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1968 NCAA University Division swimming and diving championships

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1968 NCAA University Division Swimming and Diving Championships
Host cityNew Hampshire Hanover, New Hampshire
Date(s)March 1968
Venue(s)Karl Michael Pool
Dartmouth College
Teams37
Events18
1967
1969

The 1968 NCAA University Division swimming and diving championships were contested at the 32nd annual 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 University Division member programs in the United States, culminating the 1967–68 NCAA University Division swimming and diving season.

These championships were hosted by Dartmouth College at the Karl Michael Pool on its campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Indiana topped the team championship standings, the Hoosiers' first national title.[1]

Team standings

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  • (H) = Hosts
  • (DC) = Defending champions
  • Italics = Debut appearance
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Indiana 346
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yale 253
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) USC 231
4 Stanford (DC) 205
5 SMU 93
6 Michigan 92
7 Texas−Arlington 89
8 UCLA 74
9 Colorado State 60
10 Wisconsin 55
11 Dartmouth (H) 40
Long Beach State
13 Michigan State 38
14 Princeton 34
15 Southern Illinois 31
16 Arizona State 28
17 Illinois 27
18 Florida 26
19 NC State 24
Ohio State
20 Ohio 15
21 Villanova 13
22 BYU 12
24 Iowa State 11
Wesleyan (CT)
26 Miami (OH) 10
Purdue
28 North Carolina 9
29 Minnesota 8
30 California 5
31 UC Santa Barbara 4
Maryland
Texas
34 Army 3
Cornell (NY)
36 Oklahoma 2
37 Colgate 1

Individual events

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Swimming

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Event Champion Team Time
50 yard freestyle Zac Zorn (DC) UCLA 20.99
100 yard freestyle Zac Zorn UCLA 45.45
200 yard freestyle Don Schollander Yale 1:42.04
500 yard freestyle Greg Charlton USC 4:38.24
1,650 yard freestyle Mike Burton (DC) UCLA 15:59.34
100 yard backstroke Charlie Hickcox (DC) Indiana 52.18
200 yard backstroke Charlie Hickcox (DC) Indiana 1:54.66
100 yard breaststroke Dick Nesbit Texas–Arlington 59.11
200 yard breaststroke Phil Long Yale 2:11.72
100 yard butterfly Doug Russell Texas–Arlington 49.57
200 yard butterfly Phil Houser USC 1:52.55
200 yard individual medley Charlie Hickcox Indiana 1:52.56
400 yard individual medley Bill Utley Indiana 4:10.85
400 yard freestyle relay Steve Job
John Nelson
Bob Waples
Don Schollander
Yale 3:04.09
800 yard freestyle relay Dick Schneider
John Nelson
Dave Johnson
Don Schollander
Yale 6:50.77
400 yard medley relay Doug Russell
Dick Nesbit
Chuck Smith
Ernie Siefert
Texas–Arlington 3:31.53

Diving

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Event Champion Team Score
1 meter diving Jim Henry Indiana 512.05
3 meter diving Keith Russell Arizona State 494.55

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "DIVISION I MEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved August 25, 2024.