IRA/USRowing Collegiate Poll
Washington Tops Men’s Poll; Princeton Tops Lightweight Polls
March 30, 2011
Washington earned nine first-place votes to take the top spot in this week’s men’s varsity eight poll. University of California ranked second, earning the remaining three first-place votes. Harvard University, Princeton University and Brown University rounded out the top five.
Princeton was the unanimous choice for the top spot in the women’s lightweight eight poll, earning all seven first-place votes. Stanford University ranked second, followed by the University of Wisconsin. Radcliffe and Georgetown University rounded out the top five.
Princeton took the top spot in the men’s lightweight poll, receiving nine of 11 first-place votes. Harvard and Cornell University ranked second and third, respectively, each earning one first-place vote. Georgetown University and the United States Naval Academy rounded out the top five.
Men’s Varsity Eight
Team (1st-Place Votes) | Points |
1. University of Washington (9) | 237 |
2. University of California (3) | 230 |
3. Harvard University | 215 |
4. Princeton University | 178 |
5. Brown University | 169 |
6. Cornell University | 161 |
7. Syracuse University | 157 |
8. Yale University | 153 |
9. University of Wisconsin | 151 |
10. Columbia University | 120 |
11. Stanford University | 118 |
12. Boston University | 115 |
13. United States Naval Academy | 96 |
14. Dartmouth College | 85 |
15. Northeastern University | 82 |
16. University of Pennsylvania | 74 |
17. Oregon State University | 48 |
18. Georgetown University | 46 |
19. George Washington University | 20 |
20. Florida Institute of Technology | 16 |
(This week’s men’s varsity eight voters: Craig Amerkhanian, Topher Bordeau, Michael Callahan, Chris Clark, Rick Clothier, Greg Hughes, Tony Johnson, Greg Myhr, Todd Pearson, Dave Reischman, Steve Todd, Mike Zimmer)
Women’s Lightweight Varsity Eight
Team (1st-Place Votes) | Points |
1. Princeton University (7) | 140 |
2. Stanford University | 132 |
3. University of Wisconsin | 124 |
4. Radcliffe | 122 |
5. Georgetown University | 109 |
6. Bucknell University | 103 |
7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 90 |
8. University of Massachusetts | 89 |
9. University of Buffalo | 77 |
10. Stetson University | 73 |
11. Georgia Tech | 69 |
12. Washington State University | 63 |
13. Lafayette University | 20 |
14. University of California | 17 |
15. Michigan State University | 15 |
(This week’s women’s lightweight eight voters: Ross Beattie, Steve Kish, Kerri Kanaley, Claire Martin-Doyle, Erik Miller, Paul Rassam and Susan Saint Sing)
Men’s Lightweight Varsity Eight
Team (1st-Place Votes) | Points |
1. Princeton University (9) | 199 |
2. Harvard University (1) | 191 |
3. Cornell University (1) | 176 |
4. Georgetown University | 162 |
5. United States Naval Academy | 160 |
6. Yale University | 156 |
7. University of Delaware | 145 |
8. Columbia University | 141 |
9. Dartmouth College | 133 |
10. University of Pennsylvania | 125 |
11. Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 97 |
12. Marietta College | 95 |
13t. St. Joseph’s University | 83 |
13t. University of Michigan | 83 |
15. Georgia Tech | 54 |
(This week’s men’s lightweight eight voters: Scott Alwin, Nick Baker, Charley Butt, Rob Canavan, Andy Card, Marty Crotty, Chris Kerber, Evans Liolin, Will Oliver, Steve Perry, Dan Roock)