2023-24 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Madison Kolessar

  • Position IM/Free
  • Class Senior
  • High School Academy of Notre Dame
  • Hometown Chester Heights, Pa.

Biography

Career Accolades
  • 2024 CSCAA Scholar All-American (2nd Team)
  • 2023-24 SEC Honor Roll
  • 2022-23 SEC Honor Roll
  • 2022 CSCAA Scholar All-American
  • 2021-22 SEC Honor Roll
  • 2021 CSCAA Scholar All-American
  • 2020-21 First-Year SEC Honor Roll
2023-24 (Senior)
SEC Championships
  • Member of SEC Championship winning team
  • Competed in the 500 Free, 1650 Free and 400 IM
  • Recorded two personal-best times in the 500 Free (4:48.38) and the 400 IM (4:16.16)
  • Finished 10th in the 1650 Free after touching the wall in 16:20.04
  • Earned 14th in the 400 IM and 29th in the 500 Free
Regular Season
  • Competed in 20 events during the regular season
  • Claimed third in the 1000 Free in dual-meet win verse South Carolina (1/5)
  • Competed in four events at the Georgia Invitational (11/16-11/18) … Claimed 11th place out of 25 in the 1650 Free … Advanced to the B-Final in the 400 IM and placed 13th and advanced to the 500 Free C-Final where she placed 22nd …
  • Placed fourth in the 1000 Free in tri-meet against Tennessee & Kentucky (11/3) and fifth in the 1000 Free against Georgia (10/27) after swimming a 9:57.96
  • Clocked a season-best time in the 1000 Free (9:57.93) to finish fifth in dual meet against Virginia (10/13)
2022-23 (Junior)
Regular Season
  • Finished second in the 400 IM with a 4:28.49 in the win over Tennessee
  • Notched a fourth-place finish in the 1000 free in the home finale against FAU
2021-22 (Sophomore)
Regular season
  • Swam a career-best 2:08.24 in the 400 IM at the Bulldog NCAA Qualifying Meet
  • Won the 400 IM at the Auburn Invite with a time of 4:20.18
  • Tallied a second-place finish and a season-best 16:34.41 in the 1650 free at the Auburn Invite
2020-21 (Sophomore) 
SEC Championships
  • Competed in the 200 back, 400 IM, and the 16500 free
  • Finished 14th in the 1650 free, 28th in the 200 back and 25th in the 400 IM
Regular Season
  • Had seven top five finishes including one second place finish and one third place finish
Career-Best Times at Florida:
500 Free 4:48.38 SEC Championships Feb. 19-24, 2024
1,000 Free 9:49.88 Auburn Jan, 23, 2021
1,650 Free 16:17.44 Auburn Invite March 1, 2024
100 Back 58.56 Georgia Oct. 29, 2021
200 Back 1:57.61 Auburn Invite Nov. 18, 2020
200 fly 2:03.63 Miami Nov. 5, 2020
200 IM 2:08.24 Bulldog NCAA Qualifying Meet Feb. 26-27, 2022
400 IM 4:16.16 SEC Championships Feb. 19-24, 2024

Prior to Florida:
  • 2020 Olympic Trials Qualifier in the 200 fly
  • Member of the 2018 NCSA All-Star team that competed in Dublin, Ireland
Personal
Graduated with Cum Laude Honors in Spring 2024 with a degree in Nature Resource Conservation

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    IM/Free
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    IM/Free
  • 2022-23Junior

    IM/Free
  • 2023-24Senior

    IM/Free