2025 UTAH TECH TRAILBLAZER INVITE
- November 19-22, 2025
- St. George, Utah
- SCY (25 yards)
- Day 1 Results (PDF)
Courtesy: UC San Diego Athletics
ST. GEORGE, Utah. – UC San Diego Tritons traveled to St. George, Utah to attend the Trailblazer Invite hosted by Utah Tech Wednesday, Nov. 19th. Competition began at 6 p.m. PT and consisted of four relay events. The women faced Utah Tech, UC Davis, Fresno State, Pacific, San Diego State, and San Diego. The men are competing against Cal Baptist and Pacific.
The Tritons opened strongly with a total team score of 266 points, with their next closest competitor earning 160 points.
WOMEN’S HIGHLIGHTS
UC San Diego A placed first out of 26 relay teams in the opening event of the Trailblazer Invite, the 200 Yard Medley Relay. Madison O’Connell, Chloe Braun, Eva Boehlke, and Asia Kozan represented the Tritons in this race for UCSD A with a time of 1:37.82. UCSD B placed seventh (1:41.52) with Addison Everage, Hayley Gregory, Edna Huang, and Jasmine Phuong.
In the 800 Yard Medley UC San Diego A placed second with a time of 7:16.74. Kozan led, followed by Audrey Moore and Sydney Niles, with Sophia Bell anchoring. UCSD B claimed seventh place (7:29.27) out of 18 relay teams with Dani Carter, Sabrina Bennani, Minh-Nha Kawamura, and Huang.
MEN’S HIGHLIGHTS
On the men’s side UC San Diego A, William Seymour, Adrian Bellido, Hunter Cehelnik, and Zach Elian, clinched first place in the 200 Yard Medley Relay with a time of 1:26.28. The team beat six others and broke the UC San Diego program record in the event. William Seymour broke the 50 Yard Backstroke program record with his split (21.74). UCSD B finished in fourth (1:29.66) with Jack O’Shaughnessy, Bekzhan Yessengeldy, Kyle Kengla, and Jacob Wang.
Rounding out the relays UCSD A in the 800 Yard Freestyle Relay took first place. Luigi Franco, Aidan Rikic, William Miller, and Landon Egeland earned a time of 6:32.08. Following them in third place, UCSD B, Shane Burns, Charlie Franz, Lucas Brunett, and O’Shaughnessy with a time of 6:40.52.
UP NEXT
UC San Diego will return to the pool tomorrow to continue competition in the Trailblazer Invite. The morning session begins at 9 a.m PT and the evening session begins at 4 p.m. PT.
Courtesy: San Diego State Athletics
ST. GEORGE, Utah – San Diego State’s Abby Storm set a school record in her 50 backstroke relay split on Wednesday to highlight the Aztec swimming contingent’s opening wave of action at the fifth annual Trailblazer Invitational inside Utah Tech’s Human Performance Center Pool.
Storm led off SDSU’s 200 medley relay with a backstroke sprint of 24.32 to set a new program standard, topping her previous career best of 24.39.
Storm joined forces with Moa Bergdahl, Alli Mann and Alyssa Schiller to record a third-place performance of 1:38.32 in the event, edging the Aztecs’ “B” team of Alex Downing, Roni Black, Sierra Tallman and Kaydence Bispo, who took fourth at 1:40.86.
Later, SDSU emerged victorious in the 800 freestyle relay where the foursome of Bispo, Reka Nyiradi, Amber Janky and Melanie Quinto bested the field at 7:13.77, shaving nearly 14 seconds off their seed time of 7:27.55.
In addition, SDSU’s “B” entry the event contributed to the Scarlet and Black’s point-total with a 10th-place finish, as the combo of Masen Karsten, Grace Mering, Camille Seiley and Tallman clocked in at 7:33.91.
In the team standings, the Aztecs compiled 116 points to finish the day in second place behind UC San Diego’s tally of 124 points, while Fresno State and UC Davis are tied for third with 112 points, followed by San Diego (49), Utah Tech (42), California Baptist (36) and Pacific (28).
The Trailblazer Invitational continues on Thursday with two sessions of three individual events, including the 500 freestyle, 200 IM and 50 freestyle, along with finals of the 200 freestyle relay. Preliminary action gets underway at 10 a.m. MT/9 a.m. PT, while the finals are set to begin at 5 p.m. MT/4 p.m. PT.
SDSU divers will also participate in the 1-meter springboard event on Thursday to open the Lumberjack Invitational in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Trailblazer Invitational
St. George, Utah
Women’s Team Standings
Through Two Events
- UC San Diego, 124 pts
- San Diego State, 116 pts
- T3. Fresno State, 112 pts
- T3. UC Davis, 112 pts
- San Diego, 49 pts
- Utah Tech, 42 pts
- California Baptist, 36 pts
- Pacific, 28 pts
