1954 NCAA swimming and diving championships
Appearance
1954 NCAA swimming and diving championships | |
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Host city | ![]() |
Date(s) | March 1954 |
Venue(s) | Webster Pool Syracuse University |
Teams | 26 |
Events | 14 |
← 1953 1955 → |
The 1954 NCAA swimming and diving championships were contested in March 1954 at Webster Pool at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York at the 18th 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 returned to the top of the team standings, capturing the Buckeyes' eighth national title.
Team standings
[edit]- (H) = Hosts
- (DC) = Defending champions
- Italics = Debut appearance
Rank | Team | Points |
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Ohio State | 94 |
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Michigan | 67 |
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Yale (DC) | 36 |
4 | Harvard | 23 |
5 | Stanford | 19 |
6 | Dartmouth | 14 |
7 | Springfield | 11 |
8 | Georgia | 9 |
Michigan State | ||
Northwestern | ||
11 | Oklahoma | 8 |
Purdue | ||
Texas | ||
14 | Florida | 4 |
Williams | ||
Wisconsin | ||
17 | Cortland State | 3 |
Denver | ||
Florida State | ||
20 | Army | 2 |
Illinois | ||
22 | Hastings | 1 |
Iowa | ||
Iowa State | ||
NC State | ||
Pittsburgh |
Individual events
[edit]Swimming
[edit]Event | Champion | Team | Time |
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50 yard freestyle | Dick Cleveland | Ohio State | 22.3 |
100 yard freestyle | Dick Cleveland | Ohio State | 50.0 |
220 yard freestyle | ![]() ![]() |
Michigan | 2:05.0 |
440 yard freestyle | Ford Konno | Ohio State | 4:28.6 |
1,500 meter freestyle | Ford Konno | Ohio State | 18:14.4 |
100 yard backstroke | Yoshi Oyakawa (DC) | Ohio State | 57.0 |
200 yard backstroke | Yoshi Oyakawa (DC) | Ohio State | 2:09.8 |
100 yard butterfly | ![]() |
Harvard | 59.4 |
200 yard butterfly | ![]() |
Harvard | 2:15.4 |
150 yard individual medley | Burwell Jones (DC) | Michigan | 1:30.1 |
400 yard freestyle relay | Thomas Benner Ronald Gora Donald Hill Burwell Jones |
Michigan (DC) | 3:26.1 |
300 yard medley relay | Yoshi Oyakawa Robert Van Heyde Thomas Whiteleather |
Ohio State (DC) | 2:49.3 |
Diving
[edit]Event | Champion | Team | Score |
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1 meter diving | Fletcher Gilders | Ohio State | 444.10 |
3 meter diving | Morley Shapiro | Ohio State | 530.00 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "NCAA Men's Division I Swimming and Diving Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 7–9. Retrieved August 13, 2016.