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The University Daily Kansan
Monday, April 16, 2001
'Hawks glide past competition
Novice rowers flawlessly head to Midwest finals
By Jay Mullinix sports@kansan.com Kansan sportswriter
The youngest members of the Kansas women's rowing team successfully navigated wet waters Saturday at the Ohio State regatta in Columbus, Ohio.
In a competition that featured No. 2 Southern California and five other teams ranked in the Top 20, the first novice eight boat was the only Jayhawk team to win a race. That boat won both of its races and improved its record to an umblemished 6-0.
The boat won its morning race with a time of 7 minutes, 2.45 seconds, and won in the afternoon session with a 6:59.0 time.
The two victories by the first novice team came as no surprise to assistant coach Heather Galvin. The only disappointment,
she said, was that they didn't get to test their skill against every team.
"That group really rowed together well," she said. "We are very pleased with how they have been performing this year. The only unfortunate thing about today was that Michigan had the second best novice boat times and they didn't get to go head to head with them."
Although the novice boat was able to keep its unbeaten record intact, the second varsity eight and varsity four, both of whom were 4-0, could not. The second varsity eight boat finished sixth and third, while the varsity four placed sixth and second. The first varsity eight finished seventh and third in its morning and afternoon races.
Kansas, the only unranked team in the
field, competed against No. 2 Southern California, No. 5 Michigan, No. 9 Ohio State, No.11 Iowa, No.15 Clemson and No. 19 Michigan State.
Despite the lack of winning times, Kansas coach Rob Catloth said he saw plenty of good things to take from the regatta.
"For this heavy of competition and where this team is at, I think things went fairly well," he said. "We learned a lot racing such fast crews like this. Hopefully it can help us get better and faster so we'll be ready when we see these crews again."
The Jayhawks' first chance to test their newfound experience will be Saturday as the team heads to Madison, Wis., for the Midwest Rowing Championships.
Although a trip to the Midwest Championships is a given, one to the NCAA Championships is not. Even with Saturday's performance, Catloth hasn't written off competing for the national trophy.
"We can still get there," he said. "We know we need to race at the level these crews we raced today do. Now we just have to go and do it."
Jayhawk track and field successful in Arkansas
— Edited by Jay Pilgreen
The Kansas track and field team found the Fayetteville Invitational to be a nice warm-up on Saturday for the Kansas Relays this week.
Team scores weren't kept at the Arkansas meet, but six Jayhawks took home gold medals.
On the women's side, junior Andrea Bulat finished first in the javelin with a throw of 143-1, while junior Eve Lamborn finished first in the 1,500-meter dash with a time of 4:41.88. Junior Jennifer Foster finished first in the shot put with a toss of 46-11.
For the men, three Jayhawks also had first-place finishes. Junior Brian Blachly finished first in the 1,500 with a time of 3:54.31 and junior Alex Thomas placed first in the hammer throw with a heave of 155-11. Junior Brent Behrens also placed first in the 3,000.
Kansas coach Stanley Redwine saw finishes indicative of a solid
team.
"We had a lot of personal bests, a lot of first-place finishes and a lot of second-place finishes," Redwine said. "We are starting to get into mid-season form and we are excited and happy with our performances."
Other women's team members also placed high at Fayetteville. Junior Katy Eisenmenger finished second in the 1,500 with a personal best 4:29.80. Freshman Robble Harriford streaked to a second-place finish in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.98, and also finished fourth in the 200. Foster also took third in the discus with a 141-1 heave.
On the men's side, senior Eric Patterson took fourth in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.11.
The Jayhawks will be in their lone home meet of the outdoor season starting Wednesday with the Kansas Relays at Memorial Stadium.
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