Ralph T. Jope Cup Explained

Ralph T. Jope Cup
Sport:Rowing
Presenter:Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges
Firstwinner:Cornell University (1963)
Mostwins:Harvard University (22)
Mostrecent:University of Pennsylvania
Competition:Eastern Sprints
Givenfor:Lightweight Team Award

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.[1]

Ralph T. Jope Cup
Scoring Formula
1st 15 13 11
2nd 13 11 10
3rd 11 10 9
4th 10 9 8
5th 9 8 7
6th 8 7 6
7th 6 5 5
8th 5 4 4
9th 4 3 3
10th 3 2 2
11th 2 1 1
Total867466

In 2015, the points from the freshman race were replaced with the third varsity race.[2]

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.[1]

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 Won
1 Harvard 22
2 Princeton 16
3 Yale 10
4 Cornell 6
5 Navy 2
5 Pennsylvania 2
6 Columbia 1
6 Dartmouth 1

Winners by year

[2] [3]

References

  1. Eastern Sprints, Official Program . Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges . 1996 . Brehm . Jennifer . 42 .
  2. Web site: The Ralph T. Jope Cup (Jope Cup). 2018-05-14.
  3. Web site: Harvard Lightweight Crew. 2007-02-15. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070206163831/http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hltcrew/hvlrecord.html. 2007-02-06.

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