Karl Drlica helped lead UC Berkeley’s rowing program in the mid-1960s, before the U.S. Title IX Act enabled gender equity in sports.
Oakland resident Karl Drlica, seen above recently in a racing shell at Berkeley’s Aquatic Park, has penned a new memoir, “Bitten by the Rowing Bug,” which discusses his time at UC Berkeley in the 1960s as a coach for one of the university’s women’s rowing teams. He and another man reimagined the capabilities of women athletes and began coaching Cal’s pre-Title IX women’s crew team.
The “R’s” continued to pop up like signposts as Drlica and Sachs battled for recognition, resources and respect for the women rowers from the university’s physical education department. It was an era when patriarchal attitudes said women risked physical harm if allowed to sweat, female athletes lacked the will and stamina for extreme physical exertion and the university’s financial resources were for male athletes only.
Hayward shocked him three times with the defibrillator and provided mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Eventually, emergency medical technicians arrived and took Drlica to a hospital where he was intubated and heavily sedated for four days. Exploratory surgery revealed the need for an immediate triple bypass. After a month in the hospital, he retuned home and resumed working on his memoir.
She grew up in Los Angeles, excelling at water sports and playing basketball as a center because she was the tallest athlete on a team with shorter students. Hoping to play in college, she went to a basketball tryout and realized she couldn’t compete at a high level. Seeing a sign asking “Want to Row?” she thought it sounded fun and signed on.
“It’s a tough sport, and if you’re stronger and have endurance, you’ll win races, he said. “I remember being surprised at how hard the women worked. And they resisted outright animosity too. Art and I didn’t see women as people we had to protect.
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