Women's Swimming | 10/12/2025 1:45:00 AM
Utah Tech came away with a split of its weekend tri-meet against both New Mexico State and New Mexico on Saturday afternoon at the NM State Swimming and Diving Complex.
The Trailblazers outscored the Lobos by a 210-82 count in their head-to-head dual, but came up short of a Saturday sweep as the host Aggies defeated the Blazers, 170-90.
Utah Tech collected two event victories on the day, beginning in the 200-yard free, where
Natalia Zmierczak touched the wall first with a season-best time of 1:55.48.
The Blazers' other event win came in the final race of the day, the 400 free relay, with the "A" team of
Cera Mallory,
Madeleine McGaughy,
Reagan Patterson and Zmierczak clocking a 3:30.89. Meanwhile, the Utah Tech "B" team of
Nia Turagavou,
Sorina Rom,
Coco Riding and
Gabby Henry placed second with a time of 3:35.22.
That runner-up result was one of seven that Utah Tech would come away with on Saturday.
Mallory accounted for two of the individual second-place showings, which came in the 1,000 free (10:32.49) and the 200 breast (2:21.56).
In addition,
Makaela Perea placed second in the 100 back (58.24), as did Patterson in the 100 breast (1:06.07). Meanwhile
Kate Reichner turned the trick in the 200 fly (2:10.35), and Henry followed suit in the 50 free (24.33).
Utah Tech will send several swimmers to compete at the MPSF Open Water Championships next Saturday, Oct. 18, in Long Beach, Calif.
