April 16, 2003
Notre Dame, Ind. – The Notre Dame rowing team, whose race with Michigan State was postponed last Saturday due to high winds, will race the 10th-ranked Spartans on Tuesday, April 22, on Lake Ovid in East Lansing, Mich. Race time is scheduled for 5:00 p.m., but could change due to class schedules.
In other rowing news, the Irish were ranked fifth as a team in the first regional rankings released on Tuesday. Michigan, who the Irish defeated in eight of 12 races earlier this spring is first, followed by Michigan State, Ohio State, Iowa and the Irish. In the first varsity eight, Notre Dame is tied with Minnesota for sixth in the region. Michigan is once again first as the top four positions are the same as the team rankings. Wisconsin is fifth in the first varsity eight rankings. In the second eight, Notre Dame is third, trailing only Michigan and Michigan State, while in the fours the Irish are fourth behind the Wolverines, Spartans and Buckeyes.
In the latest national poll, Notre Dame is ranked 24th receiving one vote. California is first, followed by Washington (Notre Dame’s opponent on May 3), Harvard and Stanford. Princeton and Michigan are tied for fifth. Notre Dame is facing its toughest schedule in history as the Irish have already rowed against ranked teams Michigan, Iowa and Tennessee and still have races against Washington, Ohio State, Washington State, Oregon State, Syracuse, West Virginia and Texas.
Teams
1. Michigan
2. Michigan State
3. Ohio State
4. Iowa
5. Notre Dame
6. Wisconsin
First Eights
1. Michigan
2. Michigan State
3. Ohio State
4. Iowa
5. Wisconsin
6. TIE – Notre Dame, Minnesota
Second Eights
1. Michigan
2. Michigan State
3. Notre Dame
4. Iowa
5. Ohio State
6. Wisconsin
Fours
1. Michigan
2. Michigan State
3. Ohio State
4. Notre Dame
5. Iowa
6. Wisconsin
The following is the 2003 CRCA/US Rowing National Poll:
1. Cal-Berkeley
2. Washington
3. Harvard
4. Stanford
5t. Princeton
5t. Michigan
7. USC
8. Brown
9. Yale
10. Michigan State
11. Ohio State
12. Virginia
13. Washington State
14. Cornell
15. Oregon State
16. Iowa
17. Syracuse
18. Boston
19. Texas
20. Tennessee
Others receiving votes: Duke 16, Penn 11, George Washington 2, Notre Dame 1, West Virginia 1.