Rowing team expects victory

By By Kristen Jarboe

Friday, April 8, 2005

The University of Kansas 1st Varsity 8 team stretched toward the finish line ahead of the University of Texas team last spring on the Kansas River at Burcham Park River. The Jayhawks travels to Manhattan tomorrow for the Kansas Cup starting at 9 a.m. Kansas looks to win the cup for the seventh-straight time.

The Kansas women’s rowing team is riding on momentum going into tomorrow’s rival match-up with Kansas State. The rivalry begins tomorrow in Manhattan. The races for the Kansas Cup will begin at 9 a.m.

Last year, the regatta was hosted in Lawrence, with the Jayhawks beating the Wildcats in every event, except for the Second Novice Eight.

“We pretty much swept it,” senior rower Rachel Chapman said. “K-State usually beats us in the fall, and we usually beat them in the spring, but hopefully we’ll beat them next year in the fall.”

Chapman is confident that the typical spring success will carry over again tomorrow.

“We’ve developed a lot of new technique,” she said. “I think it’ll be like last year, hopefully better. I’m looking forward to it.”

When competing against a rival, it is easy to look forward to winning.

“We expect to beat K-State,” coach Rob Catloth said. “When you race against your rival, you don’t want to get beat. That’s part of our goal.”

Kansas is approaching the regatta with K-State after a successful weekend of winning all the varsity races against Tulsa and Drake. Catloth is hoping the motivation will carry over.

“The plan is always to keep improving and build from one weekend to the next,” he said. “We want to go out there and perform the best we can tomorrow.”

The K-State team struggled in last weekend’s regatta in the San Diego Crew Classic. The team competed against teams such as Central Florida, Sacramento State and Miami. The Varsity Eight boat made the finals, but after the first 1,000 meters, K-State lost its third place position and struggled to get back to it. The team ended up taking sixth place.

“It was good that we made the finals, but we didn’t make it to the end like we wanted,” K-State coach Patrick Sweeney said. “I was pleased with the way they rowed and their performance, but I was disappointed with the mishap to strike for the lead.”

The team has made a lot of changes throughout its season.

“I’ve been trying different line-ups and changing seats,” Sweeney said. “I’m trying to see where people will fit. We’re going to make some changes for this weekend to see if it’ll work. I’ll have a good idea after this weekend.”

Sweeney is not too concerned with his team’s times tomorrow. Since rowing is an outdoor sport, it’s hard to set a goal for a time because of the variance in weather, he said.

Chapman is anticipating weather that is not as nice as last weekend.

“It’ll probably be pretty windy, so I’m not expecting any phenomenal times from us,” she said. “What we have to do is start out strong, that’s the key to our success. We have to stay strong, especially in the first 350 meters.”

The order of the races will be: Second Novice Eight, First Novice Eight, Second Novice Eight and First Varsity Eight. The order is subject to change. The dual will be held on the Tuttle Creek Lake Reservoir.

— Edited by Lisa Coble-Krings

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