TUESDAY,APRIL9.2002
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KANSAN FILE PHOTO
The Kansas rowing team is unable to overtake Texas as they cross the finish line on the Kansas river at Burcham Park. The Longhorns swept the Jayhawks in Kansas' opening meet of the spring season.
Two rowers joined crew without experience, now lead team
By Brent Wasko
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas rowers Jasmin Smith and Lindsay Abbott are living proof that good things can happen when least expected.
Smith, a junior from Kansas City, Mo., and Abbott, a sophomore from Wakeeney, came to the University with no rowing experience and no plans of trying out for the team. But each, for various reasons, ended up signing up to become a lahawk row anway.
"It was the kind of thing 1
thought I'd try, and I ended up really loving it," Abbott said. "It has taught me a lot."
Rowing also changed Smith's life.
"I didn't even expect to make the team," she said. "I just wanted to participate in sports after high school. It has been a real whirlwind trip."
Smith is the coxswain for the Jayhawks' varsity eight boat this season, and Abbott is the coxswain for the second varsity eight boat.
The coxswain sits in a seat at
the stern or bow of the boat facing forward. The crew member in that position is responsible for steering the boat, calling out the rate in which the team should row and for carrying out a strategy by gauging the competition's position.
"If you can't drive a car straight, you definitely can't steer a boat full of eight people," Kansas coach Rob Catloth said. "A coxswain has to know which way the wind is blowing and be able to think two to three steps ahead of everyone else on the river."
Smith said the most difficult
part of adjusting to being a coxswain was assuming such a prominent role on the team. Kansas coxswains act as assistant coaches when the boats are on the river, giving orders to the other rowers.
"My freshman year I was kind of intimidated because some of the rowers had had experience before and I hadn't," Smith said. "Over the years, I have gained a lot of confidence and learned that me stepping up and pointing out what little things the boat is doing wrong improves our performance. Being
a perfectionist is a good quality to have if you're a coxswain."
Both Smith and Abbott have been coxswains since becoming members of the team. Smith steered the second varsity eight boat last season, and Abbott guided the first novice eight boat.
With all of the experience returning this spring at the coxswain position, in addition to the other positions on the boats, many on the team expected to start the season off in strong fashion.
Last Saturday,all four of the Jayhawks' boats lost to Texas in head races on the Kansas River. But Catloth said his team was still pretty young and that Smith and Abbott still have some learning to do.
But that wasn't the case.
"They haven't been in any meaty races yet," he said. "And we're still working on their killer instinct."
The Kansas rowing team races Saturday in the Knecht Cup in Camden, N.J.
bwasko@kansan.com. This story was edited by Kyle Ramsey.
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Notes:
Defense, one of the struggling areas of the Kansas game, improved significantly against Texas. The team committed just three errors all weekend, and Randall said some new players stepped up when needed.
"Travis Metcalf filled in at second base and did a terrific job," he said. "We got Jason Appuhn back out there, too, and he's good defensively."
Wichita State leads the all-time series 34-15 over the Jayhawks. They swept the 2001 season series, winning
6-0 in Lawrence and 5-4 in Wichita.
The in-state rivalry has been popular among fans in recent years. Last year's game in Lawrence attracted 975 fans, the second-highest total of the season for Kansas. The 2000 game brought in 1,550 fans, the fourth-highest total in Hoglund Ballpark history.
■ Four players on the Jayhawk roster are from the Wichita area, including sophomore Ryan Baty, Kansas' top offensive threat. Baty is hitting. 353 with four homers, 28 RBI and nine stolen bases this season.
Contact Wood at rwood@kansan.com
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Bunge said she expected the team to come out on top of at least four of its six games this week. But the Jayhawks need to work on the offensive aspect of their game if they hope to get back on track. Kansas managed 10 hits in the first game against Texas A&M, but was held hitless in the second game.
Senior centerfielder Shelly Musser said the problems in the second game stemmed from the Kansas batters not adjusting to the changes the Texas A&M pitcher made.
Contact Brox at abrox@kansan.com.
This story was edited by Eve Lamborn.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Kansas senior center-fielder Shelly Musser hits in a recent game. The Jayhawks will start a six-game homestand today when they take on Southwest Missouri State at 2 p.m. at Jayhawk Field.
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