IRA/USRowing Collegiate Poll
Washington Tops Men’s Poll; Wisconsin and Princeton Top Lightweight Polls
April 14, 2010
Washington earned 13 first-place votes to take the top spot in this week’s men’s varsity eight poll. The University of California ranked second, earning the remaining three first-place votes. Brown University, Harvard University and Syracuse University rounded out the top five.
Wisconsin remained the unanimous choice for the top spot in the women’s lightweight eight poll, earning all eight first-place votes. Stanford University ranked second, followed by Princeton University. Radcliffe and Bucknell University rounded out the top five.
Princeton took the top spot in the men’s lightweight eight poll, earning seven first-place votes. Harvard ranked second, earning the remaining four first-place votes. United States Naval Academy, Yale University and Georgetown University rounded out the top five.
Men’s Varsity Eight
Team (1st-Place Votes) | Points | Previous Week |
1. University of Washington (13) | 317 | 1 |
2. University of California (3) | 307 | 2 |
3. Brown University | 288 | 3 |
4. Harvard University | 271 | 4 |
5. Syracuse University | 241 | 5 |
6. Princeton University | 216 | 7 |
7. Yale University | 213 | 6 |
8. Northeastern University | 202 | 10 |
9. Boston University | 195 | 8 |
10. Cornell University | 175 | 9 |
11. University of Wisconsin | 171 | 11 |
12. Columbia University | 149 | 13 |
13. Stanford University | 138 | 12 |
14. Dartmouth College | 108 | 16 |
15. George Washington University | 98 | 15 |
16. United States Naval Academy | 97 | 14 |
17. Oregon State University | 50 | 18 |
18. University of Pennsylvania | 48 | 17 |
19. Temple University | 20 | 19 |
20. Georgetown University | 18 | NR |
(This weeks men’s varsity eight voters: Topher Bordeau, Michael Callahan, Chris Clark, Rick Clothier, Paul Cooke, Brooks Dagman, Dan Gehn, Greg Hughes, Zach Johnson, Greg Myhr, Todd Pearson, John Pescatore, John Pojednic, Dave Reischman, Steve Todd, Mike Zimmer)
Women’s Lightweight Varsity Eight
Team (1st-Place Votes) | Points | Previous Week |
1. University of Wisconsin (8) | 160 | 1 |
2. Stanford University | 151 | 2t |
3. Princeton University | 142 | 2t |
4. Radcliffe | 134 | 4 |
5. Bucknell University | 125 | 6 |
6. Georgetown University | 120 | 5 |
7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 112 | 7 |
8. University of Buffalo | 100 | 8 |
9. University of Tulsa | 94 | 9 |
10. University of Massachusetts | 76 | 10 |
11. Georgia Tech | 71 | 11 |
12. Lafayette University | 61 | NR |
13. University of California at San Diego | 53 | 12 |
14. Stetson University | 52 | 13 |
15t. Pacific Lutheran University | 22 | NR |
15t. Washington State University | 22 | 14 |
15t. Willamette University | 22 | NR |
(This weeks women’s lightweight eight voters: Al Acosta, Heather Cartwright, Kevin Harris, Steve Kish, Kerri Kanaley, Claire Martin-Doyle, Erik Miller, Paul Rassam)
Men’s Lightweight Varsity Eight
Team (1st-Place Votes) | Points | Previous Week |
1. Princeton University (7) | 196 | 1 |
2. Harvard University (4) | 194 | 2 |
3. United States Naval Academy | 181 | 4 |
4. Yale University | 175 | 3 |
5. Georgetown University | 164 | 5 |
6. Columbia University | 152 | 7 |
7. Cornell University | 146 | 6 |
8. University of Delaware | 144 | 10 |
9. University of Pennsylvania | 128 | 8 |
10. Dartmouth College | 125 | 11 |
11. Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 107 | 12 |
12t. University of California | 95 | 13 |
12t. Marietta College | 95 | 14 |
14. St. Joseph’s University | 94 | 9 |
15. Sonoma State | 60 | 15 |
(This weeks women’s lightweight eight voters: Scott Alwin, Nick Baker, Ted Benford, Charley Butt, John Fife, Andy Card, Marty Crotty, Chris Kerber, Evans Liolin, Steve Perry, Dan Roock)