1963 NCAA swimming and diving championships explained

1963 NCAA swimming and diving championships
Hostcity: Raleigh, North Carolina
Dates:March 1963
Venues:Willis Casey Natatorium
North Carolina State University
Teams:22
Events:17
Previous:1962
Next:1964 (UD)
1964 (CD)

The 1963 NCAA swimming and diving championships were contested at the 27th annual swim meet sanctioned and hosted by the NCAA to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate swimming and diving among its Division I member programs in the United States, culminating the 1962–63 NCAA swimming and diving season.

These championships were hosted by North Carolina State University at the Willis Casey Natatorium in Raleigh, North Carolina during March 1963.

USC finished four points ahead of Yale in the team championship standings and won the national title, the Trojans' second overall and second in three years.[1]

This was the final combined competition before the establishment of separate championships for the NCAA's University and College Divisions in 1964.

Program changes

Team standings

USC 81
77
52
44
Ohio State (DC) 36
21
19.5
15
Princeton
12
NC State (H) 7
6
5
Oregon
SMU
3
2
Cincinnati
1.5
1

Individual events

Swimming

50 yard freestyle Steven Jackman (DC) Minnesota 21.2
100 yard freestyle USC 47.1
200 yard freestyle Yale 1:46.3
500 yard freestyle USC 4:50.7
1,650 yard freestyle USC 17:24.0
100 yard backstroke USC 53.8
200 yard backstroke Michigan 1:57.8
100 yard breaststroke Michigan
Princeton
1:02.2
200 yard breaststroke Stanford 2:17.0
100 yard butterfly Minnesota 51.6
200 yard butterfly Villanova 1:57.3
200 yard individual medley Harley Mull (DC) Ohio State 2:01.6
400 yard individual medley Yale 4:22.5
400 yard freestyle relay Yale 3:09.7
400 yard medley relay Minnesota 3:35.2

Diving

1 meter diving Lou Vitucci (DC) Ohio State 489.70
3 meter diving Lou Vitucci (DC) Ohio State 496.90

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DIVISION I MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK . ncaa.org . NCAA . 19 August 2024.