Swimming & Diving Opens Season at Annual Potomac Relays

WASHINGTON (September 24, 2026) – Howard University swimming & diving opens the 2026-27 marketing campaign Friday (Sept. 25) on the annual Potomac Relays, hosted by George Mason University, in Fairfax, Va. The first race is about for 4 p.m.
 
SEASON OUTLOOK
 

Director of Swimming & Diving Nicholas Askew enters one other season main the Howard program with each squads aiming to return to the highest of the NEC standings.
 
MEN
 
The males’s squad enters the brand new marketing campaign as back-to-back NEC champions after capturing its third league title in 4 seasons in February.
 
Howard returns a number of key contributors from final 12 months’s championship squad, together with seniors Ameer Bashir (Hartley, Del.), Adam Diaz (Manhattan, N.Y.) and Mason Green (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) and junior Mark Brown (Charlotte, N.C.).
 
The Bison additionally welcomed a brand new group of student-athletes, trying to assist defend the convention crown.
 
WOMEN
 
The ladies’s squad enters the season because the reigning NEC champions after capturing the primary convention title in program historical past a 12 months in the past.
 
Howard returns senior Rhanishka Gibbs (Nassau, Bahamas) and senior Iala Cropper (Rochester, N.Y.), together with junior Chanice Posada (Houston), who had been a part of final season’s championship crew. The Bison will look to construct on final 12 months’s historic marketing campaign and defend their NEC title.
 
MEET PREVIEW
 
The Potomac Relays will function Howard, George Mason, American, Georgetown, Mary Washington and Mount St. Mary’s.
 
The meet consists of a sequence of relay occasions, together with the 200 Medley Relay, 800 Freestyle Relay, 3×100 Butterfly Relay, 3×100 Backstroke Relay, 3×100 Breaststroke Relay, 500 Freestyle Relay, 4×100 IM Relay, 1000 Freestyle Relay and 200 Freestyle Relay.
 
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
 
Saturday (Oct. 10), Howard returns to Burr Gym Pool to host crosstown rival Georgetown within the annual Battle at The Burr. The first race is scheduled for two p.m.
 
For extra info, go to the Bison Athletics web site at www.HUBison.com.