Wingate University Athletics

2016-17: Team captain...

2015-16: Olga Kosheleva received All-American laurels in the 200 Breaststroke as Wingate earned a school-record second place team finish in the 2016 NCAA Division II national championship meet. She posted two All-Bluegrass Mountain Conference swims in the 100 and the 200 Breaststroke. Her BMC time in the 200 Breaststroke (2:16.39) was a career-best clocking. Kosheleva swam a career-best time of 57.23 in the Catawba dual meet 100 Freestyle.

2014-15: Kosheleva finished first in both breaststroke events and seventh in her 200 Individual Medley during the Bluegrass Conference championship meet. Her BMC times were all personal-bests: 100 Breast (1:03.21), 200 Breast (2:16.39) and 200 IM (2:06.39). She earned multiple All-BMC recognitions and qualified for the NCAA championship meet. Kosheleva set a new school record in the 100 Breaststroke (1:02.12) as Wingate won the 400 Medley Relay National Championship (3:40.28) at the NCAA event. Kosheleva participated in both the 200 and the 400 Medley Relays at BMC and NCAA. On an individual level, Kosheleva took 12th place in the 200 Breaststroke (2:17.07) and 13th place in the 100 Breaststroke (1:03.66) during Nationals, adding two honorable mention All-American swims to her All-American relay performance. In addition to her All-America standings, she received CSCAA Scholar All-American first team distinction.

2013-14: Kosheleva swam the following career-best times at the ninth annual SCAD College Invitational in Savannah, Ga. Dec. 5: 25.81 (50 Freestyle), 1:04.70 (100 Breaststroke), 2:21.74 (200 Breaststroke) and 2:10.31 (200 IM). At the Quad Meet in Charlotte, she swam a personal best of 2:14.29 in the 200 Individual Medley.
 
She also swam career-bests of 1:06.93 (100 Breaststroke) and 2:26.06 (200 Breaststroke) at the Queens vs. Wingate dual meet in Charlotte. Kosheleva opened her collegiate career at the 2013 All-N.C. Invitational in Greensboro with the following times: 1:08.21 (100 Breaststroke), 2:30.44 (200 Breaststroke) and 2:16.09 (200 IM).

Personal: Kosheleva hails from Yekaterinburg, Russia. She is the daughter of Stanishlav and Irina Kosheleva. She was in the top three in regionals in the 50, 100 and 200 BR, as well as the 200 IM at New School N° 184. Kosheleva made the finals at nationals; she earned a spot in the top three at nationals in the 100 BR and 4X100 IM during the 2010-11 season. Her top events are the 100 BR and 200 BR. When Kosheleva is not swimming, she loves to spend time with her family and friends and listen to music.