Home regatta to honor seniors

By By Kristen Jarboe (Contact)

Friday, April 1, 2005

The Kansas women’s rowing team will host its first and last regatta for the season tomorrow.

A barbeque celebrating Senior Day will follow the races against Tulsa and Drake at 2 p.m. on the Kansas River.

This year’s seniors are Rachel Chapman, Kristy Hainer, Erin Hennessey, LeAnna Kemp, Ashlea Kramer and Crystal Reed.

For Hennessey, this meet brings more than a senior celebration.

“My dad is coming down from Wyoming just to see me race,” she said. “This will be the first race my dad has ever seen.”

Besides her parents, nine other members of Hennessey’s family will attend the regatta. This is a day that she has waited for since she started competing more than three years ago, she said.

“It’s a happy and sad event all at the same time,” she said. “It will be our last home race, so that’s pretty sad.”

Having friends and family attend would also provide support for the team, Hennessey said.

With any sport, it’s always nice to have the “home court” advantage, coach Rob Catloth said.

“You always do well on your home course,” he said. “The women know the course pretty well now.”

The Jayhawks matched up against Tulsa and Drake last year in Lawrence. All three teams started their season at about the same time, which was different compared to the last regatta with No. 15 Texas, which began racing well before spring break.

“They have raced as much as we have,” assistant coach Jennifer Myers said. “This makes it an even playing field.”

Hennessey said she was focused on the Jayhawks’ race, regardless of the other teams positions on the water and the thrill of racing at home.

“We need to focus on rowing our race,” she said. “That’s one of the things our coach tells us. We keep racing hard regardless of where the other boats are.”

Catloth said he wanted to see progress.

“We’re looking forward to continue our improvement,” he said. “Our race against Texas wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t perfect. We need to race down this course, taking good, clean strokes.”

After the race, Hennessey and the other seniors will be eager to celebrate, but she wants the team to celebrate its victories as well.

“I hope everyone can say they gave 100 percent,” she said. “The team should be able to say that they paid attention to technique and what we’ve learned in practices. We need to remember all the things that we’ve been taught in previous weeks.”

The races tomorrow will include the Varsity Eight, Novice Eight, two Varsity Four races, and two Novice Four races.

— Edited by Lori Bettes

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