IRA/USRowing Collegiate Poll
Washington Tops Men’s Poll; Wisconsin and Harvard Top Lightweight Polls
May 12, 2010
Washington earned all 13 first-place votes to take the top spot in this week’s men’s varsity eight poll. University of California ranked second. Brown University, Harvard University and Yale 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 Georgetown University rounded out the top five.
Harvard took the top spot in the men’s lightweight poll, receiving 10 of 11 first-place votes. Princeton ranked second, earning one first-place vote. Navy, Georgetown and Yale rounded out the top five.
Men’s Varsity Eight
Team (1st-Place Votes) | Points | Previous Week |
1. University of Washington (13) | 260 | 1 |
2. University of California | 247 | 2 |
3. Brown University | 234 | 3 |
4. Harvard University | 220 | 4 |
5. Yale University | 201 | 5 |
6. Syracuse University | 182 | 6 |
7. Princeton University | 175 | 7 |
8. University of Wisconsin | 170 | 8 |
9. Northeastern University | 151 | 9 |
10. Columbia University | 142 | 10t |
11. Cornell University | 137 | 10t |
12. Stanford University | 119 | 13 |
13. Boston University | 105 | 12 |
14. United States Naval Academy | 99 | 14 |
15. Dartmouth College | 86 | 15 |
16. George Washington University | 62 | 16 |
17. University of Pennsylvania | 50 | 17 |
18. Oregon State University | 36 | 18 |
19t. Florida Institute of Technology | 13 | NR |
19t. Williams College | 13 | NR |
(This week’s men’s varsity eight voters: Michael Callahan, Chris Clark, Rick Clothier, Brooks Dagman, Dan Gehn, Greg Hughes, 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 | 152 | 2 |
3. Princeton University | 144 | 3 |
4. Radcliffe | 136 | 4 |
5. Georgetown University | 124 | 5 |
6. Bucknell University | 120 | 6 |
7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 112 | 7 |
8. University of Tulsa | 106 | 8 |
9. University of Massachusetts | 96 | 9 |
10. University of Buffalo | 86 | 10 |
11. Georgia Tech | 80 | 11 |
12. Willamette University | 47 | 12 |
13. Stetson University | 45 | 14 |
14. Lafayette University | 41 | 13 |
15. Lehigh University | 36 | NR |
(This week’s 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. Harvard University (10) | 200 | 2 |
2. Princeton University (1) | 191 | 1 |
3. United States Naval Academy | 181 | 3 |
4. Georgetown University | 169 | 6 |
5. Yale University | 165 | 4 |
6. Cornell University | 152 | 5 |
7. Dartmouth College | 143 | 9 |
8. University of Pennsylvania | 139 | 8 |
9. Columbia University | 123 | 10 |
10. Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 112 | 11 |
11. University of Delaware | 102 | 7 |
12. St. Joseph’s University | 89 | 14 |
13. Marietta College | 82 | 13 |
14. Mercyhurst College | 65 | NR |
15. University of California | 49 | 12 |
(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)