brkanovic started off day two with a 1:28.32 in the 200 medley relay for a 12^th place finish.
• Davidson made his second A-Finals in as many days this time in the 400 IM where he finished 9^th overall at 4:00.70. Linus Ament qualified for the B-Finals and took 18^th overall with a time of 4:06.06.
• Ben Eischeid earned the first podium finish of the meet for the Tiger's as he finished 3^rd in the A-Finals of the 100 fly at 46.75.
• Decker made the B-Finals of the 200 free where he placed 19^th overall with a tim e of 1:41.34.
• Herrera just missed the 100 breast podium after placing 4^th in the A-Finals where he swam 53.15.
• Davidson, Geoffrey Cradock, Jake Wade and Linus Ament posted a time of 6:42.24 to place 19^th in the 800 free relay.

 
Day 3: Saturday, March 14
Women

• Kaitlyn Besner placed 36^th in the 1000 free and 1650 free with times of 10:24.54 and 17:18.79 respectively.
• Riley Willett broke the Towson record in the 100 IM with a time of 56.65 which also was good for a 14^th overall placement in the B-Final.
• Gudmundsdottir placed 27^th in the 100 free prelims with a time of 50.88.
• Megan Unruh swam 2:03.90 in the 200 fly prelims to place 29^th overall.
• Emelia Erikson, Gudmundsdottir, Summer Bontrager and Wahl finished 27^th in the 400 free relay at 3:25.56.

Men

• Davidson became the second Tiger on the podium as he placed 2^nd in the 1000 free and 1650 free at 9:12.20 and 15:13.80.
• Harry Herrera made the B-Final in the 100 IM and finished 19^th at 50.28.
• Isak Brkanovic qualified for the 100 free B-Final and swam 44.56 to place 16^th overall.
• Herrera was the top qualifier in the 200 breast and went on to place 4^th in the A-Final with a time of 1:56.93.
• Nicco Gurri and Ben Eischeid were in the 200 fly B-Final and swam 1:47.90 and 1:48.56 respectively to place 12^th and 14^th overall.
• Eischeid, Brkanovic, Cradock, and Decker swam 2:59.35 in the 400 free relay to place 15^th.

 
 
Up Next:
All eyes are now on Jed Garner as he prepares for the NCAA Championships where he will be swimming in the 100 and 200 breast. The National Championships take place from March 25 until March 28^th.