WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The Salem swim team will make its sixth and final appearance in Greensboro this weekend, when the Spirits trek to Greensboro College for the second time in as many weekends to take part in a meet that includes The Pride and Guilford College at the Reynolds Family Student Life Center Pool on Saturday, Jan. 18 at 1 p.m.
Salem has gone head-to-head against Greensboro in one other meet, which resulted in the lone victory of the season (78-19) on Oct. 26. The Spirits have been part of two meets, including the Guilford College Invite (Oct. 5) and a tri-meet (Nov. 15), that pitted Salem against Guilford.
The Spirits have earned 101 Top-10s over the course of the season, with Allison Wakefield (15), Olivia Kleven (14) and Kristen Kellogg (12) responsible for the most individual Top-10 finishes. Kleven has claimed the most Top-3 finishes of the season, 12, while teammate Corrin Shores has come through with five since joining the team after the completion of the volleyball season. Kleven is responsible for six first-place performances, the most on the team, which came in the 100 breaststroke (William Peace Invite / Pfeiffer—Dual / Guilford-Sweet Briar—Dual), 100 individual medley (Pfeiffer—Dual), 200 individual medley (Pfeiffer—Dual) and 200 breaststroke (Greensboro / Virginia Wesleyan—Dual).
Recap of tri-meet versus Bridgewater, William Peace, Warren Wilson (Jan. 11): Sophomore Allison Wakefield earned three Top-10s at a meet hosted by Greensboro on Saturday, Jan. 11, but the Salem swimming team fell in a series of clashes against Warren Peace (36-90), Warren Wilson (38-45) and Bridgewater (28-131) at the Reynolds Family Student Life Center Pool. Wakefield was one of three Salem competitors, along with Amy Stutzer and Rachel Black, to post a trio of Top-10 finishes.
Wakefield's best finish of the meet, fourth, came in the 1000 freestyle when she touched the wall in 16:08.64. She followed that with a fifth-place finish in the 100 freestyle, posting a time of 1:18.31 in the process. Wakefield capped off the afternoon by placing seventh in the 100 backstroke in a time of 1:39.32. With that trio of Top-10 outings, Wakefield has 15 Top-10 finishes on the season.
Salem also received a solid performance from Stutzer, who competed in her third meet of the campaign. Stutzer was fourth in the 100 breaststroke with a mark of 1:51.18 and quickly followed with a fifth-place performance in the 200 freestyle (3:13.83). Stutzer's afternoon also included a 10th-place performance in the 50 freestyle after posting a time of 38.96.
Black replicated the performance by Wakefield, earning a trio of Top-10s. The first-year swimmer closed out her third meet of the slate by finishing sixth in the 100 freestyle (1:22.98) and eighth in both the 100 backstroke (1:42.16) and 50 freestyle events (36.10).
Senior Kristen Kellogg emerged from the meet with her 12th Top-10 finish of the season, finishing seventh in the 200 freestyle with a mark of 3:57.49. Kellogg also took part in the 50 freestyle, where she finished 11th in a time of 53.47.
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