1968 NCAA University Division swimming and diving championships explained

1968 NCAA University Division Swimming and Diving Championships
Hostcity: Hanover, New Hampshire
Dates:March 1968
Venues:Karl Michael Pool
Dartmouth College
Teams:37
Events:18
Previous:1967
Next:1969

The 1968 NCAA University Division swimming and diving championships were contested at the 32nd 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 University Division member programs in the United States, culminating the 1967–68 NCAA University Division swimming and diving season.

These championships were hosted by Dartmouth College at the Karl Michael Pool on its campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Indiana topped the team championship standings, the Hoosiers' first national title.[1]

Team standings

Indiana 346
253
231
Stanford (DC) 205
93
92
Texas−Arlington 89
74
60
55
Dartmouth (H) 40
Long Beach State
38
34
31
28
27
26
24
Ohio State
15
13
BYU 12
11
Wesleyan (CT)
10
Purdue
9
8
5
4
Maryland
Texas
3
Cornell (NY)
2
1

Individual events

Swimming

50 yard freestyle Zac Zorn (DC) UCLA 20.99
100 yard freestyle UCLA 45.45
200 yard freestyle Yale 1:42.04
500 yard freestyle USC 4:38.24
1,650 yard freestyle Mike Burton (DC) UCLA 15:59.34
100 yard backstroke Charlie Hickcox (DC) Indiana 52.18
200 yard backstroke Charlie Hickcox (DC) Indiana 1:54.66
100 yard breaststroke Texas–Arlington 59.11
200 yard breaststroke Yale 2:11.72
100 yard butterfly Texas–Arlington 49.57
200 yard butterfly USC 1:52.55
200 yard individual medley Indiana 1:52.56
400 yard individual medley Indiana 4:10.85
400 yard freestyle relay Yale 3:04.09
800 yard freestyle relay Yale 6:50.77
400 yard medley relay Texas–Arlington 3:31.53

Diving

1 meter diving Indiana 512.05
3 meter diving Arizona State 494.55

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DIVISION I MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK . ncaa.org . NCAA . 25 August 2024.