UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, February 20, 1997
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Junior Kari Watson, front, and junior Kristen Wiebe practice in the off season on the rowing machines. Many members of the rowing team keep in shape on these machines on the third floor of Allen Field House.
Crew team will not relax on break
By Russell Coleman Kansan correspondent
Most students could not imagine trading their long-awaited spring break for training and hard work. But as some students leave for the beaches and mountains, the Kansas women's crew team and club crew team will head for Natchitoches, La., for spring training.
"It's just part of being a college athlete," said Kansas women's team coach Rob Catlott, a 14-year veteran of the trip. "It's no different than the basketball team staying over the break."
Catloth, a former member of the men's crew club team, became the women's varsity coach after the team was created a year ago.
after the team was separated and includes women's and men's teams. The two teams will be making the trip separately.
be making the trip to Cane-
the teams will depart March 21, and the women's team will stop in Tulsa, Okla., for a dual regatta with Tulsa University on March 22. The following day, the team will arrive at Cane-
River Lake in northern Louisiana to begin training.
training.
"While in Louisiana the teams hope to get in training what cannot be achieved in Kansas this time of year," Catloth said. "We hope to get in some intensive practices with no distractions."
The small lake community of Natchitoches plays host to many rowing teams on spring break. The small community enables the teams to get together and work on team bonding.
together and work from classes allows us to focus on our team cohesiveness and rowing technique," said Jennifer Miller, Overland Park, senior. "Rowing all day allows the coaches to spend more time with both the varsity and novice teams."
With the fall season ending in October and the spring season beginning in March, the teams hope to work off some of the rust that accumulates during the winter months.
"Over spring break the teams hope to regain the strength they showed last fall on the
water," said Johnny Schwaller, Omaha, Neb., sophomore and club varsity men's rower. "The first thing you lose over the winter is your technical skills. Hopefully the varsity rowers can find their stroke, and the novice rowers' technique will really explode during the trip."
A typical day begins at 7 a.m. with a mile-long jog from the hotel to the lake. At the lake, the team members are given their boat assignments and begin their first workout. The workouts are intense, especially because the athletes have been off the water for so long.
letters have been on the water, "Half of the women have never been on the trip; the other half have and know what to expect," Catloth said. "It's not a mess-around time."
Some days consist of two or three practices and end with a little free time in the evening.
"We usually have time to go to a local bar and watch the basketball team play on TV," Miller said. "After our practices are over for the day, we just try to find something to take our minds offrowing for a while."
International students going down south
Kansan correspondent
By Kyoko Kasuga
A spring break trip sponsored by International Students Association may help solve this problem.
For many international students, spring break is too short to go back home and too long to watch television in their rooms.
This year the participants will go to Texas and Louisiana by bus from March 23 to March 30. The trip costs $349 per person and includes transportation, accommodations, and breakfast.
breakfast.
Gerald Harris, director of International Student Services, said the office had sponsored the trip for several years because a lot of international students did not have many opportunities to travel.
The tour has scheduled stops in Dallas, San Antonio, Houston, and New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS
David Cohavi, Rehovot, Israel, senior, and the president of the International Students Association, planned the trip this year. Hewell join the trip as tour leader. Cohavi has been to New Orleans before and said the French Quarter was a lovely place.
"Blues, Cajun food, neat bars,
great weather—it's a great place to
go at least once," Cohawi said. "I'm
very excited about the trip."
Students, including Americans, who want to join the tour can sign up by paying a $100 deposit at the International Students Services
very excited about the trip.
Cohavi also said that the diverse group of students from different cultures made the trip fun.
office, 2 Strong Hall. Spaces are limited and the deadline is Feb. 21
Last spring, 48 students from 21 different countries traveled together to Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico on a nine-day bus trip.
Girish Ballolla, Bangalore, India, graduate student, participated in last year's trip.
"It was fun," Ballolla said. "We traveled nearly 4,000 miles. The best part of the trip was not only seeing all those places, but getting to meet many people. You made 47 new friends."
friends.
Naomi Kito, Sapporo, Japan,
junior, who also went on the trip last
year said it was a good buy. She also
said that it was nice to not have to
worry about transportation and
hotel reservations.
International Students Spring Break Trip
When: March 23 - 30
When: March 23 - 30
Where: Dallas, San Antonio, Houston, New Orleans
How: By bus
Cost: $349
Services, 2 Strong Ha
$100 deposit
Deadline: Feb. 21
Contact: 864-3617
"I wanted to travel somewhere, but I didn't think I could travel by myself," Kito said. "It was a great experience to see and feel how large the United States is by traveling by bus."
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