1941 NCAA swimming and diving championships

The 1941 NCAA swimming and diving championships were contested in March 1941 at Jenison Pool at Michigan State College in East Lansing, Michigan at the fifth 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.

1941 NCAA swimming and diving championships
Host city East Lansing, Michigan
Date(s)March 1941
Venue(s)Jenison Pool
Michigan State College
Teams16
Events11
1940
1942

For the fifth consecutive year, Michigan topped the team standings, edging out Yale for the second straight year. It was the Wolverines' fifth title in program history and the fifth for coach Matt Mann.[1]

Team standings

  • (H) = Hosts
  • (DC) = Defending champions
  • Italics = Debut appearance
Rank Team Points
Michigan (DC)61
Yale58
Ohio State19
Wayne (MI)
5Minnesota10
Princeton
7Iowa6
8Occidental5
9Massachusetts State3
Williams
11Brown2
Chicago
Springfield
Villanova
15Dartmouth1
Stanford

Individual events

Swimming

Event Champion Team Time
50-yard freestyleCharles BarkerMichigan23.0
100-yard freestyleBill PrewWayne (MI)52.1
220-yard freestyleHoward Johnson (DC)Yale2:12.5
440-yard freestyleJames WelshMichigan4:51.4
1,500-meter freestyleRene ChouteauYale19:43.4
150-yard backstrokeFrancis HeydtMichigan1:37.7
200-yard butterflyJohn SkinnerMichigan2:25.9
400-yard freestyle relayHoward Johnson
Richard Kelly
Edward Pope
Thomas Britton
Yale3:31.3
300-yard medley relayFrancis Heydt
John Skinner
Clair Morse
Michigan (DC)2:58.0

Diving

Event Champion Team Score
One-meter divingEarl ClarkOhio State134.80
Three-meter divingEarl Clark (DC)Ohio State165.40

See also

References

  1. "NCAA Men's Division I Swimming and Diving Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 7–9. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
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