George Washington Ranked 14th In Varsity Eight Rankings

Colonials achieve highest first week ranking in program history

April 4, 2010

WASHINGTON, DC - The George Washington Men's Rowing team is ranked 14h in the Men's Varsity Eight rankings, which is the highest first week position in school history. The Colonials will next race in the George Washington Invitational on April 9th and 10th.

University of Washington earned the top spot in this year's first USRowing men's varsity eight poll, while the University of Wisconsin topped the women's lightweight eight poll. Princeton University earned the top ranking in the men's lightweight eight poll.

The defending IRA champions from Washington earned eight first-place votes to take the top spot in this season's first men's varsity eight poll. The University of California ranked second, earning the remaining four first-place votes. Brown University, Harvard University and Syracuse University rounded out the top five.

Men's Varsity Eight
Team (1st-Place Votes) Points 1. University of Washington (8) 236
2. University of California (4) 232
3. Brown University 216
4. Harvard University 201
5. Syracuse University 184
6. Boston University 165
7. Princeton University 151
8. Northeastern University 149
9. University of Wisconsin 141
10. Stanford University 134
11. Cornell University 115
12. Yale University 114
13. Columbia University 109
14t. George Washington University 68
14t. United States Naval Academy 68
16. Dartmouth College 54
17. University of Pennsylvania 48
18. Oregon State University 37
19. Temple University 25
20. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 23

Not Ranked But Receiving Votes: Trinity College 15, Georgetown University 11, University of Michigan 11, University of California at San Diego 6, Gonzaga University 3 and Rutgers University 3.

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