[12][13] On August 7, Kibler finished third in the final of the 200 meter freestyle with a time of 1:47.71 and won the bronze medal in the event.

[11][13] At the 2021 NCAA Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina, Kibler swam a 41.45 in the prelims heats of the 100 yard freestyle, advancing to the final ranking second.

[29] Heading into championships season his senior year competing collegiately for the Texas Longhorns under Hall of Fame Coach Eddie Reese, Kibler won the 200 yard freestyle in a new pool record time of 1:32.74 at the Robson and Lindley Aquatics Center and Barr-McMillion Natatorium in a dual meet against Southern Methodist University.

[31][32] For the 50 yard freestyle prelims heats on day two, he swam a time of 19.33 seconds to qualify for the evening final ranked third.

[29] Equalling his personal best time of 41.45 seconds in the preliminary heats of the 100 yard freestyle on day four, Kibler qualified for the final ranking fifth.

[55] The following day, he qualified for the final of the 50 meter freestyle ranking fourth with a time of 22.49 seconds in the prelims heats.

[60] With a personal best time of 48.28 seconds in the preliminary heats of the 100 meter freestyle on day one of the 2022 US International Team Trials in Greensboro, North Carolina in late April, Kibler qualified for the evening final ranking third.

[61] In the final, he lowered his personal best time again, dropping an additional three-hundredths of a second to finish with a 48.25 in a tie with Hunter Armstrong for fourth-place.

[64] For the prelims heats of the 100 meter butterfly on day three, he ranked ninth and qualified for the b-final in a personal best time of 52.30 seconds.

[66] On the fifth and final day, he swam a 22.38 in the prelims heats of the 50 meter freestyle, achieving a rank of twelfth and qualifying for the evening b-final.

[69] Kibler started his competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships with his individual event, the 200 meter freestyle, swimming a 1:46.13 in the preliminaries to qualify for the semifinals ranking fifth.

[71][72] For the final, he finished just three-hundredths of a second behind Tom Dean of Great Britain with a personal best time of 1:45.01 to place fourth.

[79][80][81] Competing at his first FINA Swimming World Cup in Toronto, Canada in October at part of the 2022 FINA Swimming World Cup, Kibler advanced to the final of the 50 meter freestyle on the first day with a personal best time of 21.62 seconds that ranked him sixth across all of the preliminary heats.

[83] The following morning, he tied Kobe Ndebele of South Africa for eighteenth-place in the preliminary heats of the 100 meter freestyle with a personal best time of 48.08 seconds, not qualifying for the final.

[86] At his second-ever Swimming World Cup stop, the one held in November 2022 in Indianapolis, Kibler started off with a personal best time of 3:43.68 in the preliminary heats of the 400 meter freestyle, qualifying for the final ranking fourth.

[88] The next morning, he improved upon his personal best time in the 100 meter freestyle from Toronto, swimming a 46.84 and qualifying for the final ranking second.

[90] The third morning, he lowered his personal best time in the 200 meter freestyle with a 1:43.14 in the preliminary heats and an overall second-rank, which qualified him for the final.

[91] He finished third in the final, less than two-tenths of a second behind gold medalist and fellow American Kieran Smith, winning the bronze medal with a personal best time of 1:41.93.

[100][101][102] In the preliminaries of the 200 metre freestyle, his second of two individual events, on day six of six, he qualified for the final ranking fourth with a personal best time of 1:41.88.