Spartanburg, S.C. – The King University men's swimming team lost to Converse on the road 113-91 for their first loss of the season. Carlos Arias led the whole meet in points with 18 on the day. The team started strong with a win in the 400-yard medley relay in 3:33.20.
Arias earned his first individual points two events later in the 200-yard freestyle, winning in 1:47.73.
Patricio Perezpuebla helped King get back in the top two with a second-place finish in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:35.97 and a personal best.
Matthew Montenegro-Strunk took first in the very next event, the 200-yard butterfly, in a time of 2:02.16.
Andrey Villarreal set a personal best in the 100-yard freestyle in 48.80, earning second place just 0.04 seconds behind first.
Cristobal Amiel made it back-to-back personal bests for King with his win in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:55.55.
The duo of Arias and Simeon Wesner gave King its first one-two finish of the meet in the 200-yard breaststroke. Arias swam a time of 2:08.7 for the win, and Wesner swam a 2:15.9 to earn second.
The Tornado finished strong, winning the final event with a time of 3:12.63 in the 400-yard freestyle but still came up short against the Valkyries.
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