Riley Miklos Season 2025-26

Honors & Awards

• 24th, 1,650 Free, Big Ten Championships (2025)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2026)
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2024*, 2025*; Spring 2025)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2025)

*Indicates 4.0 Semester GPA

Sophomore (2025-26)
A strong force for the Huskers, Riley Miklos capped her second season strongly with three personal best times and a B final showing in the Big Ten Swimming and Diving Championships. 

The sophomore from Richmond, Va., accumulated 20 top-five finishes during the season, with two titles during the season. In a double dual against South Dakota State and Omaha, Miklos swam a mark of 1:52.28 for her first title. She later swam a 10:22.53 in the 1,000 free in Ames, Iowa, against Iowa State for her second title of the season. 

She captured a career best in the 500 free at the Hawkeye Invite in the preliminary round with a time of 4:48.04. Her time of 4:50.87 in the finals earned her fourth place. In the 100 free prelims, she added a career mark of 49.91, ending in a draw for fifth. 

At the Big Ten Championships, Miklos achieved a career best of 1:46.49 in the 200 free prelims for a trip to the B finals. She swam a 16th-place time of 1:47.37 in the finals. 

She assisted a team of Giulia Marchi, Gena Jorgenson and Beatrix Tanko to a school record time of 7:02.71 in the 800 free relay for a seventh-place finish at the conference championships.

Freshman (2024-25)
Miklos completed a solid freshman year campaign, competing in freestyle events and long races. She collected 13 top-five finishes and notched four career bests throughout her 2024-25 season with the Huskers. 

At the Hawkeye Invitational, Miklos harnessed two top-ten finishes and a career best. In the 100 free, Miklos clocked a 50.68, collecting her career best while she finished 16th (51.84) in finals later that day. The freshman from Richmond, VA., had strong finishes in the 500 free where she placed seventh (4:50.78) and in the 1650 free, placing eighth (16:49.51). Additionally, Miklos competed in the 200 free, collecting 11th-place (1:49.82).

At the Big Ten Championships, Miklos finished out her first season strong, collecting three career bests in the 200 free prelims (1:48.47), 500 free prelims (4:48.47) and the 1650 free finals (16:32.23).

Before Nebraska
Miklos joined the Huskers from Richmond, Va. She was a state finalist for Deep Run High School in the 200 and 500 freestyle in 2023. With her club team, Nova of Virginia Aquatics, Miklos was the 2023 Virginia short-course state finalist in the 200, 500 and 1000 freestyle as well as the 200 butterfly. At the 2024 NCSA Spring Championships, she finished 12th in the long-course 800 freestyle (9:08.66) and 13th in the long-course 100 freestyle (58.03).

Personal
The daughter of Chris Miklos and Dr. Megan Cassidy, Riley Miklos was born on Dec. 7, 2005. She has one sister, Cassidy and one brother, Owen. A computer science major, Miklos has earned three spots on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll. She was also a member of the 2025 Tom Osborne Citizenship Team. 

“I chose Nebraska because I felt the environment, coaches, and teammates would enable me to be the best swimmer and student I could be,” Miklos said.

Career-Best Times

Event	Time	Meet (Year)
100 Free	49.91	Hawkeye Invite (2025)
200 Free	1:46.49	Big Ten Championships (2026)
500 Free	4:48.04	Hawkeye Invite (2025)
1,000 Free	10:00.39	Big Ten Championships (2025)
1,650 Free	16:32.23	Big Ten Championships (2025)