Tiger Swimmers Post Top-Six Team Finishes at Tori Invitational

HOBBS — The Alamogordo boys swim team placed fourth and the girls finished sixth at Saturday's Tori Invitational in Hobbs, with relay teams and sprinters leading the way for the Tigers.

The boys picked up a pair of third-place relay finishes. Caleb Crabtree, Chase Rose, Landon Artiaga and Braylon Malone took third in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:42.37, and Malone, Rose, Artiaga and Felipe Magalhaes were third in the 400 freestyle relay in 4:05.89. The 200 medley relay of Malone, Crabtree, Magalhaes and Artiaga placed sixth in 1:58.00.

Crabtree was third in the 50 freestyle (23.84) and fourth in the 100 breaststroke (1:14.44). Malone placed third in the 100 backstroke (1:03.33). Rose was fifth in the 200 freestyle (2:08.71) and sixth in the 100 butterfly (1:05.83), and Artiaga finished 12th in the 100 freestyle (59.28).

On the girls' side, Rachel Carmody led the Tigers with a third-place finish in the 100 freestyle (1:00.96) and a fifth in the 50 freestyle (27.75). Tempe Covell placed seventh in both the 200 individual medley (2:59.00) and the 500 freestyle (7:07.52). Adeline Pike was 10th in the 200 freestyle (2:50.24), and Teagan Green placed 14th in the 100 breaststroke (1:34.60).

The girls' 400 freestyle relay of Covell, Pike, Green and Carmody finished fourth in 4:46.11, and the 200 medley relay of Pike, Green, Carmody and Covell placed eighth in 2:22.12.

Tiger Swimming returns to the pool Saturday at the Peter Barney Relays at Albuquerque Academy.

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