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Monday, September 11, 1978
University Daily Kansan
River party
Supporters and paddlers stood in the Kaw River this weekend, above, waiting to change teams in the annual KU-K-Statecano race. Canoeists found it hard to stay apart, right, when 28 canoes launched from the same bank to the water's edge. Susan Martin, far right, cheered the Hard Strokers, one of the 19 K-Statecano teams.
Photos by RANDY OLSON Story by LORI LINENBERGER
K-State wins annual canoe race
The crowd began to form as early as 6:30 Saturday morning—bright-eyed men and women yelling back and forth, some boasting KU or K-State T-shirts, all exciting the last minute preparations for the long day ahead.
"Get the first team down to the bank. It's almost time."
"Hey, is KU here?"
"Yeah, they were the ones drinking Passt Blue Ribbon with their Egg McMuffins."
The occasion "The 100-mile KU-KState canoe race down the Daw KRiver, held every spring."
As some team members carried canoes down to the river shore, just outside Manhattan, others formed a line along the bank of the river.
THIS FALL the waters were low. Wide stretches of sand bars rose from the river.
Team members at the riverside waited for the command to line up their boats in the river.
"Somebody here from K-State will probably win, but not us. We're just here for the party," said Russ Cairns, a K-State senior, siping on a beer.
Team members exchanged end of the
face crush and commented on their
personal faults.
The odds of winning the trophy were in favor of the Wildcats. Of 28 teams competing, 16 won.
The atmosphere was friendly. But a tinge of the traditional KU-KState rivalry surfaced occasionally. A feeling of camaraderie was obvious.
"I'm going to sleep straight through
the night," he said of the classes, "Susan
Kurtz, a K-State freshman."
The general consensus among the KU officials at the race was that the KU-Texas &M game had kept many Jayhawks at home.
WITH THE CRACK of a rifle, the canoes were pushed of amid wild shouting from the river to the bank.
Throughout the day, the boats exchanged team members at various check-in points.
Out came three exhausted, shaking people, some barely able to stand, and in went three fresh, alert rowers to replace them.
Beer was seen in practically every hand at the camp-site. Sleeping bags were brought down from cars for the overnight excursion.
Many replacements literally pushed the worn-out crews from the canoes in their frenzed efforts to save extra seconds. Other teams played and splashed each other during the exchange, giving the replaced team a chance to cool their sun-baked bodies.
As the end of the first day approached, the juniors, a KU non-residence hall team, and the seniors, a UCLA residence hall team,
The partying began the moment the first team piddled in Teammate exchanged on fire.
THE KAW-DADS, a K-State non-
residence hall team team, second and
third in the tournament.
Larry Britton, president of AUHR, said about 300 residence hall members and 180 faculty members.
"We were in sixth place until the first leet!"
"We're only 25 minutes behind the first place team. That's not hopeless, is it?"
because of a damaged boat, by Saturday night.
With Sunday came the end of the race and the end of hours of exhausting rowing.
Only one team had dropped from the race.
CAPTURING FIRST PLACE, officially,
was the Havmaker team from K-State.
Second place went to Van Zile, from K-State. Haymaker IV and the Strokers, both from K-State, tied for third place.
The trophy for first place can be awarded only to a team with 100 percent residence in the city.
The independent team of the Rogues from KU arrived at the finish line first, but were not given enough time to complete.
Second place unofficially went to the Kawdads from K-State.
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