1961 NCAA swimming and diving championships

American college aquatic sports competition August 2023 1961 NCAA swimming and diving championships Swimming pictogram.svg 150px Washington Seattle, Washington March 1961 Pavilion PoolUniversity of Washington 27 16 1960 1962 The 1961 NCAA swimming and diving championships were contested at the 25th annual championship swim meet sanctioned and hosted by the NCAA to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate swimming and diving among its Division I member programs in the United States, culminating the 1960–61 NCAA swimming and diving season. These championships were hosted by the University of Washington at the Pavilion Pool in Seattle, Washington during March 1961. Michigan finished twenty-three points ahead of defending champions USC in the team championship standings, the Wolverines' tenth national title and fourth in five seasons.DIVISION I MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK http://fs.ncaa.org.s3.amazonaws.com/Docs/stats/swimming_champs_records/D1Men.pdf ncaa.org NCAA 19 August 2024 Team standings (H) = Hosts (DC) = Defending champions Italics = Debut appearance NCAA White Rank Team PointsRank Team Points Michigan 85 USC (DC) 62 Ohio State 59 04 4 Harvard 26 05 5 Michigan State 24 06 6 Yale 20 07 7 Minnesota 18 08 8 Oklahoma 13.5 09 9 Cincinnati 12 10 10 Princeton 10.5 11 11 Florida State 9 12 12 Iowa 8 13 13 Denver 7 North Central (IL) 15 15 Texas 5 16 16 Southern Illinois 4 17 17 Miami (OH) 3.5Navy 19 19 Bowling Green State 3 SMU Wisconsin 22 22 Ohio 2 Purdue Stanford Washington (H) 26 26 Illinois 1 Washington State Individual events Swimming NCAA White Event Champion Team Time 50 yard freestyle Frank Legacki Michigan 21.4 100 yard freestyle Steven Jackman Minnesota 48.5 220 yard freestyle AUS Murray Rose USC 2:00.6 440 yard freestyle AUS Murray Rose USC 4:17.9 1,500 meter freestyle AUS Murray Rose USC 17:21.8 100 yard backstroke Charles Bittick (DC) USC 53.9 200 yard backstroke Charles Bittick (DC) USC 1:57.1 100 yard breaststroke Richard Nelson Michigan 1:02.1 200 yard breaststroke Ron Clark (DC) Michigan 2:13.4 100 yard butterfly Dave Gillanders Michigan 52.9 200 yard butterfly Dave Gillanders Michigan 1:58.6 200 yard individual medley John Kelso Denver 2:02.9 400 yard freestyle relay Robert KaufmannAlan EngelbergWilliam ZantgrafBruce Hunter Harvard 3:18.3 400 yard medley relay L.B. SchaeferTom KovacsArtie WolfeJohn Plain Ohio State 3:40.3 Diving NCAA White Event Champion Team Score 1 meter diving Curt Genders Florida State 459.40 3 meter diving Lou Vitucci Ohio State 491.65 See also 1961 NAIA swimming and diving championships List of college swimming and diving teams References Category:NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships NCAA Swimming And Diving Championships NCAA Swimming And Diving Championships NCAA Swimming And Diving Championships Category:1960s in Seattle