1953_NCAA_swimming_and_diving_championships

1953 NCAA swimming and diving Championships
1953 NCAA swimming and diving Championships
Host city	Columbus, Ohio
Date(s)	March 1953
Venue(s)	Ohio State Natatorium; Ohio State University
Teams	24
Events	14
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1953 NCAA swimming and diving championships

American college aquatic sports competition

The 1953 NCAA swimming and diving championships were contested in March 1953 at the Ohio State Natatorium at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio at the 17th 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]

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Yale topped hosts, and defending national champions, Ohio State in the team standings to capture the Bulldogs' fourth national title (and second title in three years).

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"NCAA Men's Division I Swimming and Diving Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 7–9. Retrieved August 13, 2016.

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Rank	Team	Points
	Yale	961⁄2
	Ohio State (H, DC)	731⁄2
	Michigan	39
4	Stanford	23
5	Michigan State	14
5	North Carolina	14
7	Illinois	10
8	Georgia	8
9	Williams	7
10	Dartmouth	6
10	Oklahoma	6
12	Army	5
	NC State
	Washington
15	Beloit	4
	Harvard
	Springfield
	Texas
19	Pittsburgh	3
	Purdue
	USC
22	Navy	2
23	Iowa	1
23	Wisconsin	1

Event	Champion	Team	Time
50 yard freestyle	Don Hill	Michigan	22.4
100 yard freestyle	Reid Patterson	Georgia	50.5
220 yard freestyle	Jimmy McLane	Yale	2:06.9
440 yard freestyle	Wayne Moore	Yale	4:37.0
1,500 meter freestyle	Jimmy McLane	Yale	18:27.5
100 yard backstroke	Yoshi Oyakawa	Ohio State	56.9
200 yard backstroke	Yoshi Oyakawa (DC)	Ohio State	2:05.1
100 yard butterfly	Robert Clemons	Illinois	1:00.7
200 yard butterfly	Gerald Holan	Ohio State	2:14.0
150 yard individual medley	Burwell Jones (DC)	Michigan	1:30.0
400 yard freestyle relay	Ronald Gora Burwell Jones Thomas Benner Donald Hill	Michigan (DC)	3:24.0
300 yard medley relay	Yoshi Oyakawa Gerald Holan Dick Cleveland	Ohio State	2:47.2

Event	Champion	Team	Score
1 meter diving	Jerry Harrison	Ohio State	485.75
3 meter diving	Bob Clotworthy	Ohio State	525.8

1953_NCAA_swimming_and_diving_championships

1953 NCAA swimming and diving championships

Team standings

Individual events

Swimming

Diving

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References

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