1958 NCAA swimming and diving championships explained

1958 NCAA swimming and diving championships
Hostcity: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Dates:March 1958
Venues:Intramural Sports Building
University of Michigan
Teams:24
Events:16
Previous:1957
Next:1959

The 1958 NCAA swimming and diving championships were contested in March 1958 at the Intramural Sports Building at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan at the 22nd 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.

The program featured sixteen individual events, fourteen in swimming and two for diving. Teams earned points based on their placement in individual events, with the highest-earning team receiving the national title.

Michigan retained the national title, the Wolverines' second consecutive and eighth overall, after finishing nine points ahead of Yale in the team standings.[1]

Team standings

Michigan (H, DC) 72
63
62
44
31
16
14
12
Oklahoma
11
8
Cal Poly 7
Indiana
6
Stanford
4
Miami (FL)
3
Cornell
Ohio
Utah
2
Bowling Green State 1
Colgate

Individual events

Swimming

50 yard freestyle Iowa 22.4
100 yard freestyle Michigan State 49.5
220 yard freestyle Yale 2:03.7
440 yard freestyle Michigan State 4:34.3
1,500 meter freestyle Michigan State 18:45.8
100 yard backstroke Yale 57.8
200 yard backstroke Northwestern 2:08.0
100 yard breaststroke Michigan State 1:05.0
200 yard breaststroke Michigan State 2:25.4
100 yard butterfly Michigan 54.6
200 yard butterfly Michigan 2:04.2
200 yard individual medley Illinois 2:09.6
400 yard freestyle relay Ohio State 3:23.1
400 yard medley relay Yale 3:48.6

Diving

1 meter diving Ohio State 481.25
3 meter diving Ohio State 518.90

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.