May 8, 2002
Notre Dame, Ind. – The Notre Dame rowing team is ranked 14th nationally in the latest US Rowing/Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association poll released today. Washington continues to hold the top spot with 12 first-place votes and 354 points. Brown is second with the six remaining first-place votes and 348 points, Ohio State moved up two spots to third with 316 points, while Princeton stayed in fourth with 293 points and Michigan is fifth, after falling two positions, with 284 points. Yale, Cal, Harvard, USC and Syracuse round out the top 10.
Notre Dame has its biggest weekend of the year when it travels to Oak Ridge, Tenn., May 18-19 for the 2002 Central Regions. All teams in the Central and South Region will participate in the weekend’s regatta.
Team (1st-Place Votes) Points Previous Rank1. University of Washington (12) 354 12. Brown University (6) 348 23. The Ohio State University 316 54. Princeton University 293 45. University of Michigan 284 36. Yale University 268 67. University of California at Berkeley 240 78. Harvard University 236 89. USC 216 910. Syracuse University 185 1011. Michigan State University 182 1412. Stanford University 163 1113. University of Virginia 154 1214. University Notre Dame 113 1315. Boston University 109 1916. Oregon State University 96 1617. Washington State University 71 1718. Cornell University 61 1819. Northeastern University 47 1520. Duke University 22 20
Others receiving votes: University of Texas 8, Columbia University 4, University of Wisconsin 4, Boston College 3, University of Pennsylvania 2, Clemson University 1