MONDAY, MAY 1, 2006
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Senior coxswain Ardis Johnson directs the Varsity 4 boat at the Big 12 Invitational Tournament Sunday morning at Wyandotte County Park in Kansas City, Kan. In Johnson's boat were Elisheva Patterson, Olate sophomore, Brooke Castrop, Olate freshman, Jessie Prince, Shawnee sophomore, and Ashley Broockard, Lee's Summit, Mo., sophomore.
Second place splash at Invitational
BY DANIEL C. WIEXELDORFER
dweixeldorfer@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTWRITER
The Kansas rowing team tied for second place in the Big 12 Rowing Invitational in Kansas City, Kan., on Sunday. Family members and fans gathered from Kansas, Texas and Kansas State assembled early for the event despite the bad weather and windy conditions.
Kansas, who tied Kansas State, played host to the event, which rotates locations every year. The Jayhawks ended with a final point total of 44, while the Texas Longhorns finished in first place with a total of 56 points. Kansas coach Rob Catloth, in his 11th season as head coach of the team, said he was proud of his team's performance.
"We wanted everyone to go out and perform well and we think we did that," Catloth said. "I told my team that champions give their most effort and do the best they can."
The hard-fought match gave the Jayhawks perspective
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on how they compared with the Big 12 competition. The Jayhawks faced No. 18 Minnesota last weekend. Catloth said the tough schedule for the Jayhawks had been helpful in preparation for the end of the year.
"I was really proud of how hard we raced and how hard we fought," Catloth said. "We handled the conditions well and we are trying to get up there to compete at the highest level."
The Jayhawks had the advantage of facing both of Sunday's opponents before the Big 12 Invitational. In a previous match up this season, Texas dominated Kansas. Kansas State traveled to Lawrence for the Kansas Cup and beat the Jayhawks on April 8. It was revenge for the Wildcats against the Jayhawks, who won the Sunflower Showdown last fall. Though winning the Big 12 Invitational was an important goal to the Jayhawks, team members said they would learn from falling short in the match.
"We fought hard and we are going to stay positive. This was most likely our hardest
fought match and for good reason," said senior Kris Lazar.
The Big 12 Invitational was the last match in Kansas for the Jayhawks. The team banquet will be held this weekend and the team will travel to the NCAA South/Central Regional match in Oak Ridge, Tenn., on May 13 and 14.
"We are going to train as hard as we can for the next two weeks. We have one of the toughest Central regions there is so we just want to do the best we can and go from there," Lazar said.
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Seniors Lazar and Jennifer Ebel will guide the team through the next few weeks to prepare for what traditionally has proved to be one of the biggest matches of the year. The team aims to build on each match and put everything together for a run late at the end of the year.
"We are going to train very hard for two weeks and peak at the right time for our match coming up," Ebel said. "This is what we work for."
- Edited by Lindsey Gold
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