Friday, March 9, 2007
Ice melting away on the Kansas River usually means the rowing team will soon leave indoor rowing machines for training on the water, but this year that wasn’t the case. Chunks of ice floating down the river smashed into the dock on Feb. 20, bending support rods and leaving the dock unusable.
“The dock is made of steel and it kind of looked like a car wreck,” said Jennifer Myers, assistant coach. “It’s not like you can just use any dock like you could for a speed boat. You have to have something a little lower.”
Facilities Operations staff worked on the dock this week. Vernon Haid, physical plant supervisor, said ice was piled on top of the dock when the damage occurred. He said he was waiting for a couple parts to come by mail to finish the work. Until then, the team will use a temporary dock.
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We’ve been indoors all winter so it’s kind of redundant being inside especially when it’s nice outside.
-Whitney Fasbender
Myers said she hoped the team would be on the water this afternoon.
“We’ve been indoors all winter so it’s kind of redundant being inside especially when it’s nice outside,” said Whitney Fasbender, senior rower. “We all really enjoy being out on the river.”
The extra time inside wasn’t entirely negative. For conditioning they used rowing machines that displayed exactly how hard they pulled. Being indoors also allowed more time for running and other conditioning.
“We thought it would give us a good opportunity to get a little stronger,” said Samira Naji, senior coxswain.
Myers said the delay wouldn’t hurt the team because many other teams were still working out indoors at this time of the year. She said they would typically spend two to three hours a day in the water once the dock was fixed.
Fasbender said the move outdoors would help the team get back in rhythm.
“You definitely need to be out on the boat practicing because that’s how you get used to each other,” she said.
The team’s first meet this year is at home against Texas and Southern Methodist University on March 24.
Kansan staff writer Kyle Carter can be contacted at kcarter@kansan.com.
— Edited by Will McCullough
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