2024 NajlaStrong Scholarship recipients
Polina Buslova
Polina has been doing synchronized swimming since she was 9 years old. She will attend the University of Central Florida to study Computer Science. Polina's favorite memories from being on the Palm Beach Coralytes are all the team bonding activities they did. She said that some of her favorite memories were living in a house together during out-of-state meets and persevering through practices together. Polina mentioned that her teammates bring so much passion to the sport. She hopes to bring the qualities that she has seen from Najla and her other teammates as a synchronized swimmer to college.
COCO Beardsley
Coco has been doing synchronized swimming for 14 years now. She will be attending UCF in the fall to study political science. Coco says while she won’t be on the Palm Beach anymore, her heart will still be with the team as her and some of her teammates plan to start their very own synchro club up on the UCF campus. In doing so, they will continue to compete and hopefully inspire other students to fall in love with the sport of synchronized swimming just like they have.
