Women's Rowing Earns No. 4 Ranking
February 16, 2000 | Women's Rowing
Feb. 16, 2000
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --- USRowing and the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) announced today the 2000 preseason poll for women's varsity eights. USC enters the spring season tied for fourth among the top-20 women's teams. The Trojans share the rank with conference rival Washington.
USC's first race of 2000 will be on Sunday, March 12, against North Carolina at the Port of Los Angeles. The Women of Troy will individually compete in the C.R.A.S.H.-B World Indoor Rowing Championships this Sunday, Feb. 20, in Boston, Mass.
Beginning April 5, 2000, USRowing and the CRCA will be conducting weekly national collegiate polls for Division I women's varsity eights. Below is the Division I women's eight preseason poll.
Division I Varsity Eights (1st place votes)
1. Brown (16)
2. Virginia (1)
3. California (8)
4t. Washington (1)
4t. USC (2)
6. Michigan
7. Princeton
8. Michigan State
9. Wisconsin
10. Boston U.
11. Radcliffe
12. Northeastern
13. Ohio State
14. Penn
15. Cornell
16. Iowa
17. Oregon State
18. Dartmouth
19. Miami (Fla.)
20. Syracuse
Others receiving votes: Washington State 54, UMass 43, Kansas 39, San Diego State 31, Yale 27, North Carolina 23, Navy 18, Sacramento State 12, UCSD 8, Clemson 6, George Washington 5, Duke 4, Texas 3, Rutgers 1, Tulsa 1.
