Clemson Rowing Team Ranked 22nd in Final Poll

May 24, 2002

CLEMSON, SC – The Clemson rowing team completed the season ranked 22nd according to the 2002 USRowing/CRCA NCAA Women’s Rowing Poll released on Wednesday, May 22. This is the highest ranking of the season for the Tigers. Washington tallied 18 first-place votes to claim the top spot while Brown ranks second and Ohio State is third.

The Clemson rowing team completed its season after claiming the South Region title in the 2002 Lexus South/Central Sprints held on Melton Hill Lake in Oak Ridge, TN. The Tigers’ novice 8+, second varsity 4+ and second varsity 8+ boats claimed titles.

Clemson is one of three Atlantic Coast Conference teams ranked in the final poll. Virginia is ranked 14th and Duke is ranked 20th. The complete poll is listed below.

Women’s NCAA Division I Varsity Eights Team (1st-Place Votes)	Points
1. University of Washington (18)	492
2. Brown University (7)	482
3. Ohio State University	449
4. Yale University	422
5. University of Michigan	396
6. Harvard University	365
7. Michigan State University	331
8. Princeton University	324
9. University of California at Berkeley	321
10. Washington State University	262
11. Syracuse University	254
12. Stanford University	220
13. University of Notre Dame	198
14. University of Virginia	188
15. University of Southern California	127
16. Cornell University	112
17. University of Texas	76
18. University of Pennsylvania	71
19. Oregon State University	62
20. Duke University	39

Others receiving votes: Northern University 31, Clemson University 9, Boston University 4, University of Massachusetts 3, College of the Holy Cross 2, and University of Iowa 1.