Jayhawks miss chance for first place

Monday, May 4, 2009

Kansas rowing just needed a solid performance in its final race to claim second place at the inaugural Big 12 Rowing Championships.

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Second Novice Eight 1. Texas 7 minutes 7.8 seconds 3 points 2. Oklahoma 7:21.3 3. Kansas 7:36.6 2 points 4. Kansas State 7:42.5 1 point

First Novice Eight 1. Oklahoma 6:51.4 2. Kansas State 6:57.6 5 points 3. Texas 6:59.3 4 points 4. Kansas 7:09.7 3 points

Varsity Four 1. Oklahoma 7:24.6 2. Kansas 7:36.4 7 points 3. Texas 7:41.2 6 points 4. Kansas State 7:41.6 5 points

Second Varsity Eight 1. Texas 6:50.2 14 points 2. Kansas 6:56.5 12 points 3. Kansas State 7:22 10 points

First Varsity Eight 1. Kansas State 6:44.4 27 points 2. Texas 6:53.8 24 points 3. Kansas 7:05.3 21 points

FINAL STANDINGS 1. Texas 51 points 2. Kansas State 48 points 3. Kansas 45 points

Heading into the First Varsity Eight, the meet’s last race, the Jayhawks sat three points behind Texas and three points ahead of Kansas State. But 500 meters into the race, officials stopped the competitors and brought them back for a re-start because of a wake from a nearby motorized boat.

“We really let it affect us a lot more than the other teams did,” senior Emily Martin said. “We had a really good start in the first race. When we came back for the second start we didn’t put it together like we did the first time.”

On the re-start, K-State won with a time of six minutes and 44.4 seconds, which moved the Wildcats into second place. Texas finished second and held on to win the title, while Kansas’ third-place finish dropped it to third in the overall standings.

“It’s pretty rare,” coach Rob Catloth said of the stopped race. “Sometimes you get a strange call in football or basketball, but in rowing you stop the race.”

Oklahoma competed in the event but didn’t count in the standings because it didn’t field a full varsity squad.

A victory and a third-place finish from Texas in that final race would have tied Kansas for first. Still, Catloth said he was pleased that his team finally got to compete in a conference championship.

— — Edited by Jesse Trimble

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