Rowing coaching staff sees new addition

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

The water is only still for so long.

The wave of the Kansas rowing team is returning with a crash and it has a new leader along with it.

On Aug. 3, coach Rob Catloth announced that George Jenkins will join the staff as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator.

“Now our staff adds up to about 50 to 60 years of coaching experience,” Catloth said.

Jenkins has had a sizable history with rowing. He was an executive director and head coach in Austin, Texas, for the Austin Rowing Club for seven and a half years. He led the ARC to six Master’s Championships in 2006 and a San Diego Crew Classic title in 2007. Jenkins was also an assistant coach at the University of California at Davis, his alma mater, in 2008.

Now, Jenkins joins Catloth and the rest of the Kansas rowing team in its desire to take the conference.

“It’s going to take a lot of work getting ahead of Texas,” Catloth said. “But we want to be at the top of the Big 12.”

But success doesn’t all start with the first regatta. At the end of February, the Kansas rowing team opened the new boathouse at Burcham Park in Lawrence.

“We look to improve being off the boathouse for a full year,” Catloth said.

The boathouse is the symbol to a Kansas rowing team in search of a polished and determined return to the triumphs of its previous season.

The season’s grandest stage was the hosting of the inaugural Big 12 Rowing Championship at Wyandotte County Lake. The event showcased the rowing teams of Kansas, Kansas State, Texas and newly-entered Oklahoma. Kansas placed third after a damaging restart of the race.

“We had a big lead on Texas almost at the halfway point,” senior Lindsey Lawrence said. “Then after the restart, we didn’t show the mental toughness that the other teams had.”

In the South/Central Region Championships, both the Varsity Four and the Novice Eight placed second in the C Final. Placing 9th in the Central Region and 15th overall, Kansas finished one spot ahead of Kansas State in both sections.

It was a satisfying finale to a successful season, anchored by the prowess of Kansas’ Varsity Four.

“We showed the perseverance that was needed to turn things around,” Lawrence said.

Now Catloth, Jenkins and the rest of the Jayhawks have an experienced foundation to catapult their team to the peak of the Big 12.

“This year is going to be a historic year,” Lawrence said. “It’s a good time to get recognition.”

—Edited by Amanda Thompson

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