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 Rank
1.  University of Washington (12)		354		1
2.  Brown University (6)			348		2
3.  The Ohio State University			316		5
4.  Princeton University			293		4
5.  University of Michigan			284		3
6.  Yale University				268		6
7.  University of California at Berkeley	240		7
8.  Harvard University				236		8
9.  USC						216		9
10. Syracuse University				185		10
11. Michigan State University			182		14
12. Stanford University				163		11
13. University of Virginia			154		12
14. University Notre Dame			113		13
15. Boston University				109		19
16. Oregon State University			96 		16
17. Washington State University			71		17
18. Cornell University				61		18
19. Northeastern University			47		15
20. 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