The Ralph T. Jope Cup is a rowing award presented to the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges (EARC) in 1963, by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and is awarded annually at the Eastern Sprints to the member college whose lightweight crews score the highest total points in the varsity, junior varsity and first freshman races under a scoring formula developed by the EARC coaches.
Ralph T. Jope CupScoring Formula 1st 15 13 112nd 13 11 103rd 11 10 94th 10 9 85th 9 8 76th 8 7 67th 6 5 58th 5 4 49th 4 3 310th 3 2 211th 2 1 1 Total 86 74 66
In 2015, the points from the freshman race were replaced with the third varsity race.
A graduate of MIT in the class of 1928, Ralph T. Jope served as Secretary to the Institute's Advisory Council on Athletics for many years. A long-time supporter of the sport of rowing, Mr. Jope died in 1965.
Harvard University has won the Jope Cup a record 22 times, with Princeton University having 16 wins, and Yale University having 10. The most recent winner is the University of Pennsylvania.
Overall Ranking
Rank College Times Won1 Harvard 222 Princeton 163 Yale 104 Cornell 65 Navy 25 Pennsylvania 26 Columbia 16 Dartmouth 1
Winners by year Year Winner 1963 Cornell 1964 Cornell 1965 Harvard 1966 Harvard 1967 Penn 1968 Harvard 1969 Harvard 1970 Harvard 1971 Harvard 1972 Harvard 1973 Harvard 1974 Harvard 1975 Harvard 1976 Harvard 1977 Harvard 1978 Harvard 1979 Harvard 1980 Harvard 1981 Princeton 1982 Harvard 1983 Princeton 1984 Princeton 1985 Princeton 1986 Princeton 1987 Princeton 1988 Princeton 1989 Yale 1990 Princeton 1991 Harvard 1992 Cornell 1993 Dartmouth 1994 Yale 1995 Princeton 1996 Princeton 1997 Yale 1998 Princeton 1999 Princeton 2000 Princeton 2001 Yale 2002 Yale 2003 Princeton 2004 Harvard 2005 Harvard 2006 Navy 2007 Navy 2008 Cornell 2009 Harvard 2010 Princeton 2011 Harvard 2012 Yale 2013 Yale 2014 Cornell 2015 Cornell 2016 Yale 2017 Harvard 2018 Columbia 2019 Yale 2022 Yale 2023 Princeton 2024 Penn
References
External links Eastern Sprints Regatta Results