ATHENS, Ga. – Rutgers junior
Holly Prasanto reached the consolation finals on 1M at the 2024 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships on Thursday at Gabrielsen Natatorium on the campus of the University of Georgia.
Prasanto became the fifth Scarlet Knight to advance from prelims to either a consolation final or final in program history joining Abigail Knapton, Addison Walkowiak, Alyssa Black and Nicole Scott. With her performance, Prasanto will earn second-team all-america honors.
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The Sheffield, England native, in her first NCAA appearance, advanced to the consolation final after taking ninth in the prelim round with a score of 285.20. She was .21 points shy of reaching the top eight.
In the following round, Prasanto dove to a third-place consolation finish to land in 11
th place overall. Her score of 299.20 was not only a career-best but the seventh-highest score in Rutgers history. She bested her previous high of 297.60 captured in late January in a dual meet with Villanova at the Rutgers Aquatics Center.
The junior Scarlet Knight qualified for the 2024 NCAA Swimming & Diving championship with a fourth-place finish on 1M at NCAA Zones to punch her ticket to the national championships. Prasanto captured a total score of 532.15 after 12 dives for Rutgers to send a member of its dive squad to NCAAs for a third straight year.Â
In her three seasons "On The Banks", Prasanto has captured a trio of 1M crowns and reached the Big Ten consolation finals on 1M and 3M this past season.
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