Over the weekend, junior Kaitlin Burke represented Towson at the NCAA Championship meet, swimming the 200, 500 and 1650-yard freestyles. In her last event of the meet, Burke finished 13th overall in the 1650-yard free with a 16:04.53 time and was the only woman Colonial Athletic Association swimmer to score. “She got out in front in the beginning and fought to get ahead of everyone. There was one girl who was kind of chasing her [...]

Towson’s women’s swimming and diving team avenged last season’s disappointing second place finish by re-capturing the Colonial Athletic Association Championship at this past week’s meet. The women narrowly edged James Madison with a 783.5 to the Dukes’ 735.5 final score. “I think there was a complacency with some of the people last year. They just thought, we’ll win, we’ll win, we’ll win, and we probably didn’t do the work we needed to and it resulted [...]

The last regular season meet of the 2012-13 season saw the swimming and diving teams to separate places over the weekend. The divers traveled to West Chester, Pa. for the West Chester Diving Invitational, while the swimmers went to Blacksburg, Va. for the Virginia Tech Invite. At the West Chester Diving Invitational, sophomore Lyndsey Dickson and freshman Natalee Szopo had impressive meets. Both finished first and second in the one-meter dive as well as the [...]

The Tigers finished their Colonial Athletic Association dual-meet season undefeated, remaining unbeaten overall. While the women kept their record perfect, the men’s team finished their CAA dual-meet season without a conference win. The women (10-0, 6-0 CAA) beat the Delaware Blue Hens on the road 205-95. Juniors Kaitlin Burke, Courtney Sepich and Melanie Rowland, sophomore Lyndsey Dickson and freshmen Hannah Ostrem all played a key role for Towson. Burke won three events: the 100-, 200- [...]

The Towson women’s swimming and diving team sent seven girls to Austin, Texas to compete in the U.S. Swimming’s Winter Nationals. The women who competed were senior Amanda Skroupa, juniors Kendall Towe, Kaitlin Burke, Cassie Sorna and Melanie Rowland, sophomore Victoria Oslund, and freshman Jenna Van Camp. The Tigers sent Burke, Oslund and Sorna to compete in the first day, last Thursday, Nov. 29. Burke and Sorna both competed in the 500-yard freestyle. Sorna swam [...]

Both the men and women’s swimming and diving team left Saturday’s meet against George Washington with wins. The women remain undefeated, while the men won their second meet of the season. In the women’s (6-0, 4-0 Colonial Athletic Association) 211-82 victory, junior Kaitlin Burke led the way with two of Towson’s nine individual wins. Burke won the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:06.91 and the 50-yard freestyle (24.08). The women’s 200 yard medley relay [...]

Both the men and women’s swimming and diving team are coming off seasons they hope to improve. The women’s team ended last season with a 10-1 record and finished in 2nd at the Colonial Athletic Association Championship meet. After winning the CAA the previous four years, coming in second was a little disappointing. The women’s team is starting off strong with a 4-0 record in the CAA and 5-0 overall. The team is looking to [...]

The women’s swimming and diving team remained undefeated in conference play while the men’s team lost twice this weekend in POD meets at Old Dominion. Led by junior Kaitlin Burke, the women (5-0, 4-0 Colonial Athletic Association) defeated George Mason 284-69, Northeastern 247-106 and host Old Dominion 255-96. Burke was the top-place finisher in three separate individual events. She finished first in the 1650-yard freestyle event with a time of 16:48.32, the 200-yard freestyle with [...]

The Tigers’ men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams both defeated Georgetown Saturday. The women (2-0, 1-0 CAA) cruised to a 188.50-106.50 victory while the men (1-1, 0-1 CAA) grinded out a 154-134 victory. Junior swimmer Kendall Towe led the women. Towe won the 200-yard freestyle event with a time of 1:53.33 and the 200-yard butterfly event with a time of 2:04.83. The Tigers had the top three finishers in both events. In the 200-yard [...]

Since she was 13 years old, Towson University swimmer Melanie Rowland had dreamed of qualifying for the Olympic Trials, hoping that one day she could represent the United States in the greatest sporting event in the world. Last Thursday, June 28, Rowland all but made her dream a reality. Rowland competed in the U.S. Olympic Trials for swimming in Omaha, Nebraska. She finished 65th in the 200-meter butterfly event, moving up 26 spots from where [...]