Tonight we focus on the NCAA. Our ‘First” is The first black swimmer to score in an NCAA championship final. Nate Clark holds that distinction. He was a sophomore at Ohio State from Pittsburgh in 1962 when he did it.
Butterfly was Clark’s stroke, and he placed 5th in the 200 meter butterfly in the 1962 NCAA championships.

In 1960, Clark was the first black swimmer to receive a full scholarship in swimming to a major college (Ohio State). Clark made All American at Ohio State in 1961, 1962 and 1963 in the 100 and 200 meter butterfly. At the time that Clark received his scholarship to Ohio State University, Ohio State was the top swimming school in the country. In high school, Clark broke the National Scholastic Record in the 100 meter Butterfly.

Read more about this great athlete here.