Emilie Petit enters her third season as Associate Head Coach of Towson Swimming & Diving and fifth season overall on head Coach Anthony Bruno's staff, she also serves as the women's swimming & diving recruiting coordinator.
The 2025-26 season saw the Tiger women place third and the men finish second at CAA's while the Towson swimmers took home 17 medals and broke six program records at the meet. Jed Garner qualified for NCAA's in the 100 and 200 breast while Addie Scott won CAA gold in the 200 freestyle.
The 2024-25 season was highlighted by the free relay unit of Bjartey Gudmundsdottir, Marissa Kleckner, Ryland Zuniga and Claire Ryland breaking the school record in the 200 free relay.
The 2023-24 season saw Ally Frame break the Towson records in the 100 and 200 back and freshman Addie Scott was named the CAA Women's Rookie of the Year. On the Men's side Brian Benzing finished as the national runner up in the 100 breast and was named an All-American in the event.
Petit's first year with Towson in 2022-23 saw the Tigers break 16 total program records with Ally Frame, Hailey Ritter and Katie Nunez all setting individual women's records for the school.
Petit comes to Towson after serving as an assistant coach at Old Dominion University for the past three seasons. Before coaching, Emilie swam for ODU where she holds multiple top 10 all-time program performances and was an event medalist in the 400-yard IM at the Conference USA Championships in 2019. Originally from Dijon, France, Emilie brings a wealth of experience as a competitor and has assisted in developing some of the top talents at ODU in the last few seasons.
“Emilie brings with her a wealth of experience as a student-athlete and coach. She is one of the strongest swimmers in ODU history and has done a great job on deck coaching the last three seasons. Emilie has grown into a strong recruiter and does an excellent job with student athlete development. She forms strong bonds with team members and her energy on the pool deck is infectious. I am looking forward to working with Emilie to continue to build one of the top mid major programs in the country,” head coach Anthony Bruno said of the hire.
