1955 NCAA swimming and diving championships explained

1955 NCAA swimming and diving championships
Hostcity: Oxford, Ohio
Dates:March 1955
Venues:Billings Natatorium
Miami University
Teams:23
Events:14
Previous:1954
Next: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

Team standings

Ohio State (DC) 90
51
Yale
20
17
15
14
Oklahoma
13
11
9
8
5
Purdue
Springfield
4
3
2
Cornell
La Salle
USC
Ohio 1
Wisconsin

Individual events

Swimming

50 yard freestyle Yale 22.8
100 yard freestyle 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 NC State 2:26.0
200 yard butterfly North Carolina 2:13.7
150 yard individual medley Ohio State 1:26.5
400 yard freestyle relay Yale 3:24.9
300 yard medley relay Ohio State (DC) 2:42.2

Diving

1 meter diving Fletcher Gilders (DC) Ohio State 535.05
3 meter diving Ohio State 590.25

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NCAA Men's Division I Swimming and Diving Championship. NCAA. NCAA.org. August 14, 2016. 7–9.