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