3 / SPORTS / MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
Team hosts clinic at Kansas River
The women's squad taught the basics of rowing to adults from around the area
BY KATHLEEN GIER kgier@kansan.com
While strong winds and cold temperatures made for an environment that coaches admitted would be questionable for team practice,the Kansas women's rowing team hosted a clinic Saturday morning and taught interested adults the basics of the sport.
"People were enthusiastic about it," assistant coach George Jenkins said. "The weather was not totally cooperative, but the girls did really well keeping everything together out there."
Kansas Athletics and Lawrence Parks and Recreation joined forces to host the event, which was attended by 21 participants.
When the facility was built there was some commitment from the University to promote community rowing.
"This was the first baby step in that direction. We are looking forward to it, and we have to work it around the schedule of the team, but I think this went really well." Jenkins said.
really well. Jenkins consisted of different talks and lessons leading up to the main event: rowing on the Kansas River. First the group was taught the basic rowing strokes while working out on rowing machines in the boathouse. After that there was a safety talk where they learned rowing terminology, and then the guests were introduced to the boats.
Each of the five boats in the water had help from three or four experienced team members.
"I had never actually done it, but I had always encouraged her to get out and do it," Hill said. This was my first attempt to do it and I really enjoyed it. I could see where it would be a lot of really hard work though."
Out of the 21 participants Jenkins noted that about half of them were related in some way to a woman on the team. There were several mother-daughter pairs who were able to work together. One of the mother-daughter teams was senior Lauren Pollmiller and her mother Becki Hill from Lenexa.
Hill used to race sailboats, but
said the event made her see the differences and also gave her a greater appreciation and understanding of what her daughter goes through at practice every day.
Having her mother there made the clinic more fulfilling for Pollmiller.
"It was fun, because I call her after practice almost every day and tell her 'this is what we did today' and 'I am having so much trouble with this', but now I can be like, 'Remember when you did this?"
Edited by Abby Davenport
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With the AL East championship already in hand, the Tampa Bay Rays outlasted the Kansas City Royals 3-2 in 12 innings Sunday.
Manager Joe Maddon's team learned it had clinched the division title and home-field advantage in the ninth inning when New York lost at Boston 8-4.
Tampa Bay clinches AL east division title
"It took a little of the tension off," Maddon said. "We wanted to win this game. How 'bout that? Extra innings, on the road, didn't need to win. It tells you something about our ballclub."
The Yankees and Tampa Bay began the day tied at 95-66. To win the division, New York needed to finish ahead of the Rays, who held the tiebreaker after winning the season series 10-8.
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