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Kansas rowers have been preparing individually all summer for the start of fall practices.
Rowing team pulling for championship bid
Jeremy Krashin
Kansan sportswriter
The team finished an encouraging eighth out of more than 20 teams at the NCAA Central Regional in Oak Ridge, Tenn., and senior Jen Van Ruyven said she felt optimistic come into a new season.
After months of individual workouts, the members of the Kansas rowing team are arriving back in Lawrence with their sights set high.
"We have some new people, and the people from last year have a year more of experience," she said. "We need to be more competitive within the team; we need to push each other more."
Beyond that, Van Ruyen said the team's main goal this year is to get a bid for the NCAA Championships.
The rowers have been working out all summer, and team practices begin Thursday.
The team's make-up is determined at the summer orientation. At each orientation session, coach Bob Catloth recruits incoming freshman to walk-on to the team. The NCAA allows for 20 scholarships to be given out, and the other team members join through the walk-on process.
After losing 11 seniors from last year's squad, Van Ruyen said this year's recruiting was going very well.
"We've gotten over 30 girls who are built for rowing." she said.
The first walk-on race, which is for
newcomers try out for the team, will be on August 28.
Catloth was pleased with the way the team finished last year in Tennessee, and now has his sights set higher for the team.
"Our goal is to get back in the top 25," he said. "We are going to try to work on the mental aspects of sport. We were really prepared physically, but our youth showed up last year. Now, we are working more with upperclassmen, and we are going to be mentally stronger, and a year of experience is going to play into that. Getting a good walk-on class is also very important to us."
Contact Krashin at jkrashin@kansan.com. This story was edited by Nicole Roche.
New swim coach returns to Kansas, sees potential
By Jeremy Krashin
Kansan sportswinter
The University of Kansas swimming team hopes for the best every year, but this year they are taking extra steps to reach their goals.
With a new head coach and the hours of practice each girl has put in over the summer, team co-captain Stacey Schneider believes they can improve on their fifth place finish in the Big 12 Conference.
"We have a lot of room for improvement this year," she said. "We had a good year last year, but we can be a lot better."
the top spot in the conference.
While the team strives for first place in the Big 12 every year, Schneider said second place is a very realistic goal because of the consistency of the University of Texas in attaining
Head coach Clark Campbell, who graduated from KU in 1993, gives the team another reason to be excited.
"I am very happy about returning home and getting the chance to coach at my alma mater," Campbell said. "This is a very exciting time for Kansas athletics and I look forward to the opportunity of taking the women's swimming program to new heights."
After graduation, Campbell took his first job as head coach, turning West Virginia Wesleyan into a top-10 team in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. He was named NAIA coach of the year in 1995.
Campbell moved on to an assistant coaching job at the University of Minnesota before becoming the head
coach at Evansville in Indiana in 1998.
"We are very pleased to have Clark coming back to the University of Kansas," Athletic Director Al Bohl said. "He has done an outstanding job at Evansville and has helped that program achieve national recognition."
Schneider said most of the swimmers have yet to meet the new head coach, but she and the other co-captains, Heidi Landherr and Kristi Mijeka, met with Campbell for about two hours. Schneider said he left a very positive impression.
Contact krashin at krashin@kansan.com. This story was edited by Erin Ohm.
By Justin Schmidt
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas cross country team looks to veterans for leadership
The University of Kansas cross country season began yesterday for 37 Jayhawk runners with practice and a team meeting.
Head coach Stanley Redwine hopes age and experience will translate into improvement.
"My goal is for both the men and the women to run better than last year," Redwine said. "We had some success, but we were a younger team."
The Kansas women return four lettermen from last year. Redwine expects strong leadership from junior Paige Higgins, sophomore Diane Disher and junior Laura Lavoie, who he hopes will be able to step up.
"We look stronger than ever before," Higgins said. "This class came in with the new coaches, and we've developed as a team. I have confidence that everyone can do well."
Last year the women finished 8th at the Big 12 Championships in Norman, Okla. They also took 8th at the NCAA Midwest Regional in Carbondale, Ill. This year Higgins believed most of the runners are in better shape than at this time last year.
On the men's side, Redwine expects returning senior lettermen Mark Menefee and sophomores Chris Jones and Luke Belford to be the top performers.
things went wrong. We were very talented, but we had some bad luck with being sick and injured."
The men's team has been working hard during the summer to get in shape for the season.
"This team has so much potential, we have a lot of talent to draw from," Meneefe said. "Last year too many
"We still have a fairly young team, but most of the guys are starting the season in great shape." Meneffee said.
The cross country season starts at home on Sept. 7. KU will play host to the Bob Timmons Invitational at Rim Rock Farm, northwest of Lawrence.
Last season the men placed 7th at the Big 12 Championships and 9th at the NCAA Midwest Regional.
Odd couple vies for Ohio QB slot
By Paul Shugar
The Post via U-Wire
Ohio State University
ATHENS, Ohio - One is vocal and speaks with authority; the other shuffles his feet and speaks into the floor.
"Right now the quarterback position is wide open," Ohio coach Brian Knorr said. "Ray proved last year he can play at this level and that led to a competitive spring. Dontrell, right now, probably has the leg up, but both are going to get equal reps with the first squad this summer and both
Differences of personality might be the only separation between Ohio football's top-two quarterbacks. The fiery and outspoken, three-year starter Dontrell Jackson and the humble two-year backup Fred Ray both enter Ohio's preseason camp slotted as the No. 1 quarterback, a battle that has been heating up with the summer since spring ball.
Jackson, a senior, has started 30 games in his four year career at Ohio. During this time, Jackson has averaged 57.9 yards per game rushing, and 67.9 ypg in the air.
Before last season's 1-10 finish, Jackson helped Ohio finish 5-6 and 7-4 overall in 1999 and 2000 respectively. In 2000, his 864 yards rushing helped Ohio become the No. 2 rushing team in the nation, Jackson threw for 881 vards that same season.
Always the contrast of Jackson, Ray has had a much shorter track record. Ray joined the team with Jackson, but was redshirted. The next season he played six games in a reserve role, where he rushed 10 times for nine yards and one touchdown. He showed a great ability to pass the ball, hitting eight of his 10 passes for 130 yards and one touchdown.
are slotted as the starter."
had to show what I could do." Ray said. "We are just both good athletes with quick feet and good hands. I just don't think I'm as flashy as he is."
Ray's ability to throw compared to Jackson's ability to run further polarized the two quarterbacks and showed the coaching staff it had two potential starters. However, it was Jackson's good numbers in the 2000 season, both in the air and on the ground, that helped secure the starting spot for him in 2001.
Security in that spot was shaken when Jackson suffered a concussion at the end of a 36-24 loss to Miami on Oct. 20 last season.
"I always knew I could do it. I just
Ray finished the game and ended up starting the next game against Kent State on Oct. 27, due to Jackson's sustained injuries, and post-concussion syndrome. In his first career start, Ray almost led Ohio to its second win of the year.
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