Women's Swimming | 3/1/2026 9:51:00 AM
Utah Tech wrapped up the 2025-26 season with several top season and program marks on the final night of the 2026 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Women's Swimming and Diving Championships on Saturday at the PSJA Natatorium in Pharr, Texas.
Utah Tech finished in seventh place overall with 604 points in its conference meet debut, 173 points ahead of eighth place Pacific (431 pts). Northern Arizona claimed the team title with 1,350 points, followed by New Mexico State in second (1,227 pts) and Northern Colorado in third (1,171.5 pts).
The Trailblazers closed the four-day meet with one podium finish, three school records, and several top-10 all-time marks.
Cera Mallory got the Blazers' final day of competition with a sixth-place finish in the 1,650-yard freestyle with a time of 17:01.58, which was her season-best time and the fourth-fastest time recorded in program history.
Coco Riding (17:43.90) and
Kaiya Lawson (18:13.70) also posted season-best marks in placing 19
th and 24
th, respectively.
In the 200 backstroke,
Mary Sims Cross closed out her solid weekend with a sixth-place showing in the 200 backstroke championship final with a season-best time of 2:00.56.
Meanwhile in the 100 free final heats,
Reagan Patterson placed sixth in the consolation final with a 51.38, while
Gabby Henry touched the wall first in the bonus final in a time of 51.55.
In the last individual event of the meet, the 200 butterfly,
Naomi Nakaya clocked the ninth-fastest time in Utah Tech history with a 2:04.51 to place third in the consolation final.
Utah Tech closed the weekend with a fifth-place finish in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:23.64, which was the Trailblazers' fastest mark this season and the second-fastest time in program history.
Mallory got the relay off to a great start by covering the first 100 yards in 51.45, which was the sixth-fastest 100 time in Trailblazer history. Patterson (50.51) and Henry (50.67) kept the pace going ahead of senior
Natalia Zmierczak, who swam the anchor leg in 51.01 in her final collegiate race.
