1955 NCAA swimming and diving championships

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]

1955 NCAA swimming and diving championships
Host city Oxford, Ohio
Date(s)March 1955
Venue(s)Billings Natatorium
Miami University
Teams23
Events14
1954
1956

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
Ohio State (DC)90
Michigan51
Yale
4NC State20
5North Carolina17
6Harvard15
7Iowa14
Oklahoma
9Iowa State13
10Stanford11
11Indiana9
12Dartmouth8
13Cortland State5
Purdue
Springfield
16Georgia4
17Denver3
18Army2
Cornell
La Salle
USC
22Ohio1
Wisconsin

Individual events

Swimming

Event Champion Team Time
50 yard freestyleKerry DonovanYale22.8
100 yard freestyle Rex AubreyYale50.7
220 yard freestyle Jack Wardrop (DC)Michigan2:04.2
440 yard freestyleFord Konno (DC)Ohio State4:31.1
1,500 meter freestyleFord Konno (DC)Ohio State18:16.1
100 yard backstrokeYoshi Oyakawa (DC)Ohio State58.0
200 yard backstrokeYoshi Oyakawa (DC)Ohio State2:07.7
200 yard breaststrokeBob MattsonNC State2:26.0
200 yard butterflyPhillip DrakeNorth Carolina2:13.7
150 yard individual medleyAlbert WigginsOhio State1:26.5
400 yard freestyle relay Rex Aubrey
Hendrik Gideonse
Daniel Cornwell
Malcolm Aldrich
Yale3:24.9
300 yard medley relayYoshi Oyakawa
Albert Wiggins
Ed Kawachika
Ohio State (DC)2:42.2

Diving

Event Champion Team Score
1 meter divingFletcher Gilders (DC)Ohio State535.05
3 meter divingGerry HarrisonOhio State590.25

See also

References

  1. "NCAA Men's Division I Swimming and Diving Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 7–9. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
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