2024-25 Swimming & Diving Roster
Kailyn Winter
- Position:
 - Freestyle/Butterfly
 
- Height:
 - 5-10
 
- Class:
 - Senior
 
- Hometown:
 - Soquel, Calif.
 
- High School:
 - Soquel
 
Career Accolades
- All-America
	
- 2025: Second Team (200 free relay, 400 medley relay, 400 free relay)
 - 2024: Second Team (200 medley relay, 200 freestyle relay)
 - 2023: Second Team (200 freestyle relay)
 - 2022: First Team (200 freestyle relay)
 
 - SEC Champion
	
- 2022: 200 freestyle relay
 
 - All-SEC 
	
- 2025: Second Team (200 freestyle relay)
 - 2023: Second Team (200 freestyle relay)
 - 2022: First Team (2002 freestyle relay)
 
 - 2024 CSC Academic All-District Team
 - School Ranking 
	
- 1st - 200 free relay (1:25.47)
 - 5th - 100 fly (51.99)
 - 6th - 50 free (21.94)
 - 9th - 100 free (48.76)
 
 
2024-25
- Earned All-America honors in the 200 free relay and 400 free relay with an 11th and 13th-place finish, respectively, at the NCAA Championships
 - Competed in the 50 free, 100 free and 100 fly at the NCAA Championships
 - Recorded a career-best 48.64 time in the 100 free at the NCAA Championships
 - Posted a career-best time in the 50 freestyle (21.94) and a career-best time in the 100 fly (51.99) at the SEC Championships
 - Paced the 200 freestyle relay team to a second-place finish at the SEC Champinships
 - Finished ninth in the 50 free at the the SEC Championships
 - Posted a seventh-place finish in the 50 free and 100 fly and an eighth-place finish in the 100 free at the UGA Fall Invite
 - Helped the 200 free relay win the event at the UGA Fall Invite
 
Summer 2024
- Competed in a pair of events at the U.S. Olympic Trials
 - Swam a career-best time of 25.47 in the 50 freestyle and a time of 1:00.20 in the 100 butterfly at the U.S. Olympic Trials
 
2023-24
- Competed in three relays with Alabama, aiding the 200 and 400 free and 200 medley relay to top-20 performances
 - Earned All-America honors as part of the 200 freestyle relay (12th place) and the 200 medley relay (16th place)
 - Recorded a career-best and seventh-place finish in the 50 freestyle (22.14) at the SEC Championships
 - Also swam a career-best in the 100 butterfly (52.79) at the SEC Championships
 - Helped the Tide earn two NCAA A cuts and three top-five finishes in the 200 freestyle, 400 freestyle and 400 medley relays, respectively at the Tennessee Invitational
 - Posted a top-five finish in the 100 butterfly at the Tennessee Invitational
 - Clocked season-bests and top-10 finishes in the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle at the Tennessee Invitational
 - Earned wins a member of Alabama's two relays against Missouri
 - Earned her first win of the season in the 100 butterfly in the Tide's season opener against Delta State
 - Also earned a win, swimming the anchor leg of Alabama's 200 medley relay against Delta State
 
2022-23
- Earned Second Team All-America honors as a member of the 200 freestyle relay (14th) at the NCAA Championships
 - Silver medalist as a member of the 200 freestyle relay at the SEC Championships
 - Placed fourth as a member of the 400 freestyle relay at the SEC Championships
 - Scored points for Alabama in the 50 freestyle (17th) and 100 butterfly (23rd) at the SEC Championships
 - Also competed in the 100 freestyle at the SEC Championships
 - Posted a career-best time in the 50 freestyle (22.25) at the SEC Championships, which ranks her sixth all-time in Alabama history
 - Earned second team All-SEC honors
 - Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll
 
Summer 2022
- Competed in the 50 and 100 freestyle at the 2022 Phillips 66 National Championships, placing 19th in the 50 free
 
2021-22
- Earned 2022 First-Team All-American honors as a member of the 200 freestyle relay
 - Took gold at the SEC Championships as part of the Tide's 200 freestyle relay (1:26.93)
 - Scored in the 50 freestyle (22.38) and 100 freestyle (48.80) taking 15th in both at the SEC Championships
 - Also swam the 100 butterfly at the SEC Championships
 - Set the Alabama record as part of the Tide's 200 freestyle relay (1:26.38) at the Tennessee Invitational in November
 - Swam a career-best 48.80 in the 100 freestyle and 22.30 in the 50 freestyle, ranking her seventh all-time at UA in both
 
Prep Highlights
- Competed for Lucas Salles-Cunha at Quicksilver Swimming
 - Competed for Jarret Winter at Soquel High School
 - Took sixth at US Olympic Trials Wave 1 in the 50m Freestyle
 - Took fifth in the 50 freestyle at the 2020 USA Swimming Junior National Championships
 - Ranked in the top-50 all-time in the 50-meter freestyle for 18-and-under
 - US Open finalist in the 100 butterfly
 - USA Swimming Summer Junior National Championship finalist in the 100-meter butterfly
 - Eight-time All-American over a three-year high school career (2020 season canceled due to COVID)
 - Central Coast Section (CCS) 200 freestyle relay record breaker
 - Salutorian and Top-10 percent of graduating class
 - Social Studies Award Winner
 
Personal Information
- Full name: Kailyn Dawn Winter
 - Parents: Kristen and Jarret Winter
 - Sisters: Tenaya Winter
 - Kinesiology major
 - Birthdate: April 29, 2003
 
Top Marks
- 50 Freestyle - 22.14
 - 100 Freestyle - 48.80
 - 100 Butterfly - 52.79
 
Poolside with Charlie Hawke
Friday, July 11
NCAA Championships Preview: Coach Geer
Thursday, March 14
NCAA Championships Preview: Avery Wiseman & Charlie Hawke
Thursday, March 14
SEC Championships Preview: Coach Geer
Monday, February 13








