Men's History: 100y Backstroke

Meet Top 10
David Cromwell (Harvard, 2006) — 46.99
David Berkoff (Harvard, 1989) — 47.33
Alex Righi (Yale, 2006) — 47.72 (prelims)
David Cromwell (Harvard, 2004) — 47.77
Alex Righi (Yale, 2006) — 47.86
Stefano Caprara (Cornell, 2006) — 47.97
Alex Righi (Yale, 2007) — 48.01
David Cromwell (Harvard, 2005) — 48.09
Mike Im (Harvard, 2001) — 48.24
Mike Ross (Princeton, 1990) — 48.60

Three-Time Champions
Ted Pollard, Dartmouth (1975-77)
Charles Barnes, Brown (1997-99)
David Cromwell, Harvard (2004-06)

Event was 100 meters in 1983

All-Time Champions Blue indicates record
1950 — Albert Ratkiewich (Yale) — 59.4
1951 — James Thomas (North Carolina) — 58.8
1952 — Richard Thoman (Yale) — 57.3
1953 — Richard Thoman (Yale) — 56.6
1954 — Peter Wittereid (Army) — 1:00.0
1955 — William Sonner (N.C. State) — 59.6
1956 — Charles Krepp (North Carolina) — 58.8
1957 — James Dolbey (Yale) — 59.0
1958 — Robert Plourde (Bowdoin) — 58.6
1959 — James Colbey (Yale) — 58.2
1960 — William Dearstyne (Bucknell) — 59.4
1961 — Thomas Welch (Princeton) — 56.6
1962 — Jed Graef (Princeton) — 54.4
1963 — Jed Graef (Princeton) — 54.4
1964 — Thompson Mann (North Carolina) — 54.3
1965 — Roger Goettsche (Yale) — 54.2
1966 — Barent Wemple, (Yale) — 54.6
1967 — Fred Dannemann (North Carolina) — 53.7
1968 — Allen Petersen (Dartmouth) — 55.34
1969 — Fred Dannemann (North Carolina) — 54.1
1970 — Edward Bettendorf (Yale) — 53.38
1971 — Benjamin Ross (Army) — 53.05
1972 — Paul Gilbert (Yale) — 53.18
1973 — Eric Fish (Yale) — 52.80
1974 — Eric Fish (Yale) — 53.12
1975 — Ted Pollard (Dartmouth) — 52.53
1976 — Ted Pollard (Dartmouth) — 52.52
1977 — Ted Pollard (Dartmouth) — 51.23
1978 — Mark Heinrich (Navy) — 52.43
1979 — Mark Heinrich (Navy) — 52.39
1980 — Geoff Seelen (Harvard) — 52.02
1981 — Geoff Seelen (Harvard) — 52.26
1982 — Darrell Rapp (Yale) — 51.57
1983 — Andy Martin (Army) — 57.88
1984 — Dan Veatch (Princeton) — 51.30
1985 — Richard Hughes (Princeton) — 50.52
1986 — David Berkoff (Harvard) — 48.79
1987 — Richard Hughes (Princeton) — 48.61
1988 — Paul Watson (Harvard) — 51.42
1989 — David Berkoff (Harvard) — 47.33
1990 — Mike Ross (Princeton) — 48.60
1991 — Chris Kovacs (Harvard) — 49.59
1992 — Sean Gouldson (Harvard) — 48.96
1993 — Sean Gouldson (Harvard) — 49.44
1994 — Tim Carver (Harvard) — 48.97
1995 — Tim Carver (Harvard) — 48.98
1996 — James Zenyuh (Harvard) — 50.89
1997 — Charles Barnes (Brown) — 48.79
1998 — Charles Barnes (Brown) — 48.89
1999 — Charles Barnes (Brown) — 49.59
2000 — Matt Schultz (Columbia) — 48.79
2001 — Mike Im (Harvard) — 48.24
2002 — Reid Evans (Columbia) — 49.68
2003 — Pat Donohue (Princeton) — 48.71
2004 — David Cromwell (Harvard) — 47.77
2005 — David Cromwell (Harvard) — 48.09
2006 — David Cromwell (Harvard) — 46.99
2007 — Alex Righi (Yale) — 48.01