1955 NCAA swimming and diving championships
American college aquatic sports competition
1955 NCAA swimming and diving championships | |
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Host city | Oxford, Ohio |
Date(s) | March 1955 |
Venue(s) | Billings Natatorium Miami University |
Teams | 23 |
Events | 14 |
← 1954 1956 → |
The 1955 NCAA swimming and diving championships were contested in March 1955 at Billings Natatorium at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio at the 19th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate swimming and diving among its member programs in the United States.[1]
Ohio State retained the national title, the Buckeyes' ninth, after finishing thirty-nine points ahead of Michigan and Yale in the team standings.
Program
- The 100 yard butterfly was dropped from the program, although it would be re-added two years later in 1957.
- The 200 yard breaststroke was added to the program. This would be the first appearance of a breaststroke event at the NCAA championships.
Team standings
- (H) = Hosts
- (DC) = Defending champions
- Italics = Debut appearance
Rank | Team | Points |
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Ohio State (DC) | 90 | |
Michigan | 51 | |
Yale | ||
4 | NC State | 20 |
5 | North Carolina | 17 |
6 | Harvard | 15 |
7 | Iowa | 14 |
Oklahoma | ||
9 | Iowa State | 13 |
10 | Stanford | 11 |
11 | Indiana | 9 |
12 | Dartmouth | 8 |
13 | Cortland State | 5 |
Purdue | ||
Springfield | ||
16 | Georgia | 4 |
17 | Denver | 3 |
18 | Army | 2 |
Cornell | ||
La Salle | ||
USC | ||
22 | Ohio | 1 |
Wisconsin |
Individual events
Swimming
Event | Champion | Team | Time |
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50 yard freestyle | Kerry Donovan | Yale | 22.8 |
100 yard freestyle | Rex Aubrey | Yale | 50.7 |
220 yard freestyle | Jack Wardrop (DC) | Michigan | 2:04.2 |
440 yard freestyle | Ford Konno (DC) | Ohio State | 4:31.1 |
1,500 meter freestyle | Ford Konno (DC) | Ohio State | 18:16.1 |
100 yard backstroke | Yoshi Oyakawa (DC) | Ohio State | 58.0 |
200 yard backstroke | Yoshi Oyakawa (DC) | Ohio State | 2:07.7 |
200 yard breaststroke | Bob Mattson | NC State | 2:26.0 |
200 yard butterfly | Phillip Drake | North Carolina | 2:13.7 |
150 yard individual medley | Albert Wiggins | Ohio State | 1:26.5 |
400 yard freestyle relay | Rex Aubrey Hendrik Gideonse Daniel Cornwell Malcolm Aldrich | Yale | 3:24.9 |
300 yard medley relay | Yoshi Oyakawa Albert Wiggins Ed Kawachika | Ohio State (DC) | 2:42.2 |
Diving
Event | Champion | Team | Score |
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1 meter diving | Fletcher Gilders (DC) | Ohio State | 535.05 |
3 meter diving | Gerry Harrison | Ohio State | 590.25 |
See also
References
- ^ "NCAA Men's Division I Swimming and Diving Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 7–9. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
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