National Championships

Rutgers University Athletics

RUTGERS ATHLETICS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Team National Championships

Program	Year	Organization
Women’s Basketball	1982	AIAW
Men’s Lacrosse (co, D-II)	1955	USILA
Men’s Fencing (co)	1949	NCAA
Sprint Football	1935	Eastern 150-Pound Football League
Outboard Boating	1935
Sprint Football	1934	Eastern 150-Pound Football League
Outboard Boating	1934
Outboard Boating	1933
Men’s Lacrosse	1928	USILA
Football (co)	1869

Group National Championships

Program	Year	Event (organization)
Men’s Fencing	1996	epee (NCAA)
Men’s Crew	1991	varsity pair (IRA)
Men’s Track (Brian Grimes, Stan Belin, Walter Kirkland, James Wetsman)	1981	Indoor 4x800 Relay (NCAA)
Men’s Track (John Herma, Jim Smith, Tom Ulan, Robert Kerr)	1970	Indoor Sprint Medley (AAU)
Men’s Crew	1970	Eric Will Trophy-Varsity Four with Coxswain (IRA)
Men’s Crew	1969	Eric Will Trophy-Varsity Four with Coxswain (IRA)
Men’s Swimming	1933	400-Yard Freestyle Relay (NCAA)
Men’s Swimming	1931	400-Yard Freestyle Relay (NCAA)
Men’s Swimming	1931	300-Yard Medley Relay (NCAA)
Men’s Swimming	1929	200-Yard Freestyle Relay (NCAA)

Individual National Championships

Student-Athlete	Year	Event/Sport (organization)
Chloe Timberg	2024	Outdoor track, pole vault (NCAA)
Anthony Ashnault	2019	Wrestling, 149 pounds (NCAA)
Nick Suriano	2019	Wrestling, 133 pounds (NCAA)
Alexis Jemal	2003	Fencing, sabre (NCAA)
Elliott Quow	1983	Outdoor track, 200m (NCAA)
Lori McCauley	1982	Indoor track 440 yards (AIAW)
Debbie Deutsch	1979	Indoor track, 60-yard hurdles (AIAW)
Debbie Deutsch	1978	Indoor track, 60-yard hurdles (AIAW)
Eugenie Defrays Randazzo	1975	Swimming, 100-yard backstroke (AIAW)
Tom Ulan	1971	Indoor track, 400-meter dash (NCAA)
Paul Pesthy	1965	Fencing, epee (NCAA)
Paul Pesthy	1964	Fencing, epee (NCAA)
David Whinfrey	1950	Wrestling, 191 pounds (AAU)
Alex Treves	1950	Fencing, sabre (NCAA)
Alex Treves	1949	Fencing, sabre (NCAA)
Ralph Tedeschi	1949	Fencing, foil (NCAA)
Robert Nugent	1949	Swimming, 100-yard freestyle (AAU)
Walter Spence	1934	Swimming, 100-yard freestyle (NCAA)
Walter Spence	1933	Swimming, 100-yard freestyle (NCAA)
Walter Spence	1932	Swimming, 100-yard freestyle (NCAA)
George Kojac	1931	Swimming, 100-yard freestyle (NCAA)
George Kojac	1930	Swimming, 150-yard backstroke (NCAA)
George Kojac	1930	Swimming, 150-yard individual medley (NCAA)
George Kojac	1929	Swimming, 150-yard backstroke (NCAA)
Harry Lewis	1926	Swimming, 50-yard freestyle (NCAA)
Robert Galbraith	1924	Diving, one-meter (NCAA)