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2024-25 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

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TJ Bearor

  • Height 5-11
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Queensbury, N.Y.
  • Highschool Queensbury

Biography

2024-25: Finished 19th in the 100 fly prelims at the CAA Championships with a time of 49.95 … Placed 23rd in both the 50 free prelims and 100 free prelims at the conference championships.

2023-24: Placed 18th in 100 free prelims at the CAA Championships with a personal-best 45.57 … finished 19th in 200 free prelims with a time of 1:40.25 … his time of 21.07 in the 50 free prelims was good for 29th place … was a member of the program record-setting 200 free relay at the Patriot Invitational on Nov. 16 … his 51.96 in 100 IM time trials at the CSCAA National Invite was the seventh-fastest in program history … team captain.


2022-23: Placed 14th in the 200 free at the CAA Championships after a PB 1:40.39 in prelims... swam a season-best 20.97 in the 50 free at CAAs... swam a season-best 45.91 in the 100 free at CAAs... swam a personal-best 51.36 in the 100 fly at the CSCAA National Invitational Championship... named to the CAA Academic Honor Roll.

2021-22: Swam across a variety of events, mainly in freestyle heats … swam in the 50-, 100-, 200-, and 500-yard freestyle races, while adding the 100-yard backstroke to the mix … finished third in the 50-yard freestyle in a dual at Delaware (Jan. 29) with a time of 21.26 seconds … finished third in the 100-yard freestyle in a meet at William & Mary (Oct. 23) with a 48.06 … swam lead off for the 800-yard freestyle relay team that finished second at the CAA Championship Meet.

2020-21: Logged Towson’s fourth-quickest 50-yard freestyle (20.46), the fifth-fastest 100-yard freestyle (45.77), third-best 50-yard butterfly (24.35) and 100-yard backstroke (50.40) … swam the third leg of Towson’s CAA Champion 200-yard freestyle relay … won the B Final of the 50-yard freestyle (20.46) at CAA Championships.

High School:
Swam at Queensbury High School for head coach Michael Anderson … holds five school records with the Spartans while leading his team to a sectional title in 2018 and the state meet … won sectionals five times and was a three-time individual state qualifier … finished as a runner up in the 50-yard freestyle at the state meet … earned All-America honors in the 50 free … holds two Section II meet records in the 50 and 100 freestyle events.

Personal: Full name is Theodore Jacob Bearor … goes by T.J. … son of Ted and Jamie Bearor … has two siblings, Anna and Mckenna … father played football at UAlbany while his mother played field hockey at Old Dominion … volunteered at the Lake George Triathlon … enjoys pickup basketball and hanging out with friends … worked as a buser at a restaurant and as a dock hand in the summers … favorite swimmer is Caeleb Dressel while Christian McCaffery is his favorite football player … favorite movie is Remember the Titans and his favorite meal is prime rib and mashed potatoes … favorite memory was becoming an All-American … majoring in exercise science at Towson with aspirations to work in athletic training.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Freestyle/Backstroke
    5'11"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Freestyle/Backstroke
    5'11"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Freestyle/Backstroke
    5'11"
  • 2022-23Junior

    Freestyle/Backstroke
    5'11"
  • C

    2023-24Senior

    Free/Back
    5'11"
    C
  • C

    2024-25Graduate Student

    Free/Back
    5'11"
    C