1949 NCAA swimming and diving championships

The 1949 NCAA swimming and diving championships were contested in March 1949 at the Bowman Gray Pool at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina at the 13th 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]

1949 NCAA swimming and diving championships
Host cityNorth Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Date(s)March 1949
Venue(s)Bowman Gray Pool
University of North Carolina
Teams20
Events12
1948
1950

After finishing second in 1948, Ohio State once again topped the team standings, claiming their fourth title in five years and their fifth title overall.

Program changes

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  • One event, 150-yard individual medley, was re-added to the NCAA championships program this year; it was contested once before, in 1930.

Team standings

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  • (H) = Hosts
  • (DC) = Defending champions
  • Italics = Debut appearance
Rank Team Points
  Ohio State 49
  Iowa 35
  Michigan (DC) 32
4 Yale 18
5 La Salle 12
6 Purdue 11
7 Michigan State 10
Northwestern
9 North Carolina (H) 7
10 Rutgers 6
USC
12 Dartmouth 4
Stanford
Washington
15 Harvard 3
16 Cincinnati 2
Duke
Penn
Texas
20 Iowa State 1

Individual events

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Swimming

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Event Champion Team Time
50-yard freestyle Richard Weinberg Michigan 23.1
100-yard freestyle Wally Ris (DC) Iowa 50.4
220-yard freestyle Bill Smith (DC) Ohio State 2:08.5
440-yard freestyle Bill Smith (DC) Ohio State 4:42.6
1,500-meter freestyle Bill Heusner (DC) Northwestern 19:04.8
150-yard backstroke Bob deGroot Ohio State 1:34.0
200-yard butterfly Keith Carter Purdue 2:14.8
150-yard individual medley Joe Verdeur La Salle 1:30.8
400-yard freestyle relay Paul Girdes
Bill Farnsworth
Larry Munson
Ray Reid
Yale 3:27.0
300-yard medley relay Duane Draves
Bowen Stassforth
Ervin Straub
Iowa 2:54.1

Diving

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Event Champion Team Score
One-meter diving Bruce Harlan (DC) Ohio State 142.41
Three-meter diving Bruce Harlan Ohio State 152.37

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 12, 2016.