| Place | Name | Affiliation | Time |
| 1 | Manuel Garcia | Universidad del Este PR | 53.02 |
| 2 | Shomari Taylor | Yale CT | 53.11 |
| 3 | Adam Seabrook | Cornell NY | 53.78 |
| 4 | Thomas Masthay | Kentucky KY | 54.44 |
| 5 | Mark Piccolo | Shippensburg PA | 54.53 |
| 6 | Johnnie Taylor | New Jersey City NJ | 54.88 |
| 7 | Clarence Hartman | Cincinnati OH | 55.26 |
| 8 | Anthony Jenkins | Virginia Tech VA | 56.18 |
| 9 | Larry Harris | Memphis TN | 57.99 |