Kingsport, TN - Salem University swim competed for the first time in the 2021-22 season at the King University Invitational over the weekend. The men's team placed sixth out of ten teams with 183 points. The women placed eighth out of 12 with 68 combined points.
Brady Samuels had a strong performance for the Tigers placing fourth in the 100 (51.53) and 200-yard (1:57.68) butterfly and fifth in the 200-yard individual medley (2:00.20).
Tadeas Neliba placed sixth in the 1650-yard freestyle (17:21.99) and tenth place in the 500-yard freestyle (4:57.79). Zachary Bell contributed a seventh-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:47.40.
On the women's side, Jaden Welsh placed sixth in the 200-yard individual medley (2:17.90) and ninth in the 100-yard (1:02.05) and 200-yard (2:13.82) backstroke.
The relay team of Neliba, Bell, Fernando Gomez and Samuels placed sixth in the 400-yard freestyle with a time of 3:17.52. In the 400-yard medley relay, Austin Kephard, Samuels, Gomez and Bell swam to eighth place at 3:41.07.
The Women's relay team of Lauren Platz, Jaden Welsh, Sofia Castillo, and Ivani Kamidoi placed 11th in the 200-yard medley relay (1:58.40) with the Men's team of Huscar Urbina, Samuels, Gomez, and Zachary placing tenth (1:40.90).
The Tigers will be back in the pool this weekend at Mylan Park in Morgantown, WV for the West Virginia State Games.
