April 25, 2002
Notre Dame, Ind. – After taking the weekend off from competition, the Notre Dame rowing team fell one spot to 10th nationally in the latest US Rowing/Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association poll. It marks the second consecutive week Notre Dame has appeared in the top 10. Last week, the Irish achieved the highest ranking in the five-year history of the program at ninth, marking the first time Notre Dame has been ranked in the top 10 nationally.
Washington continues to hold the top spot with 19 first-place votes and 494 points. Brown is second with the six remaining first-place votes and 481 points, while Michigan held steady in third with 423 points. Princeton moved up one sport to fourth with 411 points, while Ohio State fell one place to fifth with 396 points. Yale checks in at No. 6, while Stanford, Cal, Harvard and Notre Dame make up the rest of the top 10.
Notre Dame has one of it biggest weekends of the year when it travels to Worchester, Mass., Sunday, April 28, for the 2002 BIG EAST Rowing Challenge. All conference teams who sponsor rowing, including 13th-ranked Syracuse, will compete on Lake Quinsigamond. Races begin Sunday at 8:10 a.m. with heat one of the Varsity Four and conclude at 1:30 p.m. with the grand final of the Varsity Eight.
Team (1st-Place Votes) Points Previous Rank 1. University of Washington (19) 494 12. Brown University (6) 481 23. University of Michigan 423 34. Princetone University 411 55. The Ohio State University 396 46. Yale University 359 77. Stanford University 355 68. University of California at Berkeley 340 49. Harvard University 293 1010. University of Notre Dame 267 911. University of Virginia 254 1112. Michigan State University 214 1313. Syracuse University 211 1214. Washington State University 143 1415. University of Southern California 121 1516. Northeastern University 106 1617. Oregon State University 103 2018. Cornell University 83 1719. Duke University 67 18t20. Boston University 51 18t
Others receiving votes: Columbia University 44, University of Texas 16, University of Minnesota 7, Clemson University 6, Boston College 2, University of Iowa 2, University of Wisconsin 1.