Trailblazer Swimming Heads to Houston for the 2025 WAC Championships

By: UT Athletics Media Relations

Brooklyn Fehr / Utah Tech Athletics

Women's Swimming | 2/24/2025 10:57:00 AM

Utah Tech will close out season at the 2025 Western Athletic Conference Swim and Dive Championships, which will be held this Wednesday-through-Saturday, at the CRWC Natatorium in Houston, Texas.

The four-day meet will be streamed live each day, with preliminary heats shown on the WAC International Network (wacinternational.tv), while all event finals will be streamed on ESPN+ (plus.espn.com).

LAST LAP: This weekend's championship meet will be the final one held by the WAC. The conference announced earlier this season that it was discontinuing its sponsorship of men's and women's swimming and diving following the 2025 championships.
            Starting next season, Utah Tech women's swimming will be an affiliate member of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF). Along with the Trailblazers, six other WAC programs will make the move to the MPSF next season, including California Baptist, Idaho, New Mexico State, Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado and UTRGV.

COACHING STAFF: Utah Tech alumnus Shawn King is in his second season as head coach of the Trailblazer program.
        In his first season poolside at Utah Tech, he guided the team to its second fastest season in school history, breaking seven school records, while collecting three All-WAC honors. In addition, the Trailblazers combined to post 75% life best times in competed events during the season.
        Utah Tech also performed in the classroom, as the team earned CSCAA Division I Scholar All-America honors with a cumulative 3.79 GPA.
        Coach King is joined poolside by second-year assistant coach Colby Clark.

LAST TIME OUT: Utah Tech wrapped up the 2024-25 regular season with a number of season personal best times recorded at the UNLV First Chance Invite in Las Vegas this past Feb. 14.
        The Trailblazers posted two event victories, beginning in the 200-yard IM with Grace Benson touching the wall first at 2:05.12, which was the sixth-fastest time in program history and a team season-best time overall.
        Benson would later clock Utah Tech's fastest season time in the 100 free with a second place 51.79.
        Cera Mallory accounted for the Blazers' other event win, that being in the 100 breast with a season personal-best time of 1:03.91.
        In addition, Gabby Henry placed second in the 50 free with a 23.90 (season PR), while Jordan Musselman took second in the 200 IM at 2:07.03, and Sorina Rom took runner-up honors in the 100 breast with a time of 1:06.05.
        In all, a 28 combined season best marks were posted in the Trailblazers' final tune-up before the WAC championship meet.

TRAILBLAZERS IN THE WAC: Utah Tech owns several top WAC individual marks heading into this weekend's conference championship meet.
50 Free
T-6. Mandy Farnum – 23.45 (at Utah Tech Trailblazer Inv'l)
25. Gabby Henry – 23.90 (at UNLV First Chance Inv'l)
29. Natalia Zmierczak – 24.02 (at UNLV First Chance Inv'l)

100 Free
20. Grace Benson – 51.79 (at UNLV First Chance Inv'l)
21. Mandy Farnum – 51.80 (at UNLV First Chance Inv'l)
23. Natalia Zmierczak – 51.83 (at UNLV First Chance Inv'l)
26. Cera Mallory – 51.96 (at UNLV First Chance Inv'l)

200 Free
12. Cera Mallory – 1:51.04 (at NAU Dual #2)
30. Natalia Zmierczak – 1:53.71 (Utah Tech Trailblazer Inv'l)

500 Free
12. Cera Mallory – 4:58.70 (at Utah Tech Trailblazer Inv'l)
24. Kaiya Lawson – 5:05.94 (at UNLV First Chance Inv'l)

1,000 Free
5.  Cera Mallory – 10:14.46 (at Washington State Dual)
30. Kaiya Lawson – 10:54.09 (at Utah Tech Trailblazer Inv'l)

1,650 Free
6. Cera Mallory – 16:59.96 (at Washington State Dual)
21. Kaiya Lawson – 17:55.32 (at Utah Tech Trailblazer Inv'l)
23. Paulina Sansores – 18:24.44 (at Washington State Dual)

50 Back
6. Mary Sims Cross – 26.15 (at Utah Tech Trailblazer Inv'l)
27. Dani Cannon – 27.10 (at Utah Tech Trailblazer Inv'l)

100 Back
2. Mary Sims Cross – 55.00 (at Utah Tech Trailblazer Inv'l)
21. Grace Benson – 57.18 (at NAU Dual #2)

200 Back
3. Mary Sims Cross – 1:59.85 (at NAU Dual #2)
19. Allie Hayes – 2:04.51 (at UNLV First Chance Inv'l)
22. Dani Cannon – 2:05.46 (at Utah Tech Trailblazer Inv'l)

50 Breast
19. Yara Olsen – 30.25 (at NAU Dual #2)
22. Grace Benson – 30.44 (at Utah Tech Trailblazer Inv'l)
24. Cera Mallory – 30.57 (at UNLV First Chance Inv'l)
30. Jenna Tracy – 30.98 (at Utah Tech Trailblazer Inv'l)

100 Breast
12. Yara Olsen – 1:03.79 (at NAU Dual #2)
14. Cera Mallory – 1:03.91 (at UNLV First Chance Inv'l)
17. Grace Benson – 1:04.54 (at NAU Dual #2)
28. Alyssa Gordon – 1:05.54 (at Utah Tech Trailblazer Inv'l)
30. Jenna Tracy – 1:06.04 (at Utah Tech Trailblazer Inv'l)

200 Breast
7. Cera Mallory – 2:17.88 (at Washington State Dual)
11. Alyssa Gordon – 2:19.79 (at Washington State Dual)
14. Yara Olsen – 2:19.20 (at NAU Dual #2)

50 Fly
19. Gabby Henry – 26.19 (at Utah Tech Trailblazer Inv'l)
22. Mandy Farnum – 26.31 (at Utah Tech Trailblazer Inv'l)

100 Fly
16. Gabby Henry – 55.96 (at Utah Tech Trailblazer Inv'l)
22. Mandy Farnum – 56.35 (at Utah Tech Trailblazer Inv'l)

200 Fly
15. Gabby Henry – 2:05.28 (at Washington State Dual)
20. Kam Swanson – 2:06.06 (at Utah Tech Trailblazer Inv'l)
25. Abby Hill – 2:07.05 (at UNLV First Chance Inv'l)

100 IM
1. Grace Benson – 56.96 (at NAU Dual #2)

200 IM
11. Grace Benson – 2:05.12 (at UNLV First Chance Inv'l)
14. Allie Hayes – 2:06.31 (at Utah Tech Trailblazer Inv'l)
19. Jordan Musselman – 2:07.03 (at UNLV First Chance Inv'l)

400 IM
6. Alyssa Gordon – 4:27.16 (at Washington State Dual)
12. Allie Hayes – 4:30.33 (at Washington State Dual)
22. Kaiya Lawson – 4:34.35 (at NAU Dual #2)

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