The 1937 NCAA swimming and diving championships were contested at the University of Minnesota Armory at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota as part of the 14th annual NCAA swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.
Even though NCAA swimming championships had been held since 1924, this was the first event with an official team championship.
Michigan won the inaugural official team national championship, defeating rival Ohio State by 36 points, 75–39. It was the first official NCAA title for the Wolverines but their eighth including the unofficial titles won between 1924 and 1936.
Team results Michigan 75 Ohio State 39 Yale 38 Northwestern 13 Iowa 11 Chicago 7 Penn 6 Stanford 5 Minnesota 4 Princeton Dartmouth 1
Individual events Swimming 50-yard freestyle Ed Kirar Michigan 23.2 100-yard freestyle Ed Kirar Michigan 52.3 220-yard freestyle Tom Haynie Michigan 2:11.5 440-yard freestyle Tom Haynie Michigan 4:51.7 1,500-meter freestyle John Macionis Yale 19:58.5 150-yard backstroke William Neunzig Ohio State 1:37.1 200-yard butterfly Jack Kasley Michigan 2:26.6 400-yard freestyle relay Waldemar TomskiTom HaynieEd KirarRobert Mowerson Michigan 3:32.2 300-yard medley relay Frederick CodyJack KasleyRobert Mowerson Michigan 2:57.8
Diving One-meter diving Jim Patterson Ohio State 135.80 Three-meter diving Ben Grady Michigan 136.46
See also List of college swimming and diving teams
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