Kansas loses Cup by one second

By By Kristen Jarboe (Contact)

Monday, April 11, 2005

Photo by Rylan Howe

The KU women’s rowing First Novice Eight comes down the final stretch against the Kansas State First Novice Eight. The Jayhawks lost this race by six tenths of a second and another race by just half a second. Kansas State took home the Kansas Cup by winning three of the four races Saturday morning at Tuttle Creek Lake Resevoir in Manhattan.

Less than a second separated the Kansas women’s rowing team from the Kansas Cup this weekend.

Kansas State edged out Kansas by one point.

This is the team’s first loss in six years of Kansas Cup competition. The dual match-up was Saturday at the Tuttle Creek Lake Reservoir in Manhattan. K-State won 9-8.

Kansas lost three out of the four races, but each by only a few seconds. The lone victory came in the First Varsity Eight. Kansas finished in at 6:36.6 and K-State finished in 6:45.6.

“I’m really proud of them, especially the win from the Varsity Eight,” coach Rob Catloth said. “I’m disappointed about not winning the team part, but it’s good that we won that race.”

Taking first in the First Varsity Eight is worth the most points, eight.

Winning the Second Varsity Eight earns five points, winning the First Novice Eight earns three and winning the Second Novice Eight earns one.

“I’m just ecstatic about this win,” coxswain Crystal Reed said. “We never let up, stayed tall, and powered right through it. We got off of the water with a fabulous feeling.”

The feeling was shared by the team. The victory was exciting for the whole team, assistant coach Jennifer Myers said.

All the other races ended with tight finishes. The Second Varsity Eight boat team crossed the finish line thinking it had won. The team lost by less than a second, coming in at 6:33.3 with K-State at 6:32.8.

“The First Novice Eight and the Second Varsity Eight were within seconds of each other,” Catloth said. “They were all really close races that could have gone either way.”

For the First Novice Eight, K-State came in at 6:35.0 and Kansas at 6:35.6.

After K-State won two straight races, the last chance to take the Kansas Cup was a victory in the Second Novice Eight. The team couldn’t pull in the point needed to win the regatta.

“They kept the lead until the last 250 meters,” Myers, who coaches the Novice team, said. “We need to work on a better sprint at the finish.

Reed called the regatta bittersweet because she was happy about the victory, but wished the other boats could have placed first as well.

“These losses were just heart-wrenching because they were so close,” she said. “We missed the Kansas Cup by one point and we just needed those wins. I’m happy about our boat, but I feel for the rest of them, to lose by a second basically.”

The team also had to adjust to some of the uncontrollable elements, like rough water and high winds. Weather conditions are always a variable in the team’s regattas, Catloth said.

Next weekend the team travels to Camden, N.J., to compete in the Knecht Cup, April 16-17. The regatta brings in anywhere from 20 to 40 teams.

“Coming off these past two weeks, we’ll see what we can do against these teams,” Reed said. “Last year, we made so many progressive steps. This year, we’re going all out.”

— Edited by Austin Caster

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