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March 50 with a significant loss to Texas—by 20 seconds. It took third at the Knecht Cup, finishing 6.3 seconds behind the winner. Boston College. Then the boat lost to nationally ranked Stanford by 11.9 seconds and California by 24.5 seconds. And it was the only Kansas boat to lose a race last Sunday against Kansas State, falling short of the Wildcats by 4 seconds.
Sophomore rower Beth Hickey, who has rowed on the first varsity eight-boat, said the Jayhawks' success the past few seasons might have hurt the team a little this year.
"The pressure was on us in the beginning of the year. It catches up with you after a while. It makes you want to row harder and not necessarily stay with the other rowers in the boat," Hickey said.
Catloth said that for the Big 12 Invitational on Saturday in Austin, Texas, three rowers who had raced with the first varsity eight-boat most of the season would be moved to the second varsity eight-boat, and three other rowers would be bumped up. He would not specify which rowers would be making the change.
Hickey said most of the rowers on the team didn't have any hard feelings about being moved from boat to boat, because they all wanted what was best for the team. She said chemistry on the first varsity eight-boat had been a problem attimes this season.
"We've been working against each other sometimes," Hickey said. "Everybody has a different stroke and feel for the boat. Some of us are having trouble getting a feel for racing, taking their mental and physical approach to a higher level."
Kansas faces Texas. Kansas State, Tulsa and possibly a Texas club team Saturday at the invitational.
Hickey said she thought the first varsity eight-boat was ready to pick up its first victory of the spring. She said the rowers in the boat needed to stay relaxed and to keep a steady rhythm to be successful.
"It would be really huge if we could win a race down there," she said. "The Texas loss was a big blow for us to start the season, and I think it shook up our confidence a little bit. I think we have the confidence now to beat them."
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PONTE VEDRA BEACH. Fla. — Parked behind a row of conventional golf carts, the single-rider car, looks like a jet ski on wheels — handle bars instead of a steering wheel, a rack to hold the clubs in front, a seat that rotates 360 degrees.
New golf cart helps disabled players
The Associated Press
Known as "1-PASS," it is available at places such as Pebble Beach, Disney, Doral, and all 21 golf courses in the TPC Network, including Sawgrass, home of the PGA Tour.
It's seldom used, but that's not how its value is measured.
"If we get one person a year using it, then it's worth it for us to have," said Jim Poole, head professional at Sawgrass. "It gives
Built by SoloRider Industries in Colorado and distributed by Augusta, Ga.-based Club Car, the 1-PASS cart has become a vehicle for disabled golfers to enjoy a game they might not otherwise be able to play.
handicapped people an opportunity to play."
For those without use of their legs, it allows them to play without leaving their seats.
One of those golfers is Bob Schmonsees, paralyzed from the waist down after a skiing accident in 1984. A marketing consultant who lives in Potomac, Md., Schmonsees became skilled at wheelchair tennis and continued to ski using special devices.
"I always wondered whether
anybody would come up with something for golf," said the 54-year-old Schmonsees, who played occasionally before his accident. "I had seen a few attempts to take motor scooters and turn them into golf carts, but I didn't think they were robust enough to handle the golf course."
Having seen an early design of SoloRider's cart, S弘monsees was invited to take part in the development of 1-PASS. He now owns two of the carts and plays a couple of times a week on the TPC at Avenel. He has a home just off the 16th fairway.
"The initial reaction is raised eyebrows," Schmonsees said. "Then, everyone is all for it when they see me hit."
Equally impressive is the cart, and the places it is designed to go — tee boxes, greens, bunkers, sidehill lies.
The 1-PASS cart has a 6-inch clearance for greater access around the course, and a low center of gravity and equal weight distribution for stability even on hills.
Perhaps its most important feature is the four-wheel suspension that allows the cart to be driven on greens without doing any damage to the putting surface. It transfers only six to seven pounds of pressure per square inch, half the pressure applied by an average man and significantly less than standard carts.
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on his vault and high jump, and a few seconds off his 1,500 time, he should get there.
Ferry said Morris would continue to work on technique in the jumps and throws during the next two weeks leading up to the Big 12 Conference championships. Mav 17-19.
Ferry said. "He could end up being a lot more rested at nationals than some of the guys who did early decathlons."
Morris, who would like to continue training for the decathlon after graduation, said the end of this season would determine if he did continue.
"Andy's such a good athlete, he'll recover after Big 12 's."
The event in the U.S. is ruled by one old man, Janvinir, a 36-
year old, and a horde of younger athletes still trying to attain world-class scores.
"I've competed against a lot of those guys and it would be awesome to keep competing with them," Morris said.
The coaches will also give him as much conditioning as his body can handle, Ferry said.
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But if Morris can get through the Big 12 meet and into the NCAA's, he might have an advantage over the other competitors. Ferry said.
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