The 1957 NCAA swimming and diving championships were contested in March 1957 at the Bowman Gray Pool at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina at the 21st 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.
A total of sixteen individual events, alongside a team championship, were contested as part of this year's program.
Michigan regained the national title, the Wolverines' seventh (and first since 1948), after finishing eight points ahead of Yale in the team standings.
Program changes Three new events were added to the NCAA championships program this year: the 100 yard breaststroke, 100 yard butterfly, and 400 yard medley relay. One event, the 300 yard medley relay, was dropped.
Team standings (H) = Hosts (DC) = Defending champions Italics = Debut appearance
Michigan 69 Yale 61 Michigan State 52 Indiana 48 North Carolina (H) 24 Oklahoma 23 Iowa 15 Northwestern 12 SMU 10 Amherst 9 Miami (OH) 7 Army 5 Bowdoin Illinois Syracuse 4 Wisconsin California 3 Purdue Texas Denver 2 Knox 1 Stanford Did not place: Ohio State (DC)
Individual events Swimming 50 yard freestyle Robert Keiter Amherst 22.1 100 yard freestyle Henry Dyer Harvard 49.4 220 yard freestyle William Woolsey (DC) Indiana 2:02.5 440 yard freestyle William Woolsey (DC) Indiana 4:38.2 1,500 meter freestyle Fritz Myers Michigan 19:04.8 100 yard backstroke Charles Krepp North Carolina 58.1 200 yard backstroke Charles Krepp North Carolina 2:07.8 100 yard breaststroke Julian Dyason Oklahoma 1:03.0 200 yard breaststroke Cy Hopkins Michigan 2:20.0 100 yard butterfly Timothy Jecko Yale 54.6 200 yard butterfly Timothy Jecko Yale 2:09.5 200 yard individual medley Timothy Jecko Yale 2:09.4 400 yard freestyle relay Russell HibbardDaniel CornwelDavid Armstrong Rex Aubrey Yale (DC) 3:23.9 400 yard medley relay Don AdamaskiCy HopkinsFred MowreyDick Hanley Michigan 3:50.0
Diving 1 meter diving Dick Kimball Michigan 401.65 3 meter diving Dick Kimball Michigan 441.35
See also List of college swimming and diving teams NAIA men's swimming and diving championships
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