 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Salmeen akaberekerwa muAnn Arbor, Michigan. Akanga ari mukwikwidzi wekukwikwidza pazera remakore 9, uye akava mutambi akakurumbira paHuron High School muAnn Arbor, kwaakanga ari co-kaputeni weboka rekushambira revasikana kwemakore maviri. Paaiva kuHuron, Salmeen akanga ari shasha yenyika katatu mumakwikwi emamita 500, uye kamwe chete mumakwikwi emamita 100 achimhanya neshiri. Salmeen akapfuurira kushambira paYunivhesiti yeCalifornia, Los Angeles UCLA, kwaaive co-kaputeni, mana-nguva All-American, uye NCAA yenyika shasha mu200-yard butterfly. Akakunda menduru yendarira munhangemutange yemamita 200 achimhanya neshiri paWorld University Games ya1995muFukuoka, Japan. Salmeen akakwanisa kupinda muU.S. Olympic Team ye 1996 Summer Olympics muAtlanta, Georgia, kwaakawana menduru yegoridhe yekushambira timu yeU.S. yakakunda mumakwikwi ekutanga evakadzi e4 × 200 metres freestyle relay. Mumakwikwi evanhu paOlympics, akapedza 4th muB Final 12th overall mumakwikwi evakadzi e200-meter butterfly. 