The 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships were contested from March 22–24, 2012 at the Weyerhaeuser Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Washington at the 89th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.
California again topped the team standings, finishing 44.5 points ahead of Texas. It was the Golden Bears' fourth team national title.
Team standings Note: Top 10 only (DC) = Defending champions Full results
Rank Team Points California (DC) 535 Texas 491 Stanford 426 Arizona 396 Michigan 271 Auburn 254 USC 192 Florida 157 Louisville 156 Indiana 166
Swimming results
50 freestyle Jimmy FeigenTexas 19.01 Vladimir MorozovUSC 19.08 Jason SchnurOhio State 19.46100 freestyle Jimmy FeigenTexas 41.95 Marcelo ChierighiniAuburn 42.34 Vladimir MorozovUSC 42.44200 freestyle Daxon HillTexas 1:32.51 Dimitri ColupaevUSC 1:33.49 Joao de LuccaLouisville 1:34.00500 freestyle Martin GrodzkiGeorgia 4:12.95 Cristian QuinteroUSC 4:13.07 Chad La TouretteStanford 4:13.921650 freestyle Martin GrodzkiGeorgia 14:24.08US Chad La TouretteStanford 14:24.35AR Connor JaegerMichigan 14:25.14100 backstroke Tom ShieldsCalifornia 44.86 David NolanStanford 45.53 Cole CraginTexas 45.89200 backstroke Cory ChitwoodArizona 1:39.66 David NolanStanford 1:39.74 Matthew ThompsonCalifornia 1:41.81100 breaststroke Kevin CordesArizona 51.71 Carlos AlmeidaLouisville 51.78Martin Liivamagi California 51.93200 breaststroke Carlos AlmeidaLouisville 1:51.88 Trevor HoytCalifornia 1:51.90 Kevin CordesArizona 1:51.97100 butterfly Tom ShieldsCalifornia 44.76 Giles SmithArizona 45.77 Marcin CieslakFlorida 45.86200 butterfly Will HamiltonCalifornia 1:40.94 Tom ShieldsCalifornia 1:41.07 Marcin CieslakFlorida 1:41.36200 IM Marcin TarczynskiCalifornia 1:41.97 Marcin Cieslak Florida 1:42.26 David NolanStanford 1:42.85400 IM Austen ThompsonArizona 3:39.15 Kyle WhitakerMichigan 3:41.37 Michael Weiss Wisconsin 3:43.12200 freestyle relay CaliforniaTyler Messerschmidt (19.37) Shayne Fleming (18.94)Fabio Gimondi (19.27)Seth Stubblefield (19.00) 1:16.58 AuburnDrew Modrov (19.44)Karl Krug (18.95)TJ Leon (19.26)Marcelo Chierighini (19.02) 1:16.67 ArizonaAdam Small (19.38)Kelley Wyman (18.83)Mitchell Friedemann (19.02)Thomas Gutman (19.48) 1:16.71400 freestyle relay Texas Daxon Hill (42.70)Clay Youngquist (42.82)Austin Surhoff (42.99) Jimmy Feigen (41.32) 2:49.83 CaliforniaTyler Messerschmidt (43.19) Shayne Fleming (42.71)Fabio Gimondi (42.65)Tom Shields (41.79) AuburnDrew Modrov (43.11)Karl Krug (43.02)James Disney-May (42.21)Marcelo Chierighini (42.00) 2:50.34 None awarded800 freestyle relay Texas Daxon Hill (1:33.80)Clay Youngquist (1:33.41)Kip Darmody (1:35.08) Neil Caskey (1:33.26) 6:15.55 CaliforniaTom Shields (1:33.72)Samuel Metz (1:33.81)Will Hamilton (1:33.19)Benjamin Hinshaw (1:34.98) 6:15.70 StanfordAaron Wayne (1:33.24)David Mosko (1:35.63)Bobby Bollier (1:35.10)Robert Andrews (1:35.22) 6:19.19200 medley relay ArizonaMitchell Friedemann (21.28)Kevin Cordes (23.25)Giles Smith (20.22)Adam Small (18.78) 1:23.53AR CaliforniaMathias Gydesen (21.67)Martin Liivamagi (23.61)Tom Shields (19.80)Tyler Messerschmidt (18.83) 1:23.91 AuburnKyle Owens (21.24)Stuart Ferguson (24.02)Marcelo Chierighini (20.36)Karl Krug (19.08) 1:24.70400 medley relay CaliforniaMathias Gydesen (46.07)Nolan Koon (51.93)Tom Shields (43.56)Tyler Messerschmidt (41.68) 3:03.24 ArizonaMitchell Friedemann (45.93)Kevin Cordes (50.52)Giles Smith (45.45)Kelley Wyman (42.83) 3:04.83 TexasCole Cragin (45.92)Eric Friedland (52.15)Neil Caskey (45.97)Jimmy Feigen (41.64) 3:05.68
Legend: US – U.S. Open record; AR – American record;
Diving results
1 m diving Drew LivingstonTexas 448.10 Kristian IpsenStanford 410.15 Cameron BradshawArizona State 402.953 m diving Kristian IpsenStanford 469.20 Drew LivingstonTexas 454.25 David BonuchiMissouri 434.50Platform diving Ben GradoArizona 487.25 David BonuchiMissouri 456.00 Matt CooperTexas 449.15
See also List of college swimming and diving teams
References