UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, October 18 1995
3B
Pam Dishman / KANSAN
The Kansas women's freshman rowing team races in the fourth annual Head of the Kaw Regatta on Sunday in Kansas City, Mo. The regatta was the first that most of the freshman rowers had competed in.
Rowers wet their feet in women's novice race
Teammates gain experience from their first competition
By Erin Johnson
Kansan sportswriter
When Kansas freshman rower Wendy Lassey climbed into the boat at the Head of the Kaw Regatta on Sunday for the novice women's eight race, her stomach felt as if it was in her throat.
But shortly before approaching the starting line, Lassey settled down and began to focus on her first regatta.
"Roh told me pretty much what it was going to be
Lassey, like other freshman rowers, battled with nerves Sunday. Catloth said he was expecting a lot out of the freshman this year because of the quality of athletes:
"Rob told me pretty much was like, but it's hard to tell what everyone was going to be like under that pressure," said Lassey, referring to Kansas women's rowing coach Rob Catloth.
"I'll guarantee you we'll go back and practice for two weeks, go to Iowa with the freshmen, and they'll be a totally different team," he said.
Catloth said the freshmen gained a lot of racing experience Sunday that they would apply at their next regatta.
"They'll go home and practice for a few weeks, and they'll get a little bit better because they just improve daily at this point," he said. "Everyday they just get better and better and better."
The Jayhawks went through intense conditioning the past two months to help prepare them for the regatta. Rowers ran steps at Allen Field House, worked on rowing machines, ran at Clinton Lake and spent time working on techniques in the water.
"I think the coaches prepared us a lot for this," Adams said. "We were prepared, and I think it was somewhat like we thought it would be."
Junior rower Maggie Romens said the level of training the athletes went through was the main reason for their success.
"It it amazes me to watch them because I think they're rowing better than I've ever seen novice racers race," she said.
Sophomore coxswain Karen Chandler rowed for the
"It amazes me to watch them because I think they're rowing better than I've ever seen novice"
racers race."
Sophomore rower Jennifer Adams transferred this year from Wyoming with the intent to row for Kansas. Adams said the varsity rowers helped motivate the freshmen, taught them what to expect at a regatta and shared experiences. And this might be what led to the Jayhawk freshman's success at the Head of the Kaw Regatta.
Maggie Romens Kansas junior rover on the freshman team
Kansas club team last year as a freshman, but after a shoulder injury last year, decided to become a coxswain. The switch added to Chandler's prerace nerves Sunday. "There's kind of a joke that says if you win a game, it's the rower's glory, but if you lose a race, it's the coxswain's fault," she said. "I feel more pressure as a coxswain than I ever did as a rower."
Chandler practiced her new position by listening to a tape of a coxswain leading rowers at nationals. She said that as a rower it was a physical challenge, but now as a coxswain, it's a mental challenge. "I think it's different from both sides," she said. "I was pretty pleased with how I did as a coxswain. I knew it was my responsibility as a coxswain to be calm." The freshman wanted to congen
trate on what they did during practices for their first regatta. Now that they know what to expect, the Jayhawks are looking forward to their next regatta Oct. 29 in Iowa City.
"I'm really pleased with the freshmen," Catloth said. "I think we have a lot of great-quality athletes, and I think they're going to come along real well. I think they're going to be very, very successful this year."
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