2023 Trailblazer Invite
- November 15-18, 2023
- St. George, Utah
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results on Meet Mobile: “Trailblazer Invite 2023”
- Day 1 Results (PDF)
Courtesy: UC San Diego Athletics
ST. GEORGE, Utah – The Tritons set the tone early at the Trailblazer Invitational as they sent 40 swimmers to the finals on night one with the Triton women winning all five events and the Triton men taking three of their five events.
Both UC San Diego squads sit in first place with the Triton women at 309 points and the Triton men at 285.5 points.
ON THE WOMEN’S SIDE
In the morning, Miranda Renner earned a NCAA B-Cut swim and a program record after taking the 50 free with a time of 22.70. Chloe Braun then earned an NIC B-Cut after posting a time of 28.40 in the 50 breast.
Opening the finals with a win, the 200 free relay team made up of Asia Kozan, Mackenzie Lee, Josette Odgers, and Miranda Renner took the event with a time of 1:30.46. Sophomore Sophia Bell added 20 points to the board for the gold and blue finishing first in the 500 free with a time of 4:52.35 – five seconds faster than her prelim swim.
Eva Boehlke took the 200 IM with a time of 2:00.69, followed closely by teammate Chloe Braun who finished third with a time of 2:03.22. Taking the 50 free for the second time today, Renner finished first with a time of 22.83. She was joined in the event. By Odgers and Lee for a combined 46 points.
Boehlke, Braun, Kozan, and Renner ended the night with win and a program record in the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:37.87. Iris Bayan, Sabrina Bennani, Sanne Dequine, and Odgers took sixth in the same event and the relay teams earned a combined 66 points.
After day one, the Triton women are 70 points ahead their pool of competition.
ON THE MEN’S SIDE
Starting the finals on top, the relay squad of Andrija Petkovic, Zach Elian, Lucas Brunett, and Aidan Rikic won the 200 free relay with a time of 1:20.55. Adding 16 points for the Tritons, Devin Esser finished third in the 500 free with a time of 4:29.06. He was followed by Jackson Bernstein who finished with a time of 4:30.39 for another 15 points.
Nathan Lee led the Tritons in the 200 IM to finish first with a time of 1:48.18. He was followed by Shane Burns in fourth and Jake Reuter in fifth, the trio combined for 49 points in the event. Andrija Petkovic led Zach Elian and Aidan Rikic in the 50 free as he finished second with his teammates taking third and seventh.
Ending the night the way they started it, Lee, Brunett, Chad Morrison, and Rikic finished first in the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:14.49 for another 40 points.
After day one, the Triton men are 68 points ahead their pool of competition.
UP NEXT
The Tritons will continue their competition at Utah Tech with day two beginning at 9 a.m. for prelims and finals set for a 4 p.m. start. The invitational is free to watch online at www.wacinternational.tv/utahtech.
Courtesy: Utah Tech Athletics
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 10th-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.
