Amherst Cross Country 1940
Coach Al Lumley
Captain Hank Prickitt '41 (missed early meets with appendicitis)
Edwin Gilson '42, Thomas Palmer '41, Montagu Hankin '43, Shand, Simmons, James Tobey '41, John Ashbaugh '43, Richard Valentine '43, Halley Seller '41, Holmes
Coast Guard 15, Amherst 50 @Amherst
18 October 1940, Mass St Freshmen 18, Amherst 38 @Amherst
1 Smith Ma
2 Newton Ma
3 Caldwell Ma
25 October 1940, Springfield 15, Amherst 52 @Springfield
=1 Ned Badrow, Bill Booth, Phil Swettman, Chuck Christy Sp
5 Ray Waters Sp
6 Earle Buckley Sp
7 Roy Lang Sp
Tufts 21, Amherst 38 @Amherst
5 November 1940, Connecticut Valley Champs @Wesleyan, 4.6 miles
UConn 15, Springfield 79, Mass St 89, Wesleyan 93, Coast Guard 116, Amherst 142, Trinity 161
1 Bob Wheaton CT 23:59.9 cr
Amherst paced by Johnny Ashbaugh and Hank Prickitt
Mass State 18, Amherst 38 in dual meet scoring
8 November 1940, Trinity 28, Amherst 29 @Hartford
14 November 1940, Little Three @Williamstown, 4 miles
Wesleyan 22, Williams 33, Amherst 65
1 Cpt Johnny Holmes Ws 20:57
2 Giza Ws 21:16
3 Brew Chapman Wm 21:44
4 Ralph Davis Ws 21:58
5 Pete Van Cott Wm
12 Cpt Hank Prickitt A 23:02
13 Richard Valentine A
14 John Ashbaugh A
16 Halley Seller A
=17 James Tobey A 24:35
=17 Thomas Palmer A
sophs Ashbaugh and Valentine elected 1941 co-captains
Freshmen
Coach Warren
Captain Anderson
consistent scorers Donald Bayles, Parker Dorman, John Morton, George Nicoll, Dietrich Roetter
also Waldron, William Sands, Theodore Bower, Preston Bassett, Peter Macomber
lost to Springfield
took top four places in triangular vs Stockbridge and Mass St JVs
next week, Amherst 15, Trinity 40
14 November 1940, Little Three @Williamstown
Williams Freshmen 31, Amherst 38, Wesleyan 54
1 Johnny Neilson Wm
2 Tom Henderson Wm
3 Anderson A
5 Dietrich Roetter A
9 Parker Dorman A
=10 Donald Bayles A
=10 John Morton A