Women's Swimming | 11/16/2023 9:19:00 PM

Utah Tech swimming combined to break one school record and post several top-10 program marks during the opening day of the 2023 Trailblazer Invitational on Thursday at the DSU HPC Pool.
 
UTU opened the evening session with a ninth-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a 1:35.46, which was the seventh-fastest relay time in program history history.
 
In the 500 free, junior Paulina Sansores won the "C" final in a time of 5:02.68, while freshman Cera Mallory followed in second place in 5:06.48.
 
The Trailblazers posted their first record-breaking performance of the 2023-24 season in the 200 IM, where freshman Mary Sims Cross touched the wall in 2:04.52 to place seventh-overall in the "A" final heat. 
 
Earlier in the day, Cross qualified for the championship heat with a time of 2:05.40, which ended up as the fourth-fastest mark in program history. Meanwhile, fellow freshman Grace Benson clocked the seventh-fastest 200 IM mark with a preliminary heat time of 2:06.22. 
 
In the final event of day one, the 400 medley relay, the Blazers' "A" team posted the fourth-fastest time in UTU history with a fifth-place 3:45.41. 
 
In addition, the "B" team swam the ninth-fastest relay time in program history with a 10^th-place time of 3:49.74.  
 
Day two of the Trailblazer Invitational will begin at 10 a.m., with several preliminary events, followed by the evening session at 5 p.m. Live streaming video of all Invitational events can be found at WACInternational.tv.