FIFTEENTH ANNUAL N.C. A. A. SWIMMING
CHAMPIONSHIPS

By R. J. H. Kipuuts,
Chairman N.C. A. A. Swimming Rules Committee

The 15th annual National Collegiate swimming championships
were held at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N. J. March 25th
and 26th, 1938, with probably the largest and most representative
entry list in the history of the meet. Thirty-five universities and
colleges with 154 different contestants were entered, as follows:

List of Colleges

Bowdoin Kenyon Southern California
Brown Lehigh Springfield

Colgate Michigan Stanford

California Minnesota Texas

Columbia New York U. Union

Dartmouth Northwestern U. S. Military
Fordham Ohio State Villanova

Franklin & Marshall Pennsylvania Wesleyan

Harvard Pittsburgh Westchester Teachers
Illinois - Princeton William & Mary
Iowa State Rensselaer P. I. Yale :

lowa Rutgers

It was especially gratifying to have the meet held under the
auspices of Rutgers University. This institution has supported
N.C. A.A. swimming from the very beginning with entries in the
first meet held at the U. S. Naval Academy in 1924. The facilities
and equipment were excellent as Rutgers was able to offer the best
with its new modern swimming plant.

One new intercollegiate and one meet record were established
and one meet record was equalled. Albert Vande Weghe of Prince-
ton, the National Collegiate and A. A. U. champion in backstroke,
created a new intercollegiate record in the 150 yd. backstroke of
1:34.2. The Princeton team of Vande Weghe, Hough and Van
Oss, American champions and record holders as well as National
Collegiate champions and record holders, established a new meet
record in the medley relay of 2:54.7. Kirar of Michigan equalled
the meet record in the 50 yd. free style of 23.0, established by
Flachman in 1935.

Michigan swimmers were outstanding in the National Collegiate
individual championships and were winners of the first team cham-
pionship held at Minneapolis last year, and they won the team title
for the second time this year. In a stirring finish they nosed out
the favorites, Ohio State, by one point.

Following is the official placing of teams and individuals for the
National Collegiate A. A. swimming championships for the year
1938: