Jim O'Neill's individual fencing championship was the first by a Harvard student since track's Geoff Stiles won the NCAA individual title in 1979 and the first ever by a Crimson fencer. Below is a list, by sport, of previous NCAA individual champs.
Tennis: 33 (Last singles--'1915, G.C. Cancer; last doubles--1916, J.B. Fenno and E.W. Feibleman)
Golf: 8 (Last--1916, J.W. Hubbell)
Swimming: 8 (Last--1960, Bruce Hunter, 50-yd, freestyle)
Outdoor Track: 5 (Last--1962, Edward Bailey, hammer throw)
Indoor Track: 3 (Last--1979, Geoff Stiles, pole vault)
Wrestling: 1 (Last--1938, John Harkness, 175-lbs.)
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