University of Montevallo Athletics

Accolades
2025-26 All-Conference Carolinas First Team
2025 NCAA Division II All-American
2024-25 Conference Carolinas Male Swimmer of the Year
2024-25 All-Conference Carolinas First Team
2024-25 CSCAA All-American
2023-24 All-NSISC Second Team

2025-26 (Senior)
Competed primarily in the butterfly and freestyle events...Won the 100-yard butterfly at the Conference Carolinas Championship with a time of 47.73...Finished fifth in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.02...Posted a time of 45.96 in the 100-yard freestyle preliminaries at the Conference Carolinas Championship...Helped Montevallo's 400-yard medley relay team capture the conference title with a time of 3:20.51, recording a 47.56-second butterfly split...Helped the Falcons' 200-yard freestyle relay team finish second at the Conference Carolinas Championship with a 21.18-second anchor split...Helped Montevallo capture its first Conference Carolinas men's team championship.

2024-25 (Junior)
Appeared in his second-consecutive NCAA Division II National Championship, finishing 14th in the 50-yard freestyle (20.03) and 8th in the 100-yard butterfly (46.93)...Captured three Conference Carolinas titles in the 50-yard freestyle (20.03), 100-yard freestyle (44.16), and 100-yard butterfly (46.44)...Recorded five victories in the 100-yard butterfly, three in the 50-yard freestyle, and two in the 100-yard freestyle throughout the season.

2023-24 (Sophomore)
Became the first sophomore in program history to qualify for the NCAA Division II National Championship...Earned an NCAA Division II B-Cut at the NSISC Championships with a time of 47.54 in the 100-yard butterfly... Helped send the first relay teams in program history to Nationals, swimming the fly leg on the 200-yard medley relay (1:28.45) and 400-yard medley relay (3:13.95)...Recorded four individual victories during the season, including two in the 100-yard butterfly and two in the 200-yard butterfly.

2022-23 (Freshman)
Placed in the top three 12 times during his freshman campaign, winning eight events...Recorded three NCAA B-Cut times at the New South Conference Championships...Set a personal best of 54.46 in the 100-yard IM at the Sewanee Invitational and posted another career mark of 1:45.06 in the 200-yard freestyle at the Delta State Christmas Invitational.

High School
Attended Municipal State Comprehensive Institution.

Personal
Son of Nikolay and Natalia Kolesnikov...Has one brother, Nikolay...Majoring in Business Management.