Swim & Dive Open 2025-26 Season In opposition to LaSalle

TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University males’s and girls’s swimming and diving groups start their 2025-26 seasons Saturday, September 27 because the Tigers host LaSalle for a twin meet at Burdick Pool. The meet will start with the dive occasions at 10 a.m. adopted by the swimming occasions at midday.
 
The Season Ahead:
The Towson males enter the season off a 4^th place end within the 2025 Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) Championships. The Tiger’s prime returners embody senior Sean Colson, who received gold, silver, and bronze medals on the convention championships final season; and sophomore Anthony Mortellite who was a CAA Swimmer of the Week and CAA Rookie of the Month as a freshman. Towson additionally brings again a 2024 CAA Diver of the Week in Aidan Clark in addition to juniors Stephen McDonald and Benjamin Eischeid, sophomore Geoffrey Cradock, and Seniors Daniel McLaughlin and David Walton who all posted prime 10 occasions at school historical past of their respective occasions this previous season.
 
The Tiger ladies head into the brand new season after putting 5^th on the CAA Championships in March. The prime returners are highlighted by senior diver Shannon Parrau who received silver on each boards on the convention championships and was a three-time CAA Diver of the Week. Towson additionally brings again sophomore Bjartey Gudmundsdottir and junior Riley Willett who have been members of the 200 free relay workforce that received silver at CAAs and set a brand new Towson document within the occasion. Willett additionally broke the college document within the 100 IM final season whereas Gudmundsdottir swam the second fasted 50 free at school historical past.
 
Meet the Newcomers:

Towson welcomes 17 newcomers to the swim & dive program this season together with 11 new males’s athletes and 6 new additions to the ladies’s workforce.
The new males’s arrivals start with six transfers beginning with sophomore backstroke specialist Nathan Decker who’s a Maryland Native and joins the Tigers after spending his freshman season at Utah.

Harry Herrera heads to Towson after three seasons at Indiana primarily swimming breaststroke. The senior was invited to the 2024 US Olympic Team trials and swam a private greatest 54.16 within the 100 breast final season.

Jake Wade is a Towson, Maryland native who spent the previous two seasons as a freestyle specialist at Niagara the place he helped set the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference document within the 200 free relay in 2025.

Jed Garner is a junior who joins Towson from Tennessee the place he spent his first two collegiate seasons. The Maryland native certified for the NCAA Championships within the 100 and 200 breast final season and positioned 5^th within the 200 breast on the 2025 SEC Championships.

Zachary Rothman involves Towson after spending his freshman season at American the place he was named the American University Swim & Dive Rookie of the Year. The Cornwall, New York native swam the fourth quickest 1650 free and eighth quickest 500 free in American University historical past.

Christian Davidson spent the previous two seasons at McKendree University the place he primarily swam distance freestyle occasions. The South Africa International positioned 3^rd within the 1650 free and 5^th within the 1000 free on the 2025 NCAA D-II Championships.

The rookie additions start with Jackson Cummins who received three state championships with St. Augustine Prep in Woodbury, N.J. specializing in backstroke and IM.

Asher Allebach comes from Cornelius, North Carolina the place he primarily swam freestyle and IM for Pine Lake Prep High School and SwimMAC Carolina.

Owen Cather is a Reston, Virginia native who earned 4 varsity letters at Briar Woods High School the place he holds data within the 100 again and 200 IM.

Cather additionally received three Loudoun County Invitational titles and two Region 5D titles.

Isak Brkanovic is a freestyler hailing from Albany, New York the place he holds eleven house pool varsity data at Guilderland High School. The Junior Winter National Qualifier was a 2025 All-American within the 50 free and holds the part two document within the occasion.

Owen Cromer is a freestyle and fly specialist who involves Towson from Hanover, Pennsylvania. The rising freshman swam for South Western High School and Seahorse Swim Team.

For the ladies, Megan Unruh is the lone switch addition as she joins after two seasons at Houston primarily swimming freestyle and fly. The junior was part of the 6^th place 800 free relay workforce on the 2024 Big XII Conference Championships the place she additionally positioned prime 30 within the 100 and 200 free.

The new rookies embody Emily Thornett, an Ijamsville, Maryland native who specialised swimming backstroke and fly for Monocacy Aquatic Club for whom she positioned 4^th within the 100 fly and a pair of^nd within the 400 medley relay on the 2025 Maryland Long Course Championships.

Lucy Nicholson is a freestyle specialist who hails from Crozet, Virginia. She captained Western Albemarle High School to back-to-back state championships in 2024-25 and holds college data within the 500 free, 200 free relay, and 400 free relay.

Ava McKinney is a freestyle and backstroke specialist from Richmond, Virginia who involves Towson after swimming for Mills E. Godwin High School and Nova of Virginia Aquatics.

Kaitlyn Besner heads to Towson from Pincourt in Quebec, Canada the place she primarily swam freestyle and fly for Pointe-Claire Swim Club. Besner has certified for the Canada Trials in every of the previous 4 years.

Emelia Erikson involves Towson from Horsham, Pennsylvania the place she swam for Hatboro Horsham Senior High School and Upper Dublin Aquatic Club. The Freestyle and breaststroke specialist was a four-time All-American, 11-time All-State and 14-time All-District honoree.

 

Scouting the Opponent:

The LaSalle males’s workforce enter the brand new season after ending 5^th on the 2025 Atlantic 10 Championships. The explorers return senior Swede Felix Jedbratt who positioned second within the 100 free at convention championships in addition to junior Carter Perkins who got here in 7^th. Jebratt and Perkins have been each within the 400 free relay workforce that positioned third on the occasion. Also on the A-10 Championships, returning junior Andrea Savoca took silver within the 200 breast.

The Explorers Women’s workforce begin the 2025-26 season after an 8^th place end on the A-10 Conference Championships. Senior Gabriela Herbreder returns after setting 5 LaSalle data on the convention championships (100 breast, 200 breast, 200 medley relay, 200 free relay, 800 free relay). The Poland worldwide received silver within the 100 breast and bronze in each 200 yard relays.

 

Captains of the Ship:

Fourth-year head coach Anthony Bruno has named the 2025-26 season captains.

 

Women’s Captains: Shannon Parrau and Britney Denny

Men’s Captains: Daniel McLaughlin and Teddy Ament