Education
University of Florida. University of Arizona.
University of Florida. University of Arizona.
He became a United States. citizen during the summer of 2014, and has subsequently represented the United States in international events. He was born in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Townsend attended the University of Arizona, where he swam for the Arizona Wildcats swimming and diving team in 2007 and 2008.
He previously attended the University of Florida and competed for the Florida Gators swimming and diving team in 2005 and 2006.