IRA/USRowing Collegiate Poll
Washington Tops Men’s Poll; Wisconsin and Princeton Top Lightweight Polls
April 21, 2010
Washington earned 16 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 first-place vote. Brown University, Harvard University and Princeton University rounded out the top five.
Wisconsin remained 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 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 Cornell University rounded out the top five.
Men’s Varsity Eight
Team (1st-Place Votes) | Points | Previous Week |
1. University of Washington (16) | 339 | 1 |
2. University of California (1) | 324 | 2 |
3. Brown University | 304 | 3 |
4. Harvard University | 287 | 4 |
5. Princeton University | 234 | 6 |
6. Cornell University | 232 | 10 |
7. Northeastern University | 230 | 8 |
8. Yale University | 219 | 7 |
9. University of Wisconsin | 210 | 11 |
10. Syracuse University | 209 | 5 |
11. Boston University | 184 | 9 |
12. Stanford University | 148 | 13 |
13. Columbia University | 145 | 12 |
14. Dartmouth College | 131 | 14 |
15. George Washington University | 93 | 15 |
16. United States Naval Academy | 91 | 16 |
17. Oregon State University | 68 | 17 |
18. University of Pennsylvania | 44 | 18 |
19. Temple University | 21 | 19 |
20. Florida Institute of Technology | 15 | NR |
(This weeks men’s varsity eight voters: Craig Amerkhanian, 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 (7) | 140 | 1 |
2. Stanford University | 132 | 2 |
3. Princeton University | 124 | 3 |
4. Radcliffe | 117 | 4 |
5. Bucknell University | 110 | 5 |
6. Georgetown University | 106 | 6 |
7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 97 | 7 |
8. University of Tulsa | 96 | 9 |
9. University of Buffalo | 86 | 8 |
10. University of Massachusetts | 66 | 10 |
11. Lafayette University | 58 | 12 |
12. Georgia Tech | 50 | 11 |
13. University of California at San Diego | 42 | 13 |
14. Stetson University | 33 | 14 |
15t. Willamette University | 20 | 15t |
15t. Michigan State University | 20 | NR |
(This weeks women’s lightweight eight voters: Al Acosta, Heather Cartwright, Kevin Harris, Steve Kish, Kerri Kanaley, Claire Martin-Doyle, Erik Miller)
Men’s Lightweight Varsity Eight
Team (1st-Place Votes) | Points | Previous Week |
1. Princeton University (7) | 197 | 1 |
2. Harvard University (4) | 193 | 2 |
3. United States Naval Academy | 182 | 3 |
4. Yale University | 174 | 4 |
5. Cornell University | 157 | 7 |
6. Georgetown University | 156 | 5 |
7. University of Delaware | 147 | 8 |
8. University of Pennsylvania | 138 | 9 |
9. Dartmouth College | 135 | 10 |
10. Columbia University | 127 | 6 |
11. Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 109 | 11 |
12. University of California | 98 | 12t |
13. Marietta College | 96 | 12t |
14. St. Joseph’s University | 93 | 14 |
15. Sonoma State | 52 | 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)