Release and tabulations compiled by USRowing Communications, read the original here.
PRINCETON, NJ – Yale University’s men’s heavyweight varsity eight earned the No. 1 spot in the first USRowing Collegiate Coaches’ Poll of the season, while Cornell University topped the men’s lightweight eight poll.
Yale earned five first-place votes to take the top position in the heavyweight poll. University of California at Berkeley ranked second, earning seven first-place votes. University of Washington, Harvard University and Princeton University rounded out the top five.
In the lightweight men’s poll, Cornell University earned all four first-place votes. University of Pennsylvania ranked second, followed by Princeton, Yale and Harvard.
Due to limited participation this week, the first women’s lightweight eight poll of the year will be released next week.
Heavyweight Men’s Varsity Eight
1. Yale University (5)
2. University of California at Berkeley (7)
3. University of Washington
4. Harvard University
5. Princeton University
6. Northeastern University
7. Brown University
8. Boston University
9. Dartmouth College
10. Syracuse University
11. Cornell University
12. University of Wisconsin
13. University of Pennsylvania
14. Stanford University
15. George Washington University
16. United States Naval Academy
17. Drexel University
18. Columbia University
19. Oregon State University
20. Florida Institute of Technology
First place votes in parentheses
Others Receiving Votes: St. Joseph’s University, Georgetown University, University of Virginia, University of Michigan, Hobart College, Santa Clara University, University of California at Santa Barbara
Participating Voters: Todd Kennett (Cornell), Scott Gavin-Wisniewski (Washington College), Rob Friedrich (Navy), Mark Davis (GWU), Paul Cooke (Brown), Philip Schmehl (Marietta College), Wyatt Allen (Dartmouth), Greg Hughes (Princeton), S Hoadley (UCLA), Kyle Dowd (University of Vermont), John Pojednic (Northeastern), Charlie Butt (Harvard)
Lightweight Men’s Eight
1. Cornell University (4)
2. University of Pennsylvania
3. Princeton University
4. Yale University
5. Harvard University
6. University of Delaware
7. Columbia University
8. United States Naval Academy
9. Dartmouth College
10. Georgetown University
11. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
12. Mercyhurst University
13. Temple University
14. University of California at Berkeley
15. University of California at Santa Barbara
First place votes in parentheses
Others Receiving Votes: St. Joseph’s University, Purdue University, Washington State University
Participating Voters: Billy Boyce (Harvard), Nich Lee Parker (Columbia), Lee Rumpf (Georgetown), Shawn Bagnall (Navy)