NCAA Men's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships

NCAA Men's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships

Founded	1924
Number of teams	35 (2015)
Current champions	Texas (12)
Most successful club(s)	Michigan (12), Texas (12)
Television broadcasters	ESPNU
Website	NCAA.com

The NCAA Men's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships are annual college championship events in the USA.

The meets take place in a 25-yard pool, except for the Division I meets in 2000 and 2004 which were swum in a 25-meter competition course.

Events

Individual swimming events

Freestyle events 50-yard Freestyle 100-yard Freestyle 200-yard Freestyle 500-yard Freestyle 1,650-yard Freestyle

Backstroke events 100-yard Backstroke 200-yard Backstroke Breaststroke events 100-yard Breaststroke 200-yard Breaststroke

Butterfly events 100-yard Butterfly 200-yard Butterfly Medley events 200-yard individual medley 400-yard individual medley

Relay swimming events

Freestyle relay events 200-yard freestyle relay 400-yard freestyle relay 800-yard freestyle relay

Medley relay events 200-yard medley relay 400-yard medley relay

Diving events

• Diving events
  • One-meter diving
  • Three-meter diving
  • Platform diving

Discontinued events

Individual swimming events

Freestyle events 220-yard Freestyle (1925–1962) 440-yard Freestyle (1925–1962) Backstroke events 150-yard Backstroke (1925–1950)

Breaststroke events 100-yard Breaststroke (1957) 200-yard Breaststroke (1925–1934, 1955–1957) Medley events 150-yard individual medley (1930, 1949–1955)

Relay swimming events

• Medley relay events
  • 300-yard medley relay (1927–1956)

Champions

• From inception in 1924 through 1936,^[1] three schools won all of the NCAA unofficial team championships, which were proclaimed in the newspapers of the time.^[2][3]

NCAA unofficial team championships

NCAA Collegiate Swimming Championship Meets
Year	Site	Venue	Winner
1924	Annapolis, MD	Scott Natatorium	Northwestern
1925	Evanston, IL	Patten Gymnasium	Navy
1926	Annapolis, MD	Scott Natatorium	Navy[4]
1927	Iowa City, IA	Field House Pool	Michigan [5]
1928	Philadelphia, PA	Hutchinson Gymnasium	Michigan[3]
1929	St. Louis, MO	Francis Gymnasium	Northwestern
1930	Cambridge, MA	Malkin Athletic Center	Northwestern[6]
1931	Evanston, IL	Patten Gymnasium	Michigan[7]
1932	Ann Arbor, MI	Intramural Sports Building	Michigan[3]
1933	New Haven, CT	Payne Whitney Gymnasium	Northwestern[8]
1934	Columbus, OH	Ohio State Natatorium	Michigan[3]
1935	Cambridge, MA	Malkin Athletic Center	Michigan[3]
1936	New Haven, CT	Payne Whitney Gymnasium	Michigan[3]

NCAA team championships

NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships[9]
Year	Site	Venue		Team Championship
				Winner	Points	Runner-up	Points
1937 Details	Minneapolis, MN	University of Minnesota Armory		Michigan	75	Ohio State	39
1938	Brunswick, NJ	College Avenue Gym		Michigan	46	Ohio State	45
1939	Ann Arbor, MI	Intramural Sports Building		Michigan	65	Ohio State	58
1940	New Haven, CT	Kiphuth Pool		Michigan	45	Yale	42
1941	East Lansing, MI	Jenison Pool		Michigan	61	Yale	58
1942	Cambridge, MA	Indoor Athletic Building		Yale	71	Michigan	39
1943	Columbus, OH	Ohio State Natatorium		Ohio State	81	Michigan	47
1944	New Haven, CT	Kiphuth Pool		Yale	39	Michigan	38
1945	Ann Arbor, MI	Intramural Sports Building		Ohio State	56	Michigan	48
1946	New Haven, CT	Kiphuth Pool		Ohio State	61	Michigan	37
1947	Seattle, WA	Pavilion Pool		Ohio State	66	Michigan	39
1948	Ann Arbor, MI	Intramural Sports Building		Michigan	44	Ohio State	41
1949	Chapel Hill, NC	Bowman Gray Pool		Ohio State	49	Iowa	35
1950	Columbus, OH	Ohio State Natatorium		Ohio State	64	Yale	43
1951	Austin, TX	Gregory Gymnasium Pool		Yale	81	Michigan State	60
1952	Princeton, NJ	Dillon Pool		Ohio State	94	Yale	81
1953	Columbus, OH	Ohio State Natatorium		Yale	96½	Ohio State	73½
1954	Syracuse, NY	Webster Pool		Ohio State	94	Michigan	67
1955	Oxford, OH	Billings Natatorium		Ohio State	90	Michigan Yale	51
1956	New Haven, CT	Kiphuth Pool		Ohio State	68	Yale	54
1957	Chapel Hill, NC	Bowman Gray Pool		Michigan	69	Yale	61
1958	Ann Arbor, MI	Intramural Sports Building		Michigan	72	Yale	63
1959	Ithaca, NY	Teagle Pool		Michigan	137½	Ohio State	44
1960	University Park, TX	Perkins Natatorium		USC	87	Michigan	73
1961	>Seattle, WA	Pavilion Pool		Michigan	85	USC	62
1962	Columbus, OH	Ohio State Natatorium		Ohio State	92	USC	46
1963	Raleigh, NC	Willis Casey Natatorium		USC	81	Yale	77
1964	New Haven, CT	Kiphuth Pool		USC	96	Indiana	91
1965	Ames, IA	Beyer Hall Pool		USC	285	Indiana	278½
1966	Colorado Springs, CO	Cadet Gymnasium		USC	302	Indiana	286
1967	East Lansing, MI	McCaffree Pool		Stanford	275	USC	260
1968	Hanover, NH	Karl Michael Pool		Indiana	346	Yale	253
1969	Bloomington, IN	Royer Pool		Indiana	427	USC	306
1970	Salt Lake City, UT	Ute Natatorium		Indiana	332	USC	235
1971	Ames, IA	Beyer Hall Pool		Indiana	351	USC	260
1972	West Point, NY	Crandall Pool		Indiana	390	USC	371
1973	Knoxville, TN	UT Student Aquatic Center		Indiana	358	Tennessee	294
1974	Long Beach, CA	Belmont Plaza Pool		USC	339	Indiana	338
1975	Cleveland, OH	CSU Natatorium		USC	344	Indiana	274
1976	Providence, RI	Smith Swimming Center		USC	398	Tennessee	237
1977	Cleveland, OH	CSU Natatorium		USC	385	Alabama	204
1978	Long Beach, CA	Belmont Plaza Pool		Tennessee	307	Auburn	185
1979	Cleveland, OH	CSU Natatorium		California	287	USC	227
1980	Cambridge, MA	Blodgett Pool		California	234	Texas	220
1981	Austin, TX	Texas Swimming Center		Texas	259	UCLA	189
1982	Brown Deer, WI	Schroeder Swimming Center		UCLA	219	Texas	210
1983	Indianapolis, IN	Indiana University Natatorium		Florida	238	SMU	227
1984	Cleveland, OH	CSU Natatorium		Florida	287½	Texas	277
1985	Austin, TX	Texas Swimming Center		Stanford	403½	Florida	329
1986	Indianapolis, IN	Indiana University Natatorium		Stanford	404	California	335
1987	Austin, TX	Texas Swimming Center		Stanford	374	USC	296
1988	Indianapolis, IN	Indiana University Natatorium		Texas	424	USC	369½
1989	Indianapolis, IN	Indiana University Natatorium		Texas	424	Stanford	396
1990	Indianapolis, IN	Indiana University Natatorium		Texas	506	USC	423
1991	Austin, TX	Texas Swimming Center		Texas	476	Stanford	420
1992	Indianapolis, IN	Indiana University Natatorium		Stanford	632	Texas	356
1993	>Indianapolis, IN	Indiana University Natatorium		Stanford	520½	Michigan	396
1994	Minneapolis, MN	University Aquatic Center		Stanford	566½	Texas	445
1995	>Indianapolis, IN	Indiana University Natatorium		Michigan	561	Stanford	475
1996	Austin, TX	Texas Swimming Center		Texas	479	Auburn	443½
1997	Minneapolis, MN	University Aquatic Center		Auburn	496½	Stanford	340
1998	Auburn, AL	James E. Martin Aquatics Center		Stanford	599	Auburn	394½
1999	Indianapolis, IN	Indiana University Natatorium	Auburn	467½	Stanford	414½
2000	Minneapolis, MN	University Aquatic Center	Texas	538	Auburn	385
2001	College Station, TX	Student Recreation Center Natatorium	Texas	597½	Stanford	457½
2002	Athens, GA	Gabrielsen Natatorium	Texas	512	Stanford	501
2003	Austin, TX	Texas Swimming Center	Auburn	609½	Texas	413
2004 Details	East Meadow, NY	Nassau County Aquatic Center	Auburn	634	Stanford	377½
2005	Minneapolis, MN	University Aquatic Center	Auburn	491	Stanford	414
2006	Atlanta, GA	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center	Auburn	480	Arizona	440½
2007	Minneapolis, MN	University Aquatic Center	Auburn	566	Stanford	397
2008	Federal Way, WA	Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center	Arizona	500½	Texas	406
2009	College Station, TX	Student Recreation Center Natatorium	Auburn	526	Texas	487
2010	Columbus, OH	McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion	Texas	500	California	469½
2011	Minneapolis, MN	University Aquatic Center	California	493	Texas	470½
2012	Federal Way, WA	Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center	California	535½	Texas	491
2013	Indianapolis, IN	Indiana University Natatorium	Michigan	480	California	406½
2014	Austin, TX	Texas Swimming Center	California	468½	Texas	417½
2015 Details	Iowa City, IA	Iowa Natatorium	Texas	528	California	399
2016	Atlanta, GA	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center	Texas	541½	California	351

Team titles

Team	Number	Years won (official)
Michigan	12	1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1995, 2013
Texas	12	1981, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2015, 2016
Ohio State	11	1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1962
USC	9	1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977
Auburn	8	1997, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Stanford	8	1967, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998
Indiana	6	1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973
California	5	1979, 1980, 2011, 2012, 2014
Yale	4	1942, 1944, 1951, 1953
Florida	2	1983, 1984
Arizona	1	2008
UCLA	1	1981
Tennessee	1	1978

Championship records

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Location	Ref
50y freestyle	18.20		Dressel, CaelebCaeleb Dressel	University of Florida	March 24, 2016	Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state)	[10]
100y freestyle	40.46		Dressel, CaelebCaeleb Dressel	University of Florida	March 26, 2016	Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state)	[11]
200y freestyle	1:30.46		Haas, TownleyTownley Haas	Texas Longhorns	March 25, 2016	Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state)	[12]
500y freestyle	4:08.60		Vanderkaay, PeterPeter Vanderkaay	Michigan Wolverines	March 23, 2006	Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state)
1650y freestyle	14:24.08		Grodzki, MartinMartin Grodzki	Georgia Bulldogs	March 24, 2012	Federal Way, Washington (state)	[13]
100y backstroke	43.49		Murphy, RyanRyan Murphy	California Golden Bears	March 25, 2016	Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state)	[14]
200y backstroke	1:35.73		Murphy, RyanRyan Murphy	California Golden Bears	March 26, 2016	Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state)	[15]
100y breaststroke	50.04		Cordes, KevinKevin Cordes	Arizona Wildcats	March 28, 2014	Austin, Texas	[16]
200y breaststroke	1:48.12		Licon, WillWill Licon	Texas Longhorns	March 26, 2016	Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state)	[17]
100y butterfly	44.01		Schooling, JosephJoseph Schooling	Texas Longhorns	March 25, 2016	Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state)	[18]
200y butterfly	1:37.97		Schooling, JosephJoseph Schooling	Texas Longhorns	March 26, 2016	Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state)	[19]
200y individual medley	1:39.38		Nolan, DavidDavid Nolan	Stanford Cardinal	March 26, 2015	Iowa City, Iowa	[20]
400y individual medley	3:34.50		Kalisz, ChaseChase Kalisz	Georgia Bulldogs	March 28, 2014	Austin, Texas	[21]
4×50y freestyle relay	1:14.08		(18.89) Jakob Andkjær  (18.33) Gideon Louw  (18.67) Kohlton Norys  (18.19) Matt Targett	Auburn Tigers	March 26, 2009	College Station, Texas
4×100y freestyle relay	2:46.56		Jakob Andkjær Cesar Cielo Matt Targett Bryan Lundquist	Auburn Tigers	March 17, 2007	Minneapolis, Minnesota
4×200y freestyle relay	6:08.03		(1:31.89) Jack Conger  (1:30.52) Townley Haas  (1:33.28) Clark Smith  (1:32.34) Joseph Schooling	Texas Longhorns	March 23, 2016	Atlanta, Georgia	[22]
4×50y medley relay	1:22.27		(20.83) Miguel Ortiz  (23.07) Bruno Ortiz  (19.92) Sean Fletcher  (18.45) Zack Turk	Michigan Wolverines	March 29, 2013	Indianapolis, Indiana	[23]
4×100y medley relay	3:00.68		(45.36) John Shebat  (50.69) Will Licon  (43.34) Joseph Schooling  (41.29) Jack Conger	Texas Longhorns	March 24, 2016	Atlanta, Georgia	[24]
1m Springboard	473.75		Ipsen, KristianKristian Ipsen	Stanford Cardinal	March 28, 2013	Indianapolis, Indiana
3m Springboard	529.10		Dorman, SamuelSamuel Dorman	Miami	March 27, 2015	Iowa City, Iowa	[25]
Platform	548.90		McCrory, NickNick McCrory	Duke Blue Devils	March 26, 2011	Minneapolis, Minnesota

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by NCAA;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

See also

• List of college swimming and diving teams
• NCAA Men's Division II Swimming and Diving Championships
• NCAA Men's Division III Swimming and Diving Championships
• NCAA Women's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships

References

1. "Division I Men's Swimming and Diving History". Retrieved 2010-05-03.
2. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/swimming_champs_records/2012-13/2012md1_swim.pdf
3. "Michigan Men's Swimming and Diving Year-by-Year Results". Retrieved 2010-05-04.
4. "Navy took honors in several sports, but bowed to Army in four of their five clashes – boxers had a fine year. New York Times, July 11, 1926". The New York Times. 1926-07-11. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
5. "University of Michigan Athletics National Championships". Retrieved 2010-05-03.
6. "Northwestern Wins National Tank Laurels, Michigan Second--Kojac's Great Work Gives Rutgers Third Place, The Hartford Courant, Mar 30, 1930., p. C1". The Hartford Courant. 1930-03-30. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
7. "College Swim Title Is Won by Michigan, Chicago Daily Tribune, Mar 29, 1931, p. A1". Chicago Daily Tribune. 1931-03-29. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
8. Daley, Arthur J. (1933-03-27). "Western Swimmers and Wrestlers Dominated N.C.A.A. Title Meets; Captured All Eight Mat Crowns and Took Five of Nine Tank Championships -- Wiget, Stanford, Only Double Winner in New Haven Pool -- Thompson, Navy, Ended Brilliant Season, New York Times, March 27, 1933". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
9. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/swimming_champs_records/2013-14/2013wd1_swim.pdf
10. "(Race Video) Caeleb Dressel Scorches 18.20 For American, NCAA Mark in 50 Free". Swimming World Magazine. March 24, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
11. "(Race Video) Caeleb Dressel Unleashes 40.46 NCAA, American Record to Win 100 Free". Swimming World Magazine. March 26, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
12. "(Race Video) Texas’ Townley Haas Crushes 200 Free NCAA, American Record With 1:30.46". Swimming World Magazine. March 25, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
13. "NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships: Georgia's Martin Grodzki, Stanford's Chad La Tourette Better NCAA Record; La Tourette Gets American Mark". Swimming World Magazine. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
14. "(Race Video) 43.49 From Ryan Murphy To Break NCAA, American Record in 100 Back". Swimming World Magazine. March 25, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
15. "(Race Video) Ryan Murphy Crashes 1:36 Barrier With 1:35.73 NCAA, American Record in 200 Back". Swimming World Magazine. March 26, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
16. "Kevin Cordes Scares 50-Point Barrier With Scorching 100 Breast American, NCAA Record". Swimming World Magazine. March 28, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
17. "(Race Video) Will Licon Scorches 200 Breast in 1:48.12 For NCAA, American Record". Swimming World Magazine. March 26, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
18. "Joseph Schooling Nearly Cracks 44 With 44.01 NCAA Record in 100 Fly". Swimming World Magazine. March 25, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
19. "(Race Video) 1:37.97!! Joseph Schooling Breaks 1:38 Barrier in 200 Fly For NCAA Record". Swimming World Magazine. March 26, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
20. "NCAA Division I Men’s Championships: David Nolan Smashes Through 1:40 With NCAA, American Record in 200 IM". Swimming World Magazine. March 26, 2015. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
21. "Chase Kalisz Destroys NCAA, American Record in 400 IM". Swimming World Magazine. March 28, 2014. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
22. "Texas Demolishes NCAA, U.S. Open Record in 800 Free Relay With a 6:08". Swimming World Magazine. March 23, 2016. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
23. "Michigan Wins First Ever 200 Medley Relay Title With NCAA Record; Cal Takes American Mark". Swimming World Magazine. 29 March 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
24. "Ryan Murphy Crushes 100 Back American, NCAA Record With 43.51; Texas Breaks 400 Medley Relay Record With 3:00.68". Swimming World Magazine. March 24, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
25. "NCAA Division I Men’s Championships: Miami’s Samuel Dorman Sets NCAA Meet Record to Win 3-Meter". Swimming World Magazine. March 27, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2015.

External links

• NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Page