Cara Murnan

  • Cara
  • Murnan

  • Event
    Diving
  • Class
    Junior
  • Hometown
    Great Falls, Va.

2010-11: Finished third on the platform and 14th on the 3-meter at the Zone A Championships … Took sixth on the platform at the ACC Championships, setting a new school record with a score of 264.30 … Won the platform event at the Volunteer Invitational … Additionally, finished fourth on the 3-meter and sixth on the 1-meter at the Invite.

2009-10: Led the women with a fifth-place finish in the three-meter event at the Zone A Diving Championships and also placed sixth in the platform event…Placed 15th in the three-meter and 16th in the one-meter event at the ACC Championships…Earned the third-best score of the season in the three-meter event against West Virginia with a performance of 324.97 and in the platform event with a score of 221.60 at the Zone A Championships.

2008-09: Placed fifth in the platform diving and 16th in the three-meter diving at the ACC Championships … Placed eighth in the one-meter, third in the three-meter and second in the platform diving at the Volunteer Invitational … Set her season-best score for platform diving at the Volunteer Invitational … Named to the ACC All-Academic Team.

High School: Competed at Heritage H.S. … Has 10 years of diving experience, six years coming at MDC … A six time National Qualifier … 2007 AAU National Platform Champion.

Personal: Cara Murnan was born on Nov. 6, 1989, in Washington, D.C. … Daughter of Scott and Sandi Murnan … Majoring in political science and pre-law.