1951 NCAA swimming and diving championships

The 1951 NCAA swimming and diving championships were contested in March 1951 at the pool at Gregory Gymnasium at the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas at the 15th 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]

1951 NCAA swimming and diving championships
Host cityTexas Austin, Texas
Date(s)March 1951
Venue(s)Gregory Gymnasium
University of Texas at Austin
Teams22
Events14
1950
1952

Yale finished on top of the team standings, earning the Bulldogs' their third national title.

Program

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  • The 150-yard backstroke was eliminated from the championship program this year. Previously included in the program since 1925, it was replaced by the 200-yard backstroke (initially introduced the prior year).

Team standings

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  • (H) = Hosts
  • (DC) = Defending champions
  • Italics = Debut appearance
Rank Team Points
  Yale 81
  Michigan State 60
  Ohio State (DC) 58
4 Stanford 25
5 Texas (H) 15
6 Iowa State 14
Princeton
8 Michigan 12
9 Iowa
Washington 10
11 Dartmouth 8
12 Purdue 7
13 Indiana 6
USC
15 Oklahoma 4
Rutgers
17 Harvard 3
18 Minnesota 2
19 California 1
Florida State
Georgia
Northwestern

Individual events

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Swimming

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Event Champion Team Time
50 yard freestyle Clark Scholes Michigan State 22.9
100 yard freestyle Clark Scholes (DC) Michigan State 51.0
220 yard freestyle   John Marshall Yale 2.05.6
440 yard freestyle   John Marshall Yale 4:30.2
1,500 meter freestyle   John Marshall Yale 18:18.8
100 yard backstroke Richard Thoman Yale 57.5
200 yard backstroke Jack Taylor Ohio State 2:07.3
100 yard butterfly Bob Brawner (DC) Princeton 1:01.1
200 yard butterfly Bob Brawner (DC) Princeton 2:18.6
150 yard individual medley   Peter Salmon Washington 1:32.4
400 yard freestyle relay David Hoffman
James Quigley
Clark Scholes
George Hoogerhyde
Michigan State 3:26.7
300 yard medley relay Jack Taylor
Gerald Holan
Herbert Kobayashi
Ohio State 2:52.2

Diving

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Event Champion Team Score
1 meter diving Skippy Browning Texas 131.43
3 meter diving Skippy Browning Texas 144.75

See also

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References

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