Friday, March 16, 2007
The Kansas rowing team returned to the Kansas River this week after being stuck indoors longer than expected.
The coaching staff put up a dock last weekend to get the team back on the water in time for its opening competition at the end of spring break.
“You can see the morale as a team a little more excited to be outside,” senior coxswain Samira Naji said.
The Jayhawks continued to practice indoors because ice damaged the team’s dock in February.
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You can see the morale as a team a little more excited to be outside.
-Samira Naji, senior coxswain
Kansas’ competitors — Texas and Southern Methodist — opened their seasons last week. Texas will compete at the Longhorn Invitational in Austin, Texas, this weekend.
Catloth said the late start outdoors would put Kansas at a disadvantage for the beginning of the season, but that disparity would disappear over time.
“Things even out toward the end of the season when people have been out on the water,” he said.
Kansas ended a successful fall season by defeating K-State in November. Naji said that could give the team confidence as it entered the spring season.
Catloth said different teams focused on specific aspects of the sport, such as technique and endurance, in the longer fall races.
“The fall season gives you a little indication of maybe how you can do in the spring, but the spring’s really a brand new time,” Catloth said.
“In the spring, everyone’s just trying to go as fast as they can,” he added.
The opening regatta will be at 9 a.m. March 24 at Burcham Park, Second and Indiana streets.
Kansan sportswriter Catherine Odson can be contacted at codson@kansan.com.
— Edited by Trevan McGee
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