California led the NCAA Division I men's swimming and diving championships heading into the final session Saturday night with 372 points, and the Bears built upon their lead in the last session of the national meet to secure the title with 560 points. The Cal win ended a four-year Texas winning streak; the Longhorns finished second with 475 points.
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!
— Cal Men's Swim & Dive (@calmenswim) March 31, 2019
The Bears captured the 6th NCAA championship in school history!#GoBears #EarnIt pic.twitter.com/6tnXGTWeiP
California senior Andrew Seliskar ended his career as a Bear with four national titles, three individual and a relay to lead his team to its first NCAA title in four years. Seliskar took home top honors in the men's 200 freestyle relay with teammates Pawel Sendyk, Ryan Hoffer and Michael Jensen in pool record fashion. The quartet touched the wall in 1:14:46 to set up momentum for Seliskar and Hoffer, who would go on to win individual golds. Seliskar won the 200 IM later that night in the meet record time of 1:38.14, just .01 off Caeleb Dressel's American record set last year. Hoffer then took gold in the 50 free in 18.63 with Sendyk taking second, just .05 behind his teammate. The Bears, however, were just getting started.
Seliskar picked up two more wins, the 200 free and 200 breast respectively, to show off his versatility and ensure that he would end his collegiate career with a complete sweep of his individual events.
Visit here for the complete schedule of events and live results from the 2019 championships.
Coach Durden recaps the Bears' Friday night at NCAAs, one that featured a win by Andrew Seliskar in the 200 free. Cal leads by 43 points with one day to go. #GoBears pic.twitter.com/mpweXt57VO
— Cal Men's Swim & Dive (@calmenswim) March 30, 2019
The championships were held Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Texas.
In total, 270 student-athletes (235 swimmers; 35 divers) are competing this year. Swimmers qualified for the championships by meeting the established minimum time for the events in which they entered. Divers were determined by performances at the Zone Diving meets on March 11-16.
Here are the complete lists of qualifiers for swimming and diving events: Swimmers | Divers
Here is the complete DI men's swimming and diving championship history:
| YEAR | CHAMPION | COACH | SCORE | RUNNER-UP | POINTS | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | California | David Durden | 560 | Texas | 475 | Austin, Texas |
| 2018 | Texas | Eddie Reese | 449 | California | 437.5 | Minneapolis, Minn. |
| 2017 | Texas | Eddie Reese | 542 | California | 349 | Indianapolis |
| 2016 | Texas | Eddie Reese | 541.5 | California | 351 | Atlanta |
| 2015 | Texas | Eddie Reese | 528 | California | 399 | Iowa City, Iowa |
| 2014 | California | David Durden | 468.5 | Texas | 417.5 | Austin, Texas |
| 2013 | Michigan | Mike Bottom | 480 | California | 406.5 | Indianapolis |
| 2012 | California | David Durden | 535.5 | Texas | 491 | Seattle |
| 2011 | California | David Durden | 493 | Texas | 470.5 | Minneapolis |
| 2010 | Texas | Eddie Reese | 500 | California | 469.5 | Columbus, Ohio |
| 2009 | Auburn | Richard Quick | 526 | Texas | 487 | College Station, Texas |
| 2008 | Arizona | Frank Busch | 500.5 | Texas | 406 | Seattle |
| 2007 | Auburn | David Marsh | 566 | Stanford | 397 | Minneapolis |
| 2006 | Auburn | David Marsh | 480.5 | Arizona | 440.5 | Atlanta |
| 2005 | Auburn | David Marsh | 491 | Stanford | 414 | Minnesota |
| 2004 | Auburn | David Marsh | 634 | Stanford | 377.5 | Long Island, N.Y. |
| 2003 | Auburn | David Marsh | 609.5 | Texas | 413 | Austin, Texas |
| 2002 | Texas | Eddie Reese | 512 | Stanford | 501 | Athens, Texas |
| 2001 | Texas | Eddie Reese | 597.5 | Stanford | 457.5 | College Station, Texas |
| 2000 | Texas | Eddie Reese | 538 | Auburn | 385 | Minneapolis |
| 1999 | Auburn | David Marsh | 467.5 | Stanford | 414.5 | Indianapolis |
| 1998 | Stanford | Skip Kenney | 599 | Auburn | 394.5 | Auburn |
| 1997 | Auburn | David Marsh | 496.5 | Stanford | 340 | Minnesota |
| 1996 | Texas | Eddie Reese | 479 | Auburn | 443.5 | Texas |
| 1995 | Michigan | Jon Urbanchek | 561 | Stanford | 475 | Indianapolis |
| 1994 | Stanford | Skip Kenney | 566.5 | Texas | 445 | Minnesota |
| 1993 | Stanford | Skip Kenney | 520.5 | Michigan | 396 | Indianapolis |
| 1992 | Stanford | Skip Kenney | 632 | Texas | 356 | Indianapolis |
| 1991 | Texas | Eddie Reese | 476 | Stanford | 420 | Texas |
| 1990 | Texas | Eddie Reese | 506 | Southern California | 423 | Indianapolis |
| 1989 | Texas | Eddie Reese | 475 | Stanford | 396 | Indianapolis |
| 1988 | Texas | Eddie Reese | 424 | Southern California | 369.5 | Indianapolis |
| 1987 | Stanford | Skip Kenney | 374 | Southern California | 296 | Texas |
| 1986 | Stanford | Skip Kenney | 404 | California | 335 | Indianapolis |
| 1985 | Stanford | Skip Kenney | 403.5 | Florida | 302 | Texas |
| 1984 | Florida | Randy Reese | 287.5 | Texas | 277 | Cleveland State |
| 1983 | Florida | Randy Reese | 238 | SMU | 227 | Indianapolis |
| 1982 | UCLA | Ron Ballatore | 219 | Texas | 210 | Wisconsin |
| 1981 | Texas | Eddie Reese | 259 | UCLA | 189 | Texas |
| 1980 | California | Nort Thornton | 234 | Texas | 220 | Harvard |
| 1979 | California | Nort Thornton | 287 | Southern California | 227 | Cleveland State |
| 1978 | Tennessee | Ray Bussard | 307 | Auburn | 185 | Long Beach State |
| 1977 | Southern California | Peter Daland | 385 | Alabama | 204 | Cleveland State |
| 1976 | Southern California | Peter Daland | 398 | Tennessee | 237 | Brown |
| 1975 | Southern California | Peter Daland | 344 | Indiana | 274 | Cleveland State |
| 1974 | Southern California | Peter Daland | 339 | Indiana | 338 | Long Beach State |
| 1973 | Indiana | James Counsilman | 358 | Tennessee | 294 | Tennessee |
| 1972 | Indiana | James Counsilman | 390 | Southern California | 371 | Army |
| 1971 | Indiana | James Counsilman | 351 | Southern California | 260 | Iowa State |
| 1970 | Indiana | James Counsilman | 332 | Southern California | 235 | Utah |
| 1969 | Indiana | James Counsilman | 427 | Southern California | 306 | Indiana |
| 1968 | Indiana | James Counsilman | 346 | Yale | 253 | Dartmouth |
| 1967 | Stanford | Jim Gaughran | 275 | Southern California | 260 | Michigan State |
| 1966 | Southern California | Peter Daland | 302 | Indiana | 286 | Air Force |
| 1965 | Southern California | Peter Daland | 285 | Indiana | 278.5 | Iowa State |
| 1964 | Southern California | Peter Daland | 96 | Indiana | 91 | Yale |
| 1963 | Southern California | Peter Daland | 81 | Yale | 77 | North Carolina State |
| 1962 | Ohio State | Mike Peppe | 92 | Southern California | 46 | Ohio State |
| 1961 | Michigan | Gus Stager | 85 | Southern California | 62 | Washington |
| 1960 | Southern California | Peter Daland | 87 | Michigan | 73 | SMU |
| 1959 | Michigan | Gus Stager | 137.5 | Ohio State | 44 | Cornell |
| 1958 | Michigan | Gus Stager | 72 | Yale | 63 | Michigan |
| 1957 | Michigan | Gus Stager | 69 | Yale | 61 | North Carolina |
| 1956 | Ohio State | Mike Peppe | 68 | Yale | 54 | Yale |
| 1955 | Ohio State | Mike Peppe | 90 | Michigan/Yale | 51 | Miami (OH) |
| 1954 | Ohio State | Mike Peppe | 94 | Michigan | 67 | Syracuse |
| 1953 | Yale | Robert J.H. Kiphuth | 96.5 | Ohio State | 73.5 | Ohio State |
| 1952 | Ohio State | Mike Peppe | 94 | Yale | 81 | Princeton |
| 1951 | Yale | Robert J.H. Kiphuth | 81 | Michigan State | 60 | Texas |
| 1950 | Ohio State | Mike Peppe | 65 | Yale | 43 | Ohio State |
| 1949 | Ohio State | Mike Peppe | 49 | Iowa | 35 | North Carolina |
| 1948 | Michigan | Matt Mann | 44 | Ohio State | 41 | Michigan |
| 1947 | Ohio State | Mike Peppe | 66 | Michigan | 39 | Washington |
| 1946 | Ohio State | Mike Peppe | 61 | Michigan | 37 | Yale |
| 1945 | Ohio State | Mike Peppe | 56 | Michigan | 48 | Michigan |
| 1944 | Yale | Robert J.H. Kiphuth | 39 | Michigan | 38 | Yale |
| 1943 | Ohio State | Mike Peppe | 81 | Michigan | 47 | Ohio State |
| 1942 | Yale | Robert J.H. Kiphuth | 71 | Michgan | 39 | Harvard |
| 1941 | Michigan | Matt Mann | 61 | Yale | 58 | Michigan State |
| 1940 | Michigan | Matt Mann | 45 | Yale | 42 | Yale |
| 1939 | Michigan | Matt Mann | 65 | Ohio State | 58 | Michigan |
| 1938 | Michigan | Matt Mann | 46 | Ohio State | 45 | Rutgers |
| 1937 | Michigan | Matt Mann | 75 | Ohio State | 39 | Minnesota |
