Rowers set eyes on powerhouse Minnesota

Friday, April 20, 2007

The Kansas rowing team will follow last week’s East Coast competition by facing a single Midwestern powerhouse: Minnesota.

Minnesota’s first varsity eight boat is ranked No. 8 in this week’s U.S. Rowing poll. That ranking may or may not describe the strength of the entire team, coach Rob Catloth said.

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The Jayhawks’ goal this year is to get as close to the Gophers as possible, which will help them in the first regional rankings that come out next week.

“Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn’t,” he said. “They’re deep across the board. They’re a really strong team.”

The regatta begins at 10 a.m. on Lake Phalen in St. Paul, Minn.

Boston also competed at last year’s regatta. Kansas placed third in the first varsity eight, 13.25 seconds behind first-place Minnesota. Kansas’ second novice eight won its race, but every other boat finished last. The Jayhawks’ goal this year is to get as close to the Gophers as possible, which will help them in the first regional rankings that come out next week.

Senior rower Tiffany Jeffers said the boat would be trying to get closer to Minnesota than region foes Wisconsin and Iowa did last weekend. The Gophers won both races by about nine seconds.

With the race on Lake Phalen, the Jayhawks will race on a lake for the first time this season. But Catloth said the water conditions would be similar to those of the Knecht Cup in Camden, N.J.

“The boat bounces around a lot more, but it shouldn’t make a difference on boat speed,” Catloth said.

The Jayhawks’ first varsity eight boat finished fourth of 29 boats at the Knecht Cup, which featured many traditionally strong rowing programs.

“Last weekend was a good confidence builder,” Jeffers said. “We just felt as a boat what it was like to race really hard and how to get there again.”

Kansan senior sportswriter Catherine Odson can be contacted at codson@kansan.com.

— Edited by Will McCullough

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