1945 NCAA swimming and diving championships

The 1945 NCAA swimming and diving championships were contested in March 1945 at the Intramural Sports Building at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan at the ninth 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.

1945 NCAA swimming and diving championships
Host city	Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date(s)	March 1945
Venue(s)	Intramural Sports Building University of Michigan
Teams	13
Events	11
← 1944 1946 →

Ohio State topped hosts, and rivals, Michigan in the team standings, the second team national title for the Buckeyes.

Team standings

• (H) = Hosts
• (DC) = Defending champions
• Italics = Debut appearance

Rank	Team	Points
	Ohio State	56
	Michigan (H)	48
	Cornell	25
4	Michigan State	24
	Minnesota
6	Columbia	10
7	Canisius	8
	Northwestern
	Princeton
10	Indiana	6
11	Purdue	3
12	Iowa	2
	RPI

• DNQ = Yale (DC)

Individual events

Swimming

Event	Champion	Team	Time
50-yard freestyle	Merton Church	Michigan	23.2
100-yard freestyle	Merton Church	Michigan	52.3
220-yard freestyle	Eugene Rogers (DC)	Columbia	2:14.6
440-yard freestyle	Seymour Schlanger	Ohio State	4:55.4
1,500-meter freestyle	Seymour Schlanger	Ohio State	20:11.4
150-yard backstroke	James Shand	Princeton	1:41.8
200-yard butterfly	Paul Murray	Cornell	2:31.2
400-yard freestyle relay	Charles Fries William Breen Gurdon Pulford Merton Church	Michigan (DC)	3:39.8
300-yard medley relay	Gurdon Pulford Heini Kessler Charles Fries	Michigan	3:05.2

Diving

Event	Champion	Team	Score
One-meter diving	Hobart Billingsley	Ohio State	121.90
Three-meter diving	Hobart Billingsley	Ohio State	132.10

See also

• List of college swimming and diving teams