Anna Vlachou Season 2024-25

Honors
One Letter (2024)
Academic All-Big Ten (2025)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2023, 2024)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2024, 2025)
Best Female Athlete (2023 Greek Junior Swimming Championships)

Sophomore (2024-25)
Anna Vlachou finished her second season at Nebraska with a strong showing at the Big Ten Championships, including a school-record 52.63 in the 100 butterfly prelims on her way to a 19th-place individual finish in the finals. She also contributed to three school relay records for the Big Red at the conference meet, swimming legs in the 200 free relay (1:29.97), 200 medley relay (1:38.50) and 400 medley relay (3:36.12). contributed to the Huskers phenomenal relay season by helping grab two school record times at the Big Ten Championships. Individually, she notched four personal bests and an individual record. 

In the last dual of the regular season, Vlachou dominated competition against Rutgers and Iowa. She collected two-first place finishes in the 100 fly (53.38) and 100 free (50.19) which landed her a career best. The Husker also swam in four of the five relays, grabbing two more wins in the 200 (1:31.59) and 400 free relays (3:20.12), as well as a second-place finish in the 400 medley relay (3:40.94) and a fifth-place finish in the 200 medley relay (1:31.59). 

Freshman (2023-24)
Vlachou had a strong first season as a Husker, contributing both individually and in relay events. The freshman from Athens, Greece qualified for the 100 butterfly C final at the Big Ten Championships with a prelim time of 54.32. She took 21st in the final (54.14).

Vlachou logged her career-best time in the event in a time trial at the Mizzou Last Chance Meet (53.90). At the mid-season Hawkeye Invitational, Vlachou set a career-best time of 50.49 in the 100 freestyle prelim to qualify for the final, where she finished third (50.57).

She added a pair of eighth-place finishes in the 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly and a 12th-place finish in the 50 freestyle. In a dual with Rutgers (Feb. 2-3), Vlachou grabbed a runner-up finish in the 100 butterfly (54.13) and placed third in the 100 freestyle (51.19).

Vlachou was a consistent contributor to NU’s relay success and was a part of four winning relays this season. She helped the 400 medley relay to an eighth-place finish at the Big Ten Championships. The group finished in 3:37.60 for the third-fastest time in NU history.

Before Nebraska
Vlachou is from Athens, Greece. She attended 2o GEL Argyroupolis and competed for Olympiacos club team. Vlachou earned Best Female Athlete in the 2023 Greek Junior Swimming Championships. She competed in the semifinals at the European Junior Swimming Championships in 2022 (100 fly) and 2023 (50 fly), after qualifying for the championships in 2021.   

Personal
The daughter of Dimitrios Vlachos and Christina Rizou, Anna was born on Feb. 14, 2005. She has one brother, Stefanos. Anna, who majored in hospitality, restaurant and tourism management, earned Academic All-Big Ten honors in 2025. She was also a three-time Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll selection. She was a member of the 2024 and 2025 Tom Osborne Citizenship Team. Some of her hobbies include hiking and crochet-knitting. 

Career-Best Times

Event	Time	Meet (Year)
50 Free	22.72	Big Ten Championships (2025)
100 Free	50.19	Rutgers & Iowa (2025)
200 Free	1:50.73	Hawkeye Invite (2023)
100 Back	56.55	Hawkeye Invite (2024)
100 Fly	52.63	Big Ten Championships (2025)