May 15, 2002

Notre Dame, Ind. – The Notre Dame rowing team is ranked 15th nationally in the latest US Rowing/Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association poll released today. Washington continues to hold the top spot with 13 first-place votes and 393 points. Brown is second with the seven remaining first-place votes and 387 points, Ohio State stayed in third with 356 points, while Yale moved up two spots to fourth with 328 points and Michigan holds on to fifth with 324 points. Harvard, Princeton, Cal, USC and Michigan State 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 Rank1.  University of Washington (13)       393     12.  Brown University (7)            387     23.  The Ohio State University           356     34.  Yale University             328     65.  University of Michigan          324     56.  Harvard University              287     87.  Princeton University            270     48.  University of California at Berkeley    255     79.  USC                     238     910. Michigan State University           215     1111. Syracuse University             210     1012. Stanford University             182     1213. Oregon State University         152     1614. University of Virginia          151     1315. University of Notre Dame            129     1416. Washington State University         93      1717. Cornell University              91      1818. University of Pennsylvania          46      NR19. Northeastern University         34      1920. Duke University             30      20

Others receiving votes: University of Texas 13, Boston University 4, University of Minnesota 4, University of Massachusetts 3, University of Wisconsin 3, Clemson University 1, and College of the Holy Cross 1.