Rowing Breaks Into Top 25 for First Time

April 6, 2011

NORMAN, Okla. -- The University of Oklahoma women's rowing team broke into the CRCA/USRowing top-20 poll Wednesday after its performance at the San Diego Crew Classic. This marks OU's first top-20 appearance in school history and Head Coach Leeanne Crain's third appearance of her career.

"This is a huge step for our young program," Crain said. "I'm so proud of this team and what its been able to accomplish this season. We set out at the beginning of the year and breaking into the top 20 was one of our many goals. Now that we've achieved this milestone, we must shift our focus to climbing the ranks. We've got some important races in the next few weeks that will certainly come into play. We have to continue to get better every day between now and the end of the season. Ultimately, that's how our success will be measured."

Oklahoma and Texas are the sole top-20 representatives from the Big 12 Conference and Conference USA. Other Big 12/C-USA teams to receive votes include Tennessee (31) and Alabama (1).

CRCA/USRowing Top 20
Poll #3 - April 6, 2011

School (First-place votes)	Total votes	Previous week
1. Princeton (24)	475	1
2. Virginia (1)	440	2
3. USC	420	9
4. California	419	3
5. Stanford	403	4
6. Brown	391	5
7. Washington	312	8
8. Michigan State	283	10
9. Ohio State	264	7
10. Wisconsin	253	15
11. Yale	253	6
12. Clemson	226	14
13. Cornell	218	18
14. Michigan	161	12
15. Washington State	160	13
16. UCLA	127	11
17. Texas	112	16
18. Harvard	105	20
19. Pennsylvania	59	17
20. OKLAHOMA	55	NR

Received Votes: Tennessee 31, Dartmouth 26, Louisville 15, Indiana 12, Oregon State 10, Minnesota 10, Iowa 3, Northeastern 2, Notre Dame 2, Columbia 2, Alabama 1

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Rowing Breaks Into Top 25 for First Time

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