Kalia Antoniou

02/22/20 MWSD SEC ChampionshipAlabama swimmer Kalia AntoniouPhoto by Jeff Hanson

Position:
Freestyle/Backstroke/Butterfly
Height:
6-1
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Limassol, Cyprus
High School:
Pascal Greek School

Accolades

2023 All-American 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay, 200 freestyle relay
2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2021 NCAA Champion - 400 freestyle relay
2021 All-American - 100 freestyle, 50 freestyle, 400 freestyle relay, 200 freestyle relay, 800 freestyle relay, 200 medley relay
2020 All-American - 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay
2021 First Team CSCAA Scholar All-American
2020 First Team CSCAA Scholar All-American
2019 First Team CSCAA Scholar All-American
2022 First Team All-SEC
2021 First Team All-SEC
2020 Second Team All-SEC
2019 SEC All-Freshman Team
2021 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2020 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2019 SEC Academic Honor Roll

Summer 2023

Finished in the top 10 at the Acropolis Open, in the 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 50 backstroke and 50 butterfly
Won the 50 free and 100 free at the Acropolis Open

2022-23

Cyprus Sports Writers Association’s 2022 Female Athlete of the Year
Earned first team All-America honors as a member of the 200 medley relay (7^th) at the NCAA Championships
Earned second team All-America honors as a member of the 400 medley relay (13^th) and 200 freestyle relay (14^th) at the NCAA Championships
Earned second team All-America honors in the 50 (21.85) and 100 freestyle (47.89), placing 11^th in both events
Gold medalist as a member of the 200 medley and 400 medley relays at the SEC Championships
Silver medalist in the 100 freestyle and 200 freestyle relay at the SEC Championships, recording a career best time in the 100 (47.46)
Bronze medalist in the 50 freestyle at the SEC Championships
Swam a career best time as the leadoff leg of the 800 freestyle relay (5^th) at the SEC Championships, ranking her sixth all-time in Alabama history
Earned first team All-SEC honors
Member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll

Summer 2022

Competed for Cyprus at the 2022 FINA World Championships in the 50 and 100 freestyle

2021-22

Earned a spot on the 2021 Cyprus FINA Short Course World Championships Team
Earned 2022 First-Team All-American honors as a member of the 200 medley relay, 200 freestyle relay, and the 400 freestyle relay
Earned 2022 Second-Team All-American honors in the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, and 800 freestyle relay
Took gold at the SEC Championships as part of the Tide's 200 medley relay (1:33.94), 200 freestyle relay (1:26.93) and 400 freestyle relay (3:10.36)
Silver medalist in the 100 freestyle (47.67) at the SEC Championships
Set the SEC and SEC Championships record as part of the Tide's 200 medley relay (1:33.94)
Took fifth as part of the Tide's 800 freestyle relay (7:03.06) at the SEC Championships
Scored in the 50 freestyle (22.16) taking 10th at the SEC Championships
Set school records as part of the Tide's 200 medley relay (1:33.94) and 200 freestyle relay (1:26.38) during the 2021-22 season

Summer 2021

Competed in the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games for her native Cyprus in the 50 and 100-meter freestyle
Posted a school record in the 100-meter freestyle at the 2021 TYR Pro Swim at Mission Viejo with a time of 54.85

2020-21

NCAA Champion as part of the 400 freestyle relay, bettering the school record set at the SEC Championships with a 3:09.78 on the way to the Crimson Tide's first women's NCAA relay title
Earned All-America honors in the 50 and 100 freestyle, 200 medley relay, and 200, 400 and 800 freestyle relay
Qualified for the championship finals of the 100 freestyle (47.64) and 50 freestyle (21.85) at the NCAA Championships, finishing fifth and sixth, respectively
Her 47.64 in the championship final of the NCAA 100 freestyle was a career-best time and ranks her second all-time at Alabama
Finished sixth in both the 200 medley relay (1:35.80) and 200 freestyle relay (1:27.92) at the NCAA Championships
Finaled as part of the Tide's 800 freestyle relay at the NCAA Championships, taking sixth place with a school-record 7:00.38
2021 SEC Champion in the 50 freestyle with a school-record 21.69
Finished eighth in the 100 freestyle at the SEC Championships with a 48.38
Went a career-best 1:47.46 in the prelims of the SEC 200 freestyle, which ranks her ninth all-time at Alabama
Won gold at the SEC Championships as part of the 200 and 400 freestyle relays with school-record times of 1:27.01 and 3:10.28, respectively
Finaled in the 800 freestyle relay at the SEC Championships, taking fourth in a time of 7:01.36
Earned CSCAA First Team Scholar All-America honors and a place on the SEC Academic Honor Roll

2019-20

Earned All-America honors in the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle relay and 400 freestyle relay
Qualified for her second NCAA Championships in the 50 and 100 freestyles and as part of the Tide's relay contingent, prior to the championships being canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic
Earned a bronze medal as part of the 400 freestyle relay with Morgan Scott, Flora Molnar and Rhyan White at the SEC Championships
Reached the championship final of the 100 freestyle (7th) and as part of the 200 freestyle relay (5th) and scored in the 50 freestyle (13th) at the SEC Championships
Also swam the 200 freestyle at the SEC Championships
Broke the school record as part of the 200 freestyle relay (1:27.98) with Morgan Scott, Flora Molnar and Julia Wolf and as part of the 400 freestyle relay (3:12.29) with Scott, Molnar and Rhyan White at the SEC Championships
Swam career-best times in the 100 freestyle (48.48) and 200 freestyle (1:48.31) at the SEC Championships and the 50 freestyle (22.11) at the Bulldog Invitational
Ranked third all-time at UA in the 50 and 100 freestyles and 10th in the 200 freestyle at the end of the season
Won the 50 and 100 freestyles at the Bulldog Invitational
Closed the dual-meet season with wins at Florida State in the 50 and 100 freestyles and as part of the 200 freestyle relay
Picked up a win at Vanderbilt as part of the 400 freestyle relay
Opened SEC competition in Birmingham against Georgia with wins in the 50 freestyle and as part of the 400 freestyle relay
Opened the season with a win at Delta State in the 100 freestyle and as part of the 400 freestyle relay
First Team CSCAA Scholar All-American
First Team All-SEC
SEC Academic Honor Roll

Summer 2019

Competed at the FINA World Championships in Gwangiu, South Korea in the 50- and 100-meter freestyle

2018-19

First Team CSCAA Scholar All-American
SEC All-Freshman Team
SEC Academic Honor Roll
Competed as part of both the 200 and 400 medley relays, as well as the 400 freestyle relay at the NCAA Championships
Scored in the 100 freestyle (22nd) and as part of the 200 (7th) and 400 (7th) medley relays, as well as the 200 (8th) and 400 (10th) freestyle relays at the SEC Championships
Posted then career-best times in the 50 freestyle (22.42) at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational and the 100 freestyle (48.86) at the SEC Championship
Part of the Crimson Tide's then school-record 400 medley relay (3:32.65) at the SEC Championships, swimming the anchor leg
Took top honors in the 50 freestyle and scored in the 100 freestyle (3rd) and as part of the 200 medley (2nd) and freestyle (3rd) relays against Florida State and Miami
Took top honors as part of the 400 medley relay and scored in the 50 (2nd) and 100 (3rd) freestyle and as part of the 400 freestyle relay (2nd) against Auburn
Scored in the 50 (4th) and 100 (8th) freestyle and as part of the 200 (2nd) and 400 (3rd) medley relays, as well as the 800 (3rd), 400 (3rd) and 200 (5th) freestyle relays at the Georgia Tech Invitational
Took top honors in the 50 freestyle and as part of the 200 freestyle relay and scored in the 100 freestyle (2nd) and as part of the 200 medley relay (2nd) against Texas A&M
Took top honors in the 50 freestyle and as part of the 400 medley relay and scored in the 100 freestyle (2nd) to open the season against Delta State

Prep Highlights

Swam for former Alabama All-American Stavros Michaelides at Limassol Nautical Club
Earned a place on the Cyprus 2018 Youth Olympics squad
Semifinalist in the 50 freestyle at the 2017 LEN European Junior Championships
Represented Cyprus at the Balkan Junior Championships, winning four individual medals between 2016 and 2017, including a gold in the 100 freestyle
Took gold in the 100 freestyle and bronze in the 50 freestyle at the 2017 Greek Winter Championships
2016 and 2017 Cyprus Female Swimmer of the Year