The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Rowing opens season as No. 1 in Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll
03.29.2023 | Rowing
Texas Rowing opens the season ranked No. 1 for the second consecutive season.
AUSTIN, Texas – Two-time defending national champion Texas Rowing is ranked No. 1 on the first Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll, the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association announced on Wednesday. It marks the second consecutive year in which Texas opens the season atop the rankings.
The Longhorns received 19 of 20 first-places votes to retain the No. 1 ranking for the 12th consecutive poll.
Stanford, the runner-up at each of the last two national regattas, was ranked second and received the other first place-vote, while Yale, Princeton and Washington round out the top five.
The seven-time defending Big 12 Conference champions return three student-athletes who earned CRCA All-American accolades during last year's championship season. Rowers Kaitlin Knifton and Anna Jensen and coxswain Rachel Rane return, as well as 2022 Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Year Grace Holland.
Texas will open the season in California on April 1-2 at the San Diego Crew Classic. Racing will take place at Mission Bay Park on Fiesta-Crown Point Shores in San Diego.
Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll – 2023 Week 1 Rankings – Mar. 29
1. TEXAS (19)
2. Stanford (1)
3. Yale
4. Princeton
5. Washington
6. Brown
7. California
8. Penn
9. Michigan
10. Syracuse
11. Virginia
12. Duke
13. SMU
14. Ohio State
15. Harvard
16. USC
17. Oregon State
18. Tennessee
19. Indiana
20. Rutgers
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