Kansas Rowing Completes Day Two at the Head of the Oklahoma

Oct. 2, 2005

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Kansas rowing excelled in its final day of competition at the Head of the Oklahoma. Day two was comprised of the Novice Four, Open Single and Varsity Eight races.

The Jayhawks came away with the top spot in the Novice Four with a time of 0:16:24 beating their competitor by 28 seconds, as Kansas’ other boat in the Novice Four placed third with a time of 0:17:28. In other action, the two Varsity Eight boats finished third and tenth with times of 0:14:26 and 0:14:55, respectively.

Leading the Jayhawks was senior Jennifer Ebel and junior Jelayna De Silva with a first-place finish in the Open Double in day one of the regatta with a time of 0:16:47, winning by 54 seconds. Senior Alexis Boston and junior Tiffany Jeffers also competed in the race and finished fourth with a time of 0:17:24. Ebel, Da Silva, Jeffers and junior LlynnAnn Laugeson all had top-five finishes in the Kansas’ Open Singles races in day two.

“I feel that we competed very well,” Head Coach Rob Catloth said. “We had great success and I am very pleased with how the weekend went.”

The Jayhawks will continue their Fall season on Oct. 29, 2005 at the Head of the Iowa in Iowa City.

– Results Follow-

Day One
Women’s Varsity Four
Winning Time: 0:14:42
3- Kansas Boat 1 00:15:43
5- Kansas Boat 2 00:16:03
14- Kansas Boat 3 00:16:56

Women’s Novice Eight
Winning Time: 0:15:25
2 – Kansas Boat 00:15:43

Women’s Open Double
Winning Time: 00:16:47
1- Jennifer Ebel
Jelayna Da Silva 0:16:47
4- Alex Boston
Tiffany Jeffers 0:17:24
6- Tricia Sawtelle
LlynnAnn Laugeson 0:17:34
7- Kris Lazar
Lindsey Miles 0:17:37
10- Paige Phillips
Tayler Eldridge 0:17:53
12- Gillian Van Ruyven
Whitney Fasbender 0:18:04

Day Two
Women’s Novice Four
Winning Time: 0:16:24
1- Kansas Boat 1 0:16:24
3- Kansas Boat 2 0:17:28

Women’s Varsity Eight
Winning Time: 0:14:06
3- Kansas Boat 1 0:14:26
10- Kansas Boat 2 0:14:55

Women’s Open Single
Winning Time: 0:17:23
2 Jennifer Ebel 0:17:29
3 Jelayna Da Silva 0:18:11
4 LlynnAnn Laugeson 0:18:37
5 Tiffany Jeffers 0:18:43
6 Tricia Sawtelle 0:18:49
7 Alexia Boston 0:18:51
8 Kris Lazar 0:18:53
9 Whitney Fasbender 0:19:15
12 Alia Bober 0:19:40
13 Paige Phillips 0:19:50
14 Gillian Van Ruyven 0:19:59
15 Tayler Eldridge 0:20:11