2025-26 Swimming & Diving Roster

Kayla Bolster

  • Class Freshman
  • Position Free/Back
  • Highschool The Dalton School
  • Hometown New York City, N.Y.

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS
100 Free (51.11)
200 Free (1:49.26)
200 Back (1:56.75)
100 Back (55.41) 
 
CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2025-26 (Freshman)
BIG EAST Champion 200 Medley Relay (first leg) - 1:39.31 (25.57 split)
BIG EAST Champion 800 Free Relay (third leg) - 7:14.47 (1:47.51)
BIG EAST Champion 200 Back (1:57.35 prelims) (1:56.75 finals)
BIG EAST Champion 400 Free Relay (Second leg) - 3:20.87 (49.48 split)
All-BIG EAST 200 Medley Relay (gold)
All-BIG EAST 800 Free Relay (gold)
All-BIG EAST 400 Free Relay (gold)
All-BIG EAST 200 Free (silver)
All-BIG EAST 200 Back (gold)

Villanova Career: In her first season on the Main Line, she recorded 13 wins across multiple events … earned five All-BIG EAST honors and captured four BIG EAST titles … ranks among the program’s top 10 performers in six events and set a school record in the 200-medley relay (1:39.31).

2025-26: Seton Hall: Helped the Wildcats to a first-place finish in the 200 Medley Relay with a 26.76 backstroke split and won the 100 Back (56.69); UConn: Contributed a 26.65 backstroke split to the first-place 200 Medley Relay, while also winning the 100 Back (56.01), placing third in the 50 Free (23.85) and second in the 100 Free (51.49); Georgetown: Swam a 26.50 backstroke split on the second-place 200 Medley Relay, while finishing third in the 100 Back (56.58), second in the 100 Free (51.38) and contributing a 22.83 split to the second-place 200 Free Relay; Penn: Placed second in the 200 Medley Relay with a 26.75 backstroke split, while also finishing second in the 200 Free (1:52.59), second in the 100 Free (52.09) and contributing a 23.58 split to the first-place 200 Free Relay; Florida State: Finished third in the 100 Back (56.49) and swam a 23.85 split on the second-place 200 Free Relay; UNF: First-place finish in the 200 Medley Relay with a 27.09 backstroke split, while also placing second in the 200 Free (1:54.19) and second in the 50 Free (24.55); Richmond: Contributed a 57.07 backstroke split to the first-place 400 Medley Relay, while placing third in the 50 Free (24.23) and second in the 200 Free Relay with a 23.78 split; James Madison: First-place finish in the 200 Medley Relay (1:45.33), while also placing second in the 200 Free (1:53.20), second in the 200 Back (2:03.53) and second in the 400 Free Relay (3:29.34); WVU/Duquesne: Recorded personal-best times in the 200 Free (1:49.26) and 50 Free (23.59), while placing second in the 200 Back (1:59.59) and contributing a 51.79 split to the first-place 400 Free Relay; Sprintfest: Swam a personal-best time of 51.41 in the 100 Back; BIG EAST Championships: Earned gold in the 200 Medley Relay with a 25.57 backstroke split, won gold in the 800 Free Relay with a 1:47.51 split, took silver in the 200 Free (1:49.31), won gold in the 200 Back with a personal-best time of 1:56.75 and contributed a 49.48 split to the first-place 400 Free Relay.