These are rankings were approved by the NSWC during their 1/15/98 teleconference, subject to the proviso that typographical and other errors may still be fixed. I've tried to be as careful as possible, but I know that there are probably some lurking problems; my hope is that they are minor things (like marking someone as "senior" when they should be "master", which has no influence on rankings) and that I haven't goofed anything major.
I owe a huge thanks to Karin Baldzer and Max Wellhouse who have been of incredible help in doing this, and whose work on rankings goes back years. If I'm able to make any small improvements, it's because I had a solid base to start with, thanks to them. I also owe thank-you's to everyone who sent in race results, found typos in them, checked the math, and a zillion other things; THANKS!
To the best of my knowledge, the cutoff for automatic admission to Team Trials is the 75th percentile.
I've also compiled Detailed statistics on each race. This is a good place to check if you're trying to get an overview of how each race worked out. It includes things like fastest/slowest run broken out by boat class, average penalty/run, and so on.