Virginia Consiglio Season 2025-26

Honors

• School-Record 200 Medley Relay (1:38.50, Big Ten Championships, 2025)
• One Letter (2025)
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2025)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2025)
• Italian Junior National Team (European Junior Championships, 2021, 2023)

Sophomore (2025-26)
Backstroke specialist Virginia Consiglio posted consistent times in her second year at Nebraska. The sophomore from Genova, Italy amassed 11 top-five finishes, with notable performances at the 2026 Big Ten Championships. 

With three event-winning times in the 100 back, Consiglio improved her time throughout the season and reached a career-best in a dual against Rutgers. Her swim of 53.54 is now the fourth-fastest time in NU history. She swam a season-best time of 1:57.22 in the 200 back for second at the same meet.

During the midseason meet in Iowa City, Iowa, Consiglio grabbed two second-place swims in the 200 backstroke, trimming nearly two seconds from the prelims (1:58.21) to finals (1:56.65).  Her final swim moved her to the second-fastest Husker behind Erin Oeltjen from her 2017 swim of 1:55.17.

At the conference championships in Minneapolis, Minn., the Italian swimmer swam in the C finals in the 100 back where she hit a 19th-place finish of 53.58. 

As a relay lead-off, Consiglio has helped her team of Amelia Riggott, Beatrix Tanko and Giulia Marchi to the fourth-fastest school time in the 400 medley relay. The 3:37.27 at the conference championships gave Consiglio her second spot on the school record book for the event.

Freshman (2024-25)
The last competitor to join the 2024-25 Husker swimming and diving team, Virginia Consiglio, played a significant role in the Husker relay efforts late in the season. At the 2025 Big Ten Championships, the freshman from Genova, Italy, raced with JoJo Randby, Anna Vlachou and Maisie Gilford to post a school-record time of 1:38.50 in the 200 medley relay. She was also part of Nebraska's school-record setting 400 medley relay (3:36.12) at the Big Ten Championships, joining Maia Hall, Vlachou, and Beatrix Tanko. 

Individually, Consiglio grabbed a sixth-place finish in the 200 backstroke (2:00.99) in Nebraska's win over Iowa and Rutgers in Piscataway, N.J., to close the regular season. It earned Consiglio the No. 6 spot on Nebraska’s all-time records in the 200 back. After joining the Huskers at the semester break, Consiglio captured an individual victory in the 100 backstroke (54.09) against Illinois, which was the top time by a Husker in the event all season.

At the Big Ten Championships, Consiglio placed 35th in the 200 back (2:01.28) and 36th in the 100 backstroke (54.76).

Before Nebraska
Consiglio joined the Huskers in January of 2025. She swam with the Italian Junior National Team at the 2021 and 2023 European Junior Championships, setting a junior national record in the 50 butterfly. Consiglio placed 10th in the long-course 50 backstroke prelims with a career-best 29.37. She added a 13th-place finish in the long-course 50 butterfly prelims and finished 15th overall in the semifinals (27.65). At the Campionato Italiano Assoluto Open, Consiglio bested her long-course 50 backstroke time by a second to finish 13th.

Personal
The daughter of Tony and Paola Consiglio, Virginia Consiglio was born on June 2, 2005. She has one brother, Filippo. Consiglio still has yet to declare a major, but earned a spot on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the Fall of 2025. She was a member of the 2025 Tom Osborne Citizenship Team.

Career-Best Times

Event	Time	Meet (Year)
100 Back	53.54	Rutgers (2026)
200 Back	1:56.65	Hawkeye Invite (2025)
100 Fly	56.44	Illinois (2025)
50 Free	24.27	Big Ten Championships (2025)
200 IM	2:07.00	Rutgers & Iowa (2025)