1960 NCAA swimming and diving championships

The 1960 NCAA swimming and diving championships were contested in March 1960 at Perkins Natatorium at Southern Methodist University in University Park, Texas at the 24th annual officially NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States. Including the pre-NCAA events from before 1937, these were the 36th overall collegiate swimming and diving championships.[1]

1960 NCAA swimming and diving championships
Host cityTexas University Park, Texas
Date(s)March 1960
Venue(s)Perkins Natatorium
Southern Methodist University
Teams18
Events16
1959
1961

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.

USC claimed their first team national title after finishing fourteen points ahead of three-time defending champions Michigan in the team standings.

Team standings

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  • (H) = Hosts
  • (DC) = Defending champions
  • Italics = Debut appearance
Rank Team Points
  USC 87
  Michigan (DC) 73
  Indiana 69
4 Harvard 35
5 Stanford 26
6 Yale 25
7 Ohio State 23
8 Miami (OH) 812
9 Wisconsin 712
10 San José State 7
SMU (H)
12 Oklahoma 6
13 Iowa 5
Southern Illinois
15 Bowling Green State 4
16 Michigan State 3
Minnesota
18 Navy 2

Individual events

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Swimming

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Event Champion Team Time
50 yard freestyle Bruce Hunter Harvard 21.9
100 yard freestyle Peter Lusk Yale 49.4
220 yard freestyle Tom Winters USC 2:02.1
440 yard freestyle Dennis Rounsavelle USC 4:24.0
1,500 meter freestyle William Chase Yale 17:48.7
100 yard backstroke Charles Bittick USC 54.4
200 yard backstroke Charles Bittick USC 2:00.1
100 yard breaststroke Thomas Peterson Stanford 1:03.1
200 yard breaststroke Ron Clark Michigan 2:17.6
100 yard butterfly Mike Troy Indiana 53.1
200 yard butterfly Mike Troy Indiana 1:57.8
200 yard individual medley Lance Larson USC 2:03.2
400 yard freestyle relay Donald Redington
Robert Mounton
Lance Larson
Jon Henrichs
USC 3:18.5
400 yard medley relay Frank McKinney
Gerald Miki
Mike Troy
Peter Sintz
Indiana 3:40.8

Diving

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Event Champion Team Score
1 meter diving Sam Hall Ohio State 510.95
3 meter diving Sam Hall (DC) Ohio State 503.6

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 15, 2016.