1953 Qualifications
Position	Team	Time
1	North Hall Friars	2:41.2
2	Phi Gamma Delta	2:44.65
3	Alpha Tau Omega	2:45.9
4	Acacia	2:46.7
5	Sigma Pi	2:48.95
6	Phi Delta Theta	2:49.9
7	Zeta Beta Tau	2:50.2
8	Delta Upsilon	2:50.4
9	Sigma Alpha Epsilon	2:50.9
10	West Hall IV Saints	2:51.0
11	Kappa Sigma	2:51.8
12	Phi Kappa Alpha	2:54.4
13	Sigma Chi	2:55.65
14	Kappa Delta Rho	2:56.0
15	Jenkins House-MQ	2:56.8
16	Phi Kappa Psi	2:57.0
17	Phi Sigma Kappa	2:58.5
18	Phi Kappa	2:59.6
19	Hummer House--MQ	2:59.9
20	North Hall Cavaliers	3:00.0
21	Dodds House--MQ	3:00.0
22	Sigma Phi Epsilon	3.00.4
23	Delta Tau Delta	3:00.75
24	Lambda Chi Alpha	3:00.8
25	West Hall II	3:01.6
26	Lowe House--MQ	3:02.1
27	South Hall B	3.02.2
28	Ruter House--MQ	3:02.4
29	Todd House	3:03.65
30	Rogers East W	3:03.9
31	Beta Theta Pi	3.04.4
32	Theta Chi	3:04.4
33	Sigma Nu	3:04.5
	Did Not Qualify
34	Dunn House--MQ	3:05.65
35	North Cottage Grove	3:06.0
36	Tau Kappa Epsilon	3:10.5
37	Pi Kappa Phi	3:15.9
38	Campbell House--MQ	3:19.65