April 11, 2002
Notre Dame, Ind. – The Notre Dame rowing team is ranked 11th in the latest US Rowing/CRCA poll released yesterday. The No.-11 ranking is the highest mark ever in the history of the young program, besting the No.-14 ranking the Irish opened the season at in 2001.
The Irish, who were ranked 20th in the nation last week, made the biggest leap of any team in the poll this week after placing fifth in the grand final at the San Diego Crew Classic in San Diego, Calif., last weekend. The Irish recorded faster times than four teams ranked ahead of them last week at the Crew Classic, including No. 6 Virginia, No. 9 USC, No. 14 Texas and No. 19 Oregon State.
Washington remained atop the rankings this week with 21 first-place votes and 496 points after winning the Jessop-Whittier Cup at the San Diego Crew Classic last weekend. Brown received the remaining four first-place votes and has 477 points. Ohio State is third with 450 points, while California moved up seven places and is ranked fourth with 388 points.
Notre Dame travels to Indianapolis, Ind., on Saturday for the Indiana Cup, where they will compete against Indiana, Purdue and Eastern Michigan.
US Rowing/CRCA Rowing Poll (April 10, 2002)
Team Points LW1. Washington (21) 496 12. Brown (4) 477 23. Ohio State 450 34. California 388 115. Yale 373 56. Princeton 365 47. Stanford 310 138. Syracuse 304 79. Harvard 299 1010. Michigan 297 811. Notre Dame 271 2012. Virginia 261 613. USC 151 914. Michigan State 132 1215. Washington State 112 NR16. Duke 107 1717. Boston U. 103 1518. Oregon State 86 1919. Northeastern 79 1620. Texas 59 14
Other receiving votes: Iowa 29, Cornell 35, Columbia 26, Clemson 16, Wisconsin 7, Boston College 3, Minnesota 3, Massachusetts 1