Men's Rowing Ranked 19 In This Week's Poll - Oregon State University Athletics

Both the Oregon State men’s and women’s rowing teams are currently ranked nationally. According to USRowing Collegiate Poll the men’s crew is ranked 19 and has been ranked as high as 18 while the OSU women’s crew is now ranked 20th according to the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association/US Rowing poll and have been ranked as high as 17th this season.

Men’s rowing is coming off a home regatta against No. 5 Stanford. The women also hosted Stanford’s No. 18 ranked women crew along with Washington State.

So far in 2007 the men’s crews have registered impressive wins over No. 20 ranked George Washington, Gonzaga and Purdue.

On the women’s side of things the Beavers have notched wins over No. 18 Wisconsin, the University of Victoria, Washington State and Iowa.

This weekend the men’s Junior Varsity 8+ and Novice 8+ boats travel to Seattle, Wash. to race at the Windermere Cup Opening Day Regatta hosted by the University of Washington.

The women’s crew is idle until next weekend's Pac-10 Championships at Lake Natoma near Sacramento, Calif., May 13.