Monday, November 9, 2009
Among the massive field competing at the Head of the Hooch regatta in Chattanooga, Tenn., the Kansas rowing team made its presence felt.
In their last event of the semester, the Jayhawks competed in seven events during the weekend, turning in solid times in each one. The strong finish to the fall season impressed coach Rob Catloth.
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Members of the Jayhawk varsity rowing team catch their breath after crossing the finish line at the 2009 Big 12 Rowing Championship.
“As a whole I think we did pretty well,” Catloth said. “That’s primarily what we’ll take out of it — on a really big stage with some great schools, we were in the mix.”
Kansas began competition Saturday afternoon by entering two boats in the Women’s Championship Eight race, placing 22nd and 26th. The Jayhawks also finished 22nd in the Women’s Championship Four.
Though Kansas achieved less-than-desirable times with the larger boats, the team fared much better in its used ot the smaller boats.
“That’s what the fall is about,” Catloth said. “It’s a transition from the small boats to the big boats in the spring.”
Seniors Stacy Rachow and Lindsey Lawrence teamed up to place fifth in the Women’s Championship Double, followed by junior Nicole Schneider and senior Katie Beall, who finished eighth.
“We work really well together,” Lawrence said. “As seniors, we’ve been through a lot together, so we just went out and did what we needed to do.”
Kansas began Sunday morning right where it left off on Saturday — with success from the smaller boats.
Rachow placed seventh in the Women’s Championship Single to lead Kansas, followed by Lawrence in 11th, junior Meagan Oven in 13th, and Schneider in 14th. From there, Beall built on her performance Saturday with a fourth-place finish in the Women’s Lightweight Single.
Some novice rowers got into the act, too. Sophomore Paige Stephens and junior Cassie Sparks placed first and second, respectively, in the Women’s Novice Single.
“They were really impressive in their first singles race,” Catloth said.
The Jayhawks finished up the weekend at Chattanooga with the Women’s Open Four, where they placed fourth, sixth and eighth. Many on the team considered the weekend’s results to be indicative of the recent work they’ve put in.
“In all our scull boats we did really well,” Rachow said, adding that sculling — where each member of the boat in a single, double, or quad race has two oars — has been a focal point of fall practices.
Though the team considered its performance at the Hooch to be mostly successful, it now faces a number of decisions over the winter.
“We’ve got to identify who the strongest individuals on the team are,” Catloth said. “From there, we’ve got to decide who’s going to be on the eight and four boats for the NCAAs in the spring.”
Coupled with these personnel decisions is the need for improvement.
“We definitely have a lot to work on to get where we want to go,” Lawrence said.
— Edited by Amanda Thompson
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