Trailblazer Swimming Tangles with New Mexico State and New Mexico in Weekend Tri-Meet

Women’s Swimming | 10/8/2025 3:07:00 PM

Utah Tech continues its 2025 fall schedule this weekend with a highway tri-meet in opposition to each New Mexico State and New Mexico. 

The two-day meet can be held on Friday (4:30 p.m MT) and Saturday (11:30 a.m. MT) at NM State Swimming and Diving Complex in Las Cruces.

 

COACHING STAFF: Utah Tech alumnus Shawn King begins his third season as head coach of the Trailblazer program. 

            Last season, King led the Trailblazers to a seventh place end on the remaining Western Athletic Conference championships. His crew additionally mixed to interrupt 4 college data and submit a number of extra top-10 all-time program marks. 

In his first season poolside at Utah Tech, he guided the crew to its second quickest season at school historical past, breaking seven college data, whereas gathering three All-WAC honors. In addition, the Trailblazers mixed to submit 75% life greatest instances in competed occasions throughout the season.

Utah Tech additionally carried out within the classroom, because the crew earned 2024-25 CSCAA Division I Scholar All-America honors with a cumulative 3.62 GPA.

Coach King is joined poolside by third-year assistant coach Colby Clark.

 

NEW SEASON = NEW CONFERENCE: After competing within the WAC since transitioning to NCAA Division I standing within the 2020-21 season, Utah Tech will compete below a brand new convention banner this season.

            The Trailblazer program is now an affiliate member of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF). Utah Tech joins six different former WAC packages within the new league this season, together with California Baptist, Idaho, New Mexico State, Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado and UTRGV. 

TRAILBLAZERS IN THE MPSF: Utah Tech owns a number of top-25 MPSF particular person marks after the primary week of the 2025-26 common season.

50 Free

3. Gabby Henry – 24.00 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l) 8

8. Reagan Patterson – 24.37 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

10. Madeleine McGaughy – 24.48 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

16. Cera Mallory – 24.60 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

T17. Sorina Rom – 24.65 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

22. Nia Turagavou – 24.74 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

25. Natalia Zmierczak – 24.88 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

 

100 Free

5. Reagan Patterson – 52.63 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

6. Sorina Rom – 52.71 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

7. Cera Mallory – 52.73 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

8. Madeleine McGaughy – 52.81 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

10. Natalia Zmierczak – 53.07 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

 

200 Free

1. Cera Mallory – 1:53.35 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

15. Reagan Patterson – 1:58.12 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

T16. Sorina Rom – 1:58.38 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

18. Rachel Maki – 1:58.40 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

 

500 Free

2. Cera Mallory – 5:04.34 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

23. Kaiya Lawson – 5:25.68 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

 

1,000 Free

2.  Cera Mallory – 10:24.38 (at Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

11. Coco Riding – 10:56.76 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

12. Rachel Maki – 10:58.93 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

16. Addy Trinidad – 11:18.85 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

 

1,650 Free

N/A

 

50 Back

4. Makaela Perea – 26.68 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

10. Mary Sims Cross – 27.58 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

15. Dani Cannon – 27.98 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

16. Kate Reichner – 28.83 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

 

100 Back

5. Mary Sims Cross – 58.04 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

9. Makaela Perea – 58.27 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

13. Kate Reichner – 59.38 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

17. Kiana Hugins – 59.87 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

19. Dani Cannon – 1:00.26 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

200 Back

2. Kate Reichner – 2:04.97 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

6. Makaela Perea – 2:06.49 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

14. Dani Cannon – 2:10.53 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

22. Kam Swanson – 2:17.53 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

 

50 Breast

T8. Alyssa Gordon – 31.96 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

25. Kaiya Lawson – 33.39 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

 

100 Breast

7. Alyssa Gordon – 1:07.26 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

10. Marta Valkovska – 1:07.53 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

15. Emilie Coleman – 1:08.30 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

24. Jenna Tracy – 1:09.44 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

 

200 Breast

5. Alyssa Gordon – 2:24.76 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

13. Emilie Coleman – 2:27.30 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

16. Marta Valkovska – 2:28.50 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

19. Jenna Tracy – 2:30.26 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

 

50 Fly

8. Natalia Zmierczak – 27.03 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

12. Madeleine McGaughy – 27.19 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

20. Kiana Hugins – 27.96 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

25. Kam Swanson – 28.50 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

 

100 Fly

6. Madeleine McGaughy – 58.02 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l) 

12. Natalia Zmierczak – 58.66 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

21. Kam Swanson – 1:00.77 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

25. Kiana Hugins – 1:01.31 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)  

 

200 Fly

7. Kate Reichner – 2:10.33 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

20. Naomi Nakaya – 2:19.58 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

21. Kam Swanson – 2:20.71 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

200 IM

14. Alyssa Gordon – 2:12.83 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

25. Marta Valkovska – 2:14.87 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

 

400 IM

4. Alyssa Gordon – 4:35.93 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

5. Kate Reichner – 4:35.96 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

12. Kaiya Lawson – 4:46.26 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

15. Coco Riding – 4:49.48 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

19. Addy Trinidad – 4:56.56 (Pepperdine Rodionoff Inv’l)

 

NEXT UP FOR THE TRAILBLAZERS: Utah Tech will ship a number of swimmers to compete on the MPSF Open Water Championships subsequent Saturday, Oct. 18, in Long Beach, Calif.