Thursday, March 15, 2007
The sport: Rowing is the oldest intercollegiate sport in the United States. The first Harvard-Yale regatta, or rowing race, was almost 160 years ago, before football was even invented.
The objective: The first racing shell to cross the finish line wins. Rowers race 2,000 meters in designated lanes. Racers can’t jump the gun, and they have to stay in their lane and cross the finish line with at least the coxswain, the on-board navigator and motivator, in the boat. “Rowing is the only team sport where there’s no substitutions and no timeouts,” says Rob Catloth, women’s rowing coach.
The positions: The pair of rowers closest to the bow is called the bow pair and is smaller and quicker than the rest of the team. The middle four rowers are called the engine room, and they are the most powerful rowers. The last two are known as the stern pair and they set the pace for the rest of the rowers. The coxswain is the closest to the stern and is the only crew member who faces forward.
The workout: Rowing is a great total body workout. It’s low-impact and works the legs, back and arms. Kara Boston, Chicago junior and rower, wears a heart monitor during practice and says she burns anywhere from 800 to 1,000 calories during an hour-and-a-half workout. During the offseason, rowers practice inside on ergometer rowing machines.
Check it out: Watch the women’s rowing team during their home races this spring at Burcham Park, Second and Indiana Streets. The team faces Texas and Southern Methodist University on March 24, Tulsa and Drake on March 31, and in-state rival Kansas State on April 7.
Get involved: You don’t need to know how to row to walk on the women’s team. A week after school starts in August, the women’s rowing team holds tryouts where they teach candidates how to row and see if they like the sport. “If you have a reasonable athletic ability and you’re willing to try, they’ll take you,“ says Whitney Fasbender, Cheney senior. There’s also a novice team for first-year rowers. For more information, visit the women’s rowing Web site at kuathletics.com. There is also a co-ed club team on campus called KU Crew. For more information on that group, check out http://groups.ku.edu/~kucrew/.
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