Varsity Eight Crew Ranked Tenth by USRowing Poll

6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Rowing

May 19, 1999

EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan State varsity eight women's crew is ranked 10th in the latest USRowing National Collegiate Rowing Coaches Poll. The Spartans dropped one spot after finishing second at the Lexus Central Sprints on May 8. Michigan, currently ranked eighth, jumped one spot after finishing ahead of the Spartans.

The varsity eight is one of three boats that MSU will send to the NCAA Women's Rowing Championships on May 28-30 in Rancho Cordova, Calif.

USRowing Poll
Women's Eight
1. Washington
2. California
3. Brown
4. Princeton
5. Virginia
6. Radcliffe
7. Wisconsin
8. Michigan
9. Southern Cal
10. MICHIGAN STATE
11. Boston U.
12. Oregon State
13. Ohio State
14. Northeastern
15. Dartmouth
16. UMass
17. Iowa
18. San Diego State
19. Washington State
20. Cornell