REGATTA NOTES // DILLONS SUNFLOWER SHOWDOWN CONTACT: Jordan Cronan

KANSAS TO COMPETE IN DILLONS SUNFLOWER SHOWDOWN 2017-18 REGATTA SCHEDULE Coming off a successful weekend at the George Mason Invitational, returns home to host in-state rival Kansas State in the 2018 Dillons Sunflower Showdown. The Jayhawks face the Wildcats on Saturday, April 28 at Wyandotte County Lake DATE REGATTA in Kansas City, Kansas. The first race begins at 11 a.m. Oct. 22 Jayhawk Jamboree Nov. 3-4 at Tulsa Fall Regatta JAYHAWKS FINISH IN RECORD TIME Jan. 4-13 Winter Training Trip Kansas is looking to capitalize off a successful weekend at the GMU Invite in Virginia. The Jayhawks sent all five boats to the March 9-10 at Tulsa (scrimmage) top finals in their events. The First Varsity Eight and Second Varsity Four brought home gold medals to help lead the Big 12 March 23-24 at Indiana (scrimmage) Conference to victory over the Atlantic 10 Conference and the Colonial Athletic Association. The First Varsity Eight, Wave The April 7 Big 12 Double Dual Wheat, crossed the finish line in 6:25.7, clocking in at one of the fastest times in program history while not being assisted April 14-15 at Knecht Cup by river flow or current. April 22 at George Mason Invite April 28 Dillons Sunflower Showdown LAST TIMEOUT May 12-13 at Big 12 Championship The Jayhawks enter the weekend looking to win the Dillons Sunflower Showdown for the fourth-straight year. Kansas kept May 25-27 at NCAA Championship the trophy in Lawrence last year with a come-from-behind victory in the last race of competition. Kansas State took first in the Second Varsity Four, Third Varsity Eight and Second Varsity Eight, while KU won the First Varsity Four, giving Kansas State a 10-3 lead. Kansas needed to win the last race of the day, the First Varsity Eight, to hoist the trophy. The Jayhawks were SUNFLOWER SHOWDOWN SCHEDULE down by almost a full boat length until they worked their way back into the race to finish first and beat the Wildcats by less than a second. The First Varsity Eight win gave the Jayhawks the nine points they needed to win the Sunflower Showdown EVENT TIME 12-10. Third Varsity Eight 11 a.m. Second Varsity Four 11:15 a.m. SCOUTING THE WILDCATS First Varsity Four 11:30 a.m. Kansas State sent all five boats into the finals last weekend at the SIRA Championship in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The Wildcats won medals in four of the five events, highlighted by a gold medal finish by the Second Varsity Eight with a time of 6:57.975, Second Varsity Eight 11:45 a.m. while the Third Varsity Eight took silver with a time of 7:10.25.6 in the Junior Varsity Eight and Lightweight Varsity Eight A First Varsity Eight 12 p.m. Finals. The Wildcats' Second Varsity Four also won gold in the Open B Finals with a time of 8:01.067. The First Varsity Eight placed third (6:50.508) in the Open A Finals behind Wisconsin and FIT. The Second Varsity Four for Kansas State finished second in its finals event with a time of 7:36.753, second only to Wisconsin.

WOMEN'S NCAA DIVISION I RANKINGS SCHOLAR ATHLETES The announced earlier this year the recipients of its highest honor, the Dr. Gerald Lage Award. A total Rank Team of 14 Kansas student-athletes earned this recognition, including rowing's redshirt-junior Meghan Karoly and senior Kaelyn T-1 Cal T-1 Washington Thierolf. In order to receive this honor, a student-athlete must have 100 hours of credit with a cumulative GPA of 3.80 or 3 Texas higher. This is the eighth year the award has honored academic excellence after Lage, who served as the Oklahoma State 4 Ohio State faculty athletics representative with the NCAA and the Big Eight/12 Conference from 1983 until 2007. 5 Standford 6 Yale RANKING THE COMPETITION 7 Michigan Kansas will face tough competition this season with two of its opponents, Texas and Oklahoma, ranked among the top 20 in 8 Iowa 9 Virginia the CRCA/US Rowing Coaches Poll. Additionally, the Jayhawks traveled to Indiana, another program ranked among the best 10 Princeton in the country, for their final tune up before the 2018 spring season opened. In the first poll of the year that was released on 11 Brown March 28, KU was receiving votes along with Tennessee. 12 USC 13 Wisconsin THE STUDENT IN STUDENT-ATHLETE 14 Indiana With 32 different courses fo study among the 64 student-athletes on the rowing team, there's no 15 Washington State 16 Duke denying the value and importance that Kansas rowing places on academic excellence. The rowing team prides itself on 17 Harvard diverse majors and academic success in those different areas. Read the full story at RockChalkWeekly.com. 18 Oklahoma 19 Michigan State WAVE THE WHEAT AND AD ASTRA 20 Notre Dame as of 4.25.18 Along with a new season and new members of the Jayhawk family, Kansas added two new shells to the boathouse. The first, Ad Astra, was named after the Kansas motto "to the stars through difficulties." The Jayhawks needed help from fans FOLLOW THE JAYHAWKS to name the second boat. The community was able to send in suggestions and vote on the favorite name later on. With over a thousand votes, Wave the Wheat beat out almost 200 suggestions from the fans.

KANSAS ROWING TWITTER Waving the wheat has symbolized a winning tradition at Kansas and the Jayhawks are excited to incorporate such a tradition into their winning ways on the water. Going forward with the season, Wave the Wheat and Ad Astra will be the boats of choice @KU_ROWING for the First and Second Varsity Eights.

UP NEXT /KANSASROWING The Jayhawks will be on the road again for the 2018 Big 12 Championship in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on Melton Hill Lake May 12-13. @KANSASROWING 2017-18 @KU_rowing BROADCAST ROSTER

London Acree Megan Akers Angie Allen Peyton Anderson Reese Arnold Hannah Bishop Kalyn Blessing Freshman Freshman Senior Junior Sophomore Freshman Sophomore Mahomet, Ill. Newton, Kan. Waterloo, Iowa Leawood, Kan. Centreville, Va. Independence, Mo. Great Bend, Kan.

Bailey Blood Taylor Brown Alex Burns Heidi Burns Shannon Cody Bailey Coolidge BriAnna Dittberner Junior Freshman Sophomore Freshman Freshman Senior Senior Overland Park, Kan. West Chester, Ohio Mequon, Wis. Girard, Kan. Alamosa, Colo. Round Rock, Texas Topeka, Kan.

Katie Donnellan Maggie Duffy Maggie Dupuie Kate Englander Lauren Fee Kaitlyn Finger Jaryn Folk Freshman Freshman Freshman Sophomore Freshman Sophomore Freshman Kansas City, Mo. Wyoming, Minn. Traverse City, Mich. Woodinville, Wash. Rochester, Minn. Larned, Kan. Parsons, Kan.

Moira Frakes Ally Fullerton Samantha Hanley Isabel Horosz Hailey Humiston Emily Hybl Julia Isbell Sophomore Junior Freshman Sophomore Freshman Freshman Freshman Overland Park, Kan. Hamilton, New Zealand McHenry, Ill. Olathe, Kan. Lincoln, Neb. Wichita, Kan. San Diego, Calif.

Meghan Karoly Anne Kelly Kelly Koenigsman Morgan Kottas Abigale Lane Regan McComb Caitlin McNulty R-Junior Freshman R-Junior Sophomore Junior Junior Senior DeSoto, Mo. Chicago, Ill. Hays, Kan. Great Bend, Kan. Weldon Springs, Mo. Cherry Hills Village, Colo. Mission, Kan.

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Katie McWhirter Kate Mizell Kaeli Nielsen Liana Ochoa Keaton Poppe Aminah Reid-Brydon McKayla Ross Junior Sophomore Freshman Freshman Senior Senior R-Junior Kansas City, Mo. Bradenton, Fla. Burlingame, Calif. Leavenworth, Kan. Overland Park, Kan. Sunrise, Fla. Kansas City, Mo.

Laurel Salisbury Rebecca Stepanek Lilly Stewart Kayla Stubblefield Raven Swingler Valerie Swisher Michaela Theis Freshman Freshman Junior Junior Freshman Senior Junior Tulsa, Okla. Chicago, Ill. Tecumseh, Kan. San Jose, Calif. Florissant, Mo. Wamego, Kan. Kingman, Kan.

Kaelyn Thierolf Celia Tise Kristen Underhill Anna Van Driel Riley Varuska Madison Wedderspoon Emma Williams Senior Sophomore Junior Freshman Sophomore Junior Freshman Marion, Kan. Apple Valley, Minn. Columbus, Ohio Derby, Kan. Kansas City, Mo. Henderson, Nev. Claflin, Kan.

Margret Winter Emma Yowell R-Senior Freshman Ballwin, Mo. McPherson, Kan.

Carrie Cook-Callen Kelsey Arnold Rachelle Pauly Jose Munoz Michael Amick Kyle Martinez Alisha Grisby Interim Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Director of Operations Boathouse Manager/ Certified Athletic Trainer Athletic Training Rigger Assistantship

#KUrowing Regatta Notes • 3 2017-18 @KU_rowing ROSTER Name Ht. Yr. Hometown High School Coaches and Staff London Acree 5-10 Fr. Mahomet, Ill. Mahomet-Seymour HS Interim Head Coach Carrie Cook-Callen Megan Akers 5-9 Fr. Newton, Kan. Newton HS Assistant Coach Kelsey Arnold Angie Allen 5-9 Sr. Waterloo, Iowa Nixa HS Assistant Coach Rachelle Pauly Peyton Anderson 5-9 Jr. Leawood, Kan. Saratoga HS (Calif.) Director of Operations Jose Munoz Reese Arnold 5-8 So. Centreville, Va. Westfield HS Boathouse Manager/Rigger Michael Amick Hannah Bishop 5-7 Fr. Independence, Mo. Van Horn HS Certified Athletic Trainer Kyle Martinez Kalyn Blessing 5-11 So. Great Bend, Kan. Great Bend HS Athletic Training Assistantship Alisha Grisby Bailey Blood 5-7 Jr. Overland Park, Kan. Blue Valley Southwest HS Taylor Brown 5-6 Fr. West Chester, Ohio Lakota West HS Alex Burns 5-9 So. Mequon, Wis. Homestead HS Heidi Burns 5-4 Fr. Girard, Kan. Girard HS Shannon Cody 5-9 Fr. Alamosa, Colo. Alamosa HS Bailey Coolidge 5-1 Sr. Round Rock, Texas Round Rock HS BriAnna Dittberner 5-11 Sr. Topeka, Kan. Seaman HS Katie Donnellan 5-7 Fr. Kansas City, Mo. St. Theresa's Academy Maggie Duffy 5-10 Fr. Wyoming, Minn. Forest Lake HS Maggie Dupuie 5-7 Fr. Traverse City, Mich. Traverse City Central HS Kate Englander 5-9 So. Woodinville, Wash. Redmond HS Lauren Fee 5-8 Fr. Rochester, Minn. John Marshall HS Kaitlyn Finger 5-10 R-Jr. Larned, Kan. Larned HS Jaryn Folk 5-7 Fr. Parsons, Kan. Parsons HS Moira Frakes 6-1 So. Overland Park, Kan. Spring Hill HS Ally Fullerton 5-9 Jr. Hamilton, New Zealand Air Academy HS Samantha Hanley 5-8 Fr. McHenry, Ill. McHenry HS Isabel Horosz 5-10 So. Olathe, Kan. Olathe North HS Hailey Humiston 5-7 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. Lincoln Southwest HS Emily Hybl 5-9 Fr. Wichita, Kan. Bishop Carroll Catholic HS Julia Isbell 5-10 Fr. San Diego, Calif. Academy of Our Lady of Peace Meghan Karoly 5-7 R-Jr. DeSoto, Mo. St. Pius X HS Anne Kelly 5-10 Fr. Chicago, Ill. Mother McAuley HS Kelly Koenigsman 5-11 R-Jr. Hays, Kan. Hays HS Morgan Kottas 5-8 So. Great Bend, Kan. Great Bend HS Abigale Lane 5-3 Jr. Welden Springs, Mo. Incarnate Word Academy HS Regan McComb 6-0 Jr. Cherry Hills Village, Colo. Cherry Creek HS Caitlin McNulty 5-11 Sr. Mission, Kan. Shawnee Mission North HS Katie McWhirter 5-6 Jr. Kansas City Mo. Park Hill HS Kate Mizell 6-0 So. Bradenton, Fla. Sarasota Military Academy Kaeli Nielsen 5-7 Fr. Burlingame, Cailf. Mercy HS Liana Ochoa 5-1 Fr. Leavenworth, Kan. Ramstein HS Keaton Poppe 5-11 Sr. Overland Park, Kan. Frank W. Cox HS Aminah Reid-Brydon 5-6 Sr. Sunrise, Fla. Brentwood School McKayla Ross 5-9 R-Jr. Kansas CIty, Mo. Shawnee Mission Northwest HS Laurel Salisbury 5-10 Fr. Tulsa, Okla. Holland Hall HS Rebecca Stepanek 5-10 Fr. Chicago, Ill. Mother McAuley HS Lilly Stewart 6-0 Jr. Tecumseh, Kan. Shawnee Heights HS Kayla Stubblefield 5-10 Jr. San Jose, Calif. Presentation HS Raven Swingler 5-0 Fr. Florissant, Mo. Hazelwood Central HS Valerie Swisher 5-9 Sr. Wamego, Kan. Wamego HS Michaela Theis 5-10 Jr. Kingman, Kan. Kingman HS Kaelyn Thierolf 5-10 Sr. Marion, Kan. Marion HS Celia Tise 6-0 So. Apple Valley, Minn. Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Arts Kristen Underhill 5-10 Jr. Columbus, Ohio New Albany HS Anna Van Driel 5-10 Fr. Derby, Kan. Rose Hill HS Riley Varuska 5-2 So. Kansas City, Mo. Staley HS Madison Wedderspoon 5-7 Jr. Henderson, Nev. Boiling Springs HS (Pa.) Emma Williams 5-9 Fr. Claflin, Kan. Central Plains HS Margret Winter 5-7 R-Sr. Ballwin, Mo. Parkway South HS Emma Yowell 5-4 Fr. McPherson, Kan. McPherson HS

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