Steve Craig, a sports writer for the Portland Press Herald, recently spoke with Bentley freshman diver Nicola Mancini and her diving coach, Rick Danehy, as she prepared for this weekend's Northeat-10 Championships. This appeared in the Jan. 31 edition of the Press Herald and online at www.pressherald.com.
By Steve Craig scraig@pressherald.com
Staff Writer
Having success as a diver is nothing new for Nicola Mancini of Falmouth.
Being relaxed enough to enjoy the success? That's something refreshingly new for Mancini, the former three-time state Class B champ.
In her freshman season at Bentley University, Mancini has repeatedly broken school and pool records off the 1- and 3-meter boards. Last week Mancini turned in the school's first 300-point, six-dive scores on both boards, scoring 306.64 on the 1-meter and 305.55 for the 3-meter.
"I would say I'm just very much more consistent with my dives," Mancini said Tuesday. "I'm more relaxed. I would get so nervous in high school."
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