Kansas rowing off to a strong start

Monday, October 5, 2009

Kansas rowing trumped all opposition in the College Eight Petite 500 meter sprint with a blazing finish of 1:36.290. The first-place finish sat as the icing on top of a superb day in the Boot of the Oklahoma meet Saturday in Oklahoma City.

But it wasn’t the sprint that was coach Rob Catloth’s main concern.

“The main races we were focused on were the longer races — the 4,000 meter races,” Catloth said.

Senior rowers Lindsey Lawrence and Stacy Rachow placed fourth and fifth in the Women’s Open 1x, fronting an infantry of eleven Kansas rowers. Lawrence finished with a time of 17:55.580 and Rachow just behind her teammate with 17:55.906. The two experienced leaders aim to continue their joined-at-the-hip successes toward the top of every leader board.

Kansan file photo

This year’s KU rowing team is more experienced that in the past, leaving coach Rob Catloth with a tougher-than-usual time picking the varsity squad. The depth on the team leaves more time to focus on increasing speed and synchronization.

“They finished pretty well,” Catloth said. “We’ve been doing a lot in small boats and we did pretty well. We had a lot of entries, but we were near the top of the group.”

The Kansas Collegiate B finished third in the Women’s Collegiate Stampede Grand, the other sprint of the day. The boat finished with a time of 1:37.030.

After chances of rain, snow and powerful winds terminated any hopes of a spring Boot of the Oklahoma meet last season, the Kansas rowing team can walk away from this weekend with optimism and a few lightning-quick times to add to its resumé.

Now Kansas will look to feed off its success as it strives to reclaim the Kansas Cup from rival Kansas State. The team will travel to Manhattan for the Sunflower Showdown this Saturday.

— Edited by Amanda Thompson

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