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1959 NCAA swimming and diving championships

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1959 NCAA swimming and diving championships
Host cityNew York (state) Ithaca, New York
Date(s)March 26−28, 1959
Venue(s)Teagle Pool
Cornell University
Teams63
Athletes participating273
Events16
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

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  • (H) = Hosts
  • (DC) = Defending champions
  • Italics = Debut appearance
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michigan 13712
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ohio State 44
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Indiana 41
4 Yale 3512
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

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Swimming

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Event Champion Team Time
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 South Africa Billy Steuart (DC) Michigan State 18:26.2
1,500 meter freestyle South Africa Billy Steuart (DC) 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

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Event Champion Team Score
1 meter diving Ron O'Brien Ohio State 468.95
3 meter diving Sam Hall Ohio State 465.10

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Men's Swimming Hosts 1959 NCAA Championships". Men's Swimming and Diving History. CornellBigRed.com. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
  2. ^ "NCAA Men's Division I Swimming and Diving Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 7–9. Retrieved August 14, 2016.