FAIRMONT, West Virginia – Over the weekend, the Salem Tigers men's and women's swimming team headed up I-79 to Fairmont to compete in the Fairmont State Tri-Meet. Salem would compete against Fairmont State and Davis & Elkins on Saturday afternoon. The Tigers were able to see some individual success. However, the Tigers finished 0-2 on the women's side in the dual scores. On the men's side they split 1-1 defeating Davis & Elkins and falling to Fairmont State.

On the women's side, in event 1 the Tigers finished in third in the 400 Medley Relay. The second event for the women seen Kiara Barnes finish 2^nd place in the 1000 Freestyle. The Tigers also had some success in the 50 freestyles with Cheyanne Rohde placing 2^nd and Emily Low placing 4^th. Kiara Barnes had another impressive 2^nd place finish in the 200 IM. Courtney Repinz was able to place 4^th in the 200 IM as well. Salem had two top three finishes in the 100 Back by Cheyanne Rohde and Kiara Barnes. To finish things on the women's side, Salem finished 2^nd as a team in the 400 Freestyle Relay. 

On the men's side, things got started out with the Tigers seeing a 2^nd place finish as a team in the 400 Medley Relay. The Tigers had an impressive 1^st place finish by Alvaro Arruga Moreno in the 1000 Freestyle. Elias Maurer was able to finish 2^nd in the 200 Freestyle. The Tigers had another impressive 1^st place finish by Veer Kassan in the 200 IM. Salem led the pack in the 100 Freestyle with Elias Maurer finishing 1^st and Marko Zivojinovic finishing 2^nd. To close things out, the Tigers were able to have one more 1^st place finish by Alvaro Arruga Moreno in the 500 Freestyle.

After a solid weekend, the Tigers will have a lot of time off to prepare for the Vulcan Invitational on January 11^th in California, PA