“[Mental toughness] is the most important thing in competition,” Ferrell said. “You can make your body do whatever you want it to do if you’re mentally tough enough.”
On the boards, the Gamecocks proved dominant, sweeping the 3-meter event. The Harvard divers’ sole podium finish came from freshman Hannah Allchurch, whose performance of 291.30 prevented another South Carolina sweep in the 1-meter.
Sophomore Elina Leiviska had the Crimson’s top finish in the three-meter, finishing sixth.
Even with a win, Morawski says that the scores were not the most important part of the meet.
“What we took out of this meet was more than just one win,” Morawski said. “We took away a lot about how we can look to each other, we can be flexible under any circumstance, [and we] can be resilient, fight to the very end, and not give up under pressure.”
—Staff writer Isabel DeLaura can be reached at idelaura@college.harvard.edu.