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Tuesday, October 31, 1995
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Women rowers 'fly' past Iowa
Kansan staff report
The hard work and early morning practices finally paid off for the Kansas women's rowing team Sunday at the Fifth Annual Head of the Iowa Regatta in Iowa City, Iowa.
' The varsity Jayhawks placed first and second in the women's lightweight four, fourth and fifth in the open four, and second and third in the open eight. The regatta was the Jayhawks' third and final regatta of the fall distance season.
Kansas women's rowing coach Rob Catloth said last week that he expected tough competition from
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Iowa, a team that began varsity competition last year. Iowa finished ahead of the Jayhawks in the varsity open four and open eight divisions.
But the Kansas freshmen out-rowed the Hawkeyes in the novice eight flight A and B divisions.
"I expected good things from this regatta, but we did better than that," Catloth said. "Our varsity boats rowed really well considering we are mostly lightweights, and we rowed against some heavyweight competition."
In addition to defeating the
Hawkeyes, the freshmen Jayhawks placed first and fifth in the women's novice eight (flight A), first and third in the novice eight (flight B), and first and third in the novice four.
Catloth said he was happy with the freshmen's performance Sundav.
"The freshmen are flying," he said. "I am definitely happy with the results."
The Jayhawks will condition and train off the water for the remainder of the fall and winter.
RESULTS: Kansas totals from the lowa
Regatta. Score & More, Page 2.
The sprint season in the spring will include regattas in Topeka and Madison, Wis.
Big Eight women's basketball teams preparing for a physical conference
Players spent summer lifting weights, running training with teammates
By Bill Petulla
By Linda C. Blair
Kansan sportswriter
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With only Oklahoma and Colorado advancing past the second round of last season's women's NCAA basketball tournament, many Big Eight Conference squads got an early jump on their off-season.
But instead of spending the summer working on their tans, players around the conference worked on getting stronger for what promises to be a physical conference. For many squads, off-season workouts consisted of weight training, running and playing pick-up games.
"We worked out as a team this summer," Nebraska senior center Pyra Aarden said. "We really made a commitment, and we showed a lot of dedication in the off-season."
Aarden and the Cornhuskers are not alone.
That teams lifted weights and
worked on conditioning in the off-season was a common theme at the Big Eight Conference women's basketball media on Sunday.
Along with Nebraska, players from Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma and Colorado said that team members had stayed on campus last summer and had improved their strength.
Closer to home, Kansas senior guard Charisse Sampson and junior guard Tamecka Dixon also said they had taken advantage of the off-season to build their strength.
"This is the best year for strength training that I've been involved with at Kansas," Sampson said.
"We did a lot of weight training and a lot of running," Iowa State junior forward Julie Hand said. "Almost everybody except the incoming freshman was there this summer."
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"This is the best year for strength training that I've been involved with at Kansas."
At Oklahoma State, senior forward Amy Scales said the team's off-season training program had stressed endurance.
"We ran a lot and lifted . . . and ran a lot again," Scales said.
Even defending Big Eight champion Colorado, which posted a perfect 14.0 conference record and won the Big Eight post-season tournament, did not rest in the off-season.
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"We worked a lot on conditioning," Colorado guard De Celle Thomas said. "Only three out of our 15 players went home for the off-season."
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Note: Horoscopes have no basis in scientific fact and should be read for entertainment only.