National Championships
1959
100-yard freestyle (51.0)
220-yard freestyle (2:05.8+)
440-yard freestyle (4:41.8+)

1960
220-yard freestyle (2:08.6+)
440-yard freestyle (4:42.1+)

1961
100-yard freestyle (51.0)
220-yard freestyle (2:04.4)
440-yard freestyle (4:33.9+)

1962
100-yard freestyle (49.6)
220-yard freestyle (2:03.0)
440-yard freestyle (4:31.4+)

In addition to his 11 national titles, Dick Blick '62 is the only North Central College athlete to ever win a gold medal in the Olympic Games. He did so in 1960 as part of the 800-meter free relay. In his swimming career, Blick was also a gold medalist at the 1959 Pan-American Games as part of the 800-meter free relay. He was the top-ranked swimmer in the United States and the world for two years at 220 yards.

Setting records at the 1959 Pan American games was his specialty. He set an American record in the 220-yard free, American and world records in the 200-meter free, and the American record as part of the 800-meter free relay.

At the collegiate level, Blick was National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national champion in the 100-yard free (1969, 61, 62), 220-yard free (1961, 62), 220-yard free (1959, 60) and 440-yard free (1959, 60, 61, 62). 

Graduating from North Central with a bachelor of science degree, he later earned a master's degree at Indiana University.