1959 NCAA swimming and diving championships
1959 NCAA swimming and diving championships | |
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Host city | ![]() |
Date(s) | March 26−28, 1959 |
Venue(s) | Teagle Pool Cornell University |
Teams | 63 |
Athletes participating | 273 |
Events | 16 |
← 1958 1960 → |
The 1959 NCAA swimming and diving championships were contested on March 26−28, 1959 at Teagle Pool at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York at the 23rd annual NCAA-sponsored 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. Including the pre-NCAA championships from before 1937, these were the 36th overall collegiate swimming and diving championships.[1]
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 once again retained the national title, the Wolverines' ninth (and third consecutive), after finishing a record ninety-three points ahead of Ohio State in the team standings.[2]
Team standings
[edit]- (H) = Hosts
- (DC) = Defending champions
- Italics = Debut appearance
Rank | Team | Points |
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Michigan | 1371⁄2 |
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Ohio State | 44 |
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Indiana | 41 |
4 | Yale | 351⁄2 |
5 | Michigan State | 35 |
6 | Stanford | 29 |
7 | Iowa | 16 |
8 | Oklahoma | 12 |
9 | Miami (OH) | 7 |
Ohio | ||
Wisconsin | ||
12 | Cal Poly | 6 |
Illinois | ||
14 | California | 4 |
15 | Harvard | 3 |
16 | SMU | 2 |
17 | Florida State | 1 |
Knox | ||
Navy |
Individual events
[edit]Swimming
[edit]Event | Champion | Team | Time |
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50 yard freestyle | Fred Westphal | Wisconsin | 22.3 |
100 yard freestyle | Frank Legacki | Michigan | 49.6 |
220 yard freestyle | Dick Hanley | Michigan | 2:04.3 |
440 yard freestyle | ![]() |
Michigan State | 18:26.2 |
1,500 meter freestyle | ![]() |
Michigan State | 4:31.9 |
100 yard backstroke | Frank McKinney | Indiana | 56.1 |
200 yard backstroke | Frank McKinney | Indiana | 2:01.4 |
100 yard breaststroke | Gordon Collet | Oklahoma | 1:03.2 |
200 yard breaststroke | William Muliken | Miami (OH) | 2:21.3 |
100 yard butterfly | Dave Gillanders | Michigan | 54.1 |
200 yard butterfly | Dave Gillanders | Michigan | 2:02.5 |
200 yard individual medley | George Harrison | Stanford | 2:06.7 |
400 yard freestyle relay | John McGuire Carl Woolley Dick Hanley Frank Legacki |
Michigan | 3:21.6 |
400 yard medley relay | John Smith Ronald Clark Dave Gillanders Dick Hanley |
Michigan | 3:46.8 |
Diving
[edit]Event | Champion | Team | Score |
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1 meter diving | Ron O'Brien | Ohio State | 468.95 |
3 meter diving | Sam Hall | Ohio State | 465.10 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Men's Swimming Hosts 1959 NCAA Championships". Men's Swimming and Diving History. CornellBigRed.com. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
- ^ "NCAA Men's Division I Swimming and Diving Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 7–9. Retrieved August 14, 2016.