University Daily Kansan
Monday, September 22, 1975
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Staff Photos by DAVID CRENSHAW
Staff Writer
By RODNEYHOFFMAN
It was clear to partly cloudy Saturday afternoon and dependable Kansas winds were blowing from 15 to 20 miles an hour as crews from four Midwest cities gathered at Perry Lake for the KU Regatta.
The regatta, sponsored by the KU Sailing Club, had participating crews from Drake University, Southwest Missouri State University, the University of Iowa and KU.
A series of races were clocked in each division with the prize going to the crew with the best overall record. A different course, about 2-miles long, was followed for each race.
The Drake team won the men's division. The KU team finished second in the men's division.
In the women's division a team from Iowa University, Mary Howard and Becca Johnson, easily outdistanced all competition. With what seemed to be little effort, they finished several hundred yards in front of the nearest team in each race.
KU's women's team had two alternating crews that finished third overall. Debbie Bauman, Overland Park senior; Peggy Dostel, Leawood
senior; Zerla Seregi, Chapel Neb. graduate student; and Lee Ann Roberts, Lawrence sophomore sailed for KU.
Ray Munger, left, Overland Park senior and commode of the KU Sailing Club, discusses Drake University's protest of the Miller Cup race with Bob Wolfe of the protest committee.
KU's men's team, Dwight Rix, Wichita sophomore, and Randy Seiden, Fairway sophomore, finished second in all four of their races. A veteran Drake crew, Howard Simon and that claimed more than 20 years of sailing experience between them, dominated the men's field.
The highlight of the regatta was the Miller's Cup race sponsored by the Miller Beer Company. At the end of the race on the course each crew member had to drink a beer before their craft was allowed to continue.
Nancy Brockmeler, Topika junior, prepares to raise the starting marker on signal from Ken Levy, Village Junior village, head of the racing committee.
In a close race, the Drake team was first to cross the finish line but was disqualified for not following the course correctly. The KU crew, Ray Munger, Overburank bank senior, and Roberts were declared the winners.
Munger said the club planned to enter several regattas this fall, including the Davis Cup at Iowa City, Iowa. The Davis Cup, Munger said, is the Midwest regional regatta in which about 25 schools will compete for the chance to sail in the national collegiate regatta.
Randy Seiden and Dwight Rix eye the Southwest Missouri State University team during a successful attempt to overtake them.
Although it appears these four boats are going in different directions, they all are headed for the same destination. The sailing crews are going to round three markers in order during the course of the race.