Rowing Finishes Season Ranked Ninth In CRCA Coaches Poll
Jun 1 | Rowing
Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll Pts PR
1 Stanford 2193 4
2 Washington 2040 5
3 Princeton 1921 1
4 Texas 1873 2
5 Yale 1870 3
6 Brown 1518 7
7 Cal 1513 9
8 Penn 1508 6
9 SMU 1453 13
10 Virginia 1365 8
11 Michigan 1329 11
12 Ohio State 1215 12
13 Syracuse 1114 10
14 Duke 918 14
15 Rutgers 911 15
16 Southern Cal 654 18
17 Indiana 630 16
18 Harvard -Radcliffe 331 17
19 Oregon State 250 19
20 Iowa 219 NR
DALLAS (SMU) - SMU rowing finished the year ranked No. 9 in the Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll, setting a new mark for highest ranking in program history.
After a ninth-place finish at the NCAA Championship, the Mustangs gained four spots in the year-end poll over their previous ranking of No. 13. SMU was ranked as high as No. 12 during the regular season.
SMU is fresh off a program best finish at the NCAA Championship. The Mustangs placed in ninth place at the NCAAs, two spots higher than their previous best finish of 11th in 2021.
At the NCAA Championships, all three Mustang boats made the Petite Finals (7th-12th) for the first time in program history. In first varsity eight, the Mustangs won the Petite Final by a 1.7 second margin. The placement gave the Mustangs a seventh-place national finish in varsity eight, a new program best. In varsity four, the Mustangs finished in fourth, giving them a 10th place national finish. In second varsity eight, the Mustangs put together a fifth-place finish to rank 11th nationally.
At the NCAAs, SMU finished with 85 points, just seven points shy of a spot in the top six. The Mustangs added a record-breaking NCAA finish to a season that saw the Mustangs bring home another AAC title. The Mustangs swept all three races for the third straight year to pace the conference. SMU rowing looks to build on its stand-out season as they enter the 2023 offseason.
