Crew Teams Nationally Ranked
March 31, 1999
Corvallis, Ore. - The Oregon State University mens and womens varsity eight crew teams are ranked in the inaugural 1999 USRowing National Collegiate Rowing Coaches Poll, it was announced Wednesday in Indianapolis.
The Beaver womens varsity eight, which placed eighth in the Whittier Cup last week in San Diego, is No. 13. The top-20 also includes Pac-10 Conference rivals No. 1 Washington, No. 4 California and No. 5 USC. The Huskies received all 19 first-place votes.
The Oregon State mens varsity eight, which finished eighth at last weeks Copley Cup on Mission Bay, is No. 18. Three other conference members are among the top-20, including No. 1 California, No. 3 Washington and No. 19 Stanford. The Bears received all nine first-place votes.
The mens and womens crew teams will return to action April 10 in Vancouver, Wash., the men are hosting Western Washington and the womens are hosting California.
Womens Eight Top 20 1. Washington 2. Virginia 3. Brown 4. California 5. USC 6. Michigan 7. Princeton 8. Northeastern 9. Massachusetts 10. Wisconsin 11. Washington State 12. Radcliffe 13. Oregon State 14. Ohio State 15. Michigan State 16. Boston U. 17. North Carolina 18. Penn 19. Dartmouth 20. San Diego StateMens Varsity Eight Top 20 1. California (9) 2. Princeton 3. Washington 4. Yale 5. Harvard 6. Penn 7. Brown 8. Wisconsin 9. Northeastern 10. Temple 11. Syracuse 12. Navy 13. Dartmouth 14. Cornell 15. Rutgers 16. Georgetown 17. Boston U. 18. Oregon State 19. MIT Stanford
