Amherst 1962

Amherst Cross Country 1962

Coach Lumley

Captains Chip Conger, Tom Nash

Joe Carter Sr

Howie Lane Jr

Pete Bancroft So (twin)

Steve Bancroft So (twin)

John Derr Sr

Hahn

Menard

Freeman

McCashin

Seventeen men reported for pre-season practice in September, but only six were heathly for the Wesleyan meet.

Freshmen

Coach Dunbar

Captain Jim Dittmar, Gordy Jones

Tom Sturges

Kurt Senesky

Jonathan Bump

Peter Browne

Geoffrey Drury

David McCann

13 October 1962, Amherst 27, Bowdoin 31 @Brunswick GC, 4.1 miles

1 Chip Conger A 19:55

2 Chuck Shea Bo

3 Gary Brasor Bo

4 Bert Babcock Bo

5 Joe Carter A

6 Howie Lane A

7 Steve Bancroft A

8 Pete Bancroft A

9 Tom Nash A

10 Jim MacMichael Sr Bo

11 Al Menard A

12 Jim McCaslin A

13 Mitch Kaspagian Bo

14 John Hahn A

15 Tom Chamberlain Bo

16 Ken Gail Bo

17 John Deer A

Nash strained tendon and missed next two meets

20 October 1962, Coast Gd 15, Amherst 50 @Amherst

1 Dennis Brady CG 22:50.5

2 Dave Faurot CG

3 Jim McDermott CG

4 Ron Welzel CG

5 Eric Staut CG

=10 Peter Bancroft & Steve Bancroft A

13 Joe Carter A

14 Albert Menard A

15 James McCaskin A

Conger injured knee slipping in the mud of the bird sanctuary

Amherst Freshmen 19, Worcester Academy 44

1 Jim Dittmar A 13:45

3 Gordon Jones A

4 Kurt Senesky A

5 Dave McCann A

6 Tom Sturges A

7 Geoff Drury A

8 Chet Breed A

Deerfield 23, Amherst Freshmen 38

1 Jim Dittmar A

4 Gordy Jones A

27 October 1962, Wesleyan 16, Amherst 47 @Middletown

Conger slipped and fell on rain-soaked course spraining ankle and ending season

Wesleyan Freshmen 17, Amherst 46

snow-covered course

4 Jim Dittmar A

3 November 1962, Tufts 23, Amherst 33 @Amherst

rain, wind, and flooded course

1 Kaupp T 23:25

2 Hale T

3 Forsyth T

4 Joe Carter A

5 Howie Lane A

7 Steve Bancroft A

8 Pete Bancroft A

9 Al Menard A

Chip Conger dnr w/leg injury

Amherst Freshmen 27, Tufts 32

1 Ward T 16:54

2 Johnson T

3 Jim Dittmar A

4 Jones A

5 Sturges A

7 Sensesky A

8 McCann A

9 Brown A

10 Drury A

11 Bump A

10 November 1962, Trinity 38, Amherst 39, WPI 43 @Worcester, 3.95 miles

(Amherst Olio reports score as Amherst 39, Trinity & WPI 46)

1 Mal McGawn Tr 21:37.2

2 Hoffman WPI 21:45

3 McGee WPI 22:30

4 Steve Borneman Tr 22:42

5 Pete Bancroft A 23:09

6 Dave Bremer Tr 23:10

7 Tom Nash A 23:11

8 Joe Carter A 23:19

9 Steve Bancroft A 23:20

10 Howie Lane A 23:25

11 Monks WPI 23:32

12 Pease WPI 23:33

13 Alden Gardner Tr 23:34

14 Fred Martin Tr 23:51

15 Ryder WPI 23:52

#2 Joe Carter pulled muscle, Nash reinjured pulled tendon

17 November 1962, Williams 17, Amherst 46 @Amherst

1 Mike Ogola Wm

2 George Anderson Wm

3 Ron Hubert Wm

4 Pete Bancroft A

5 Chuck Jennings Wm

6 Tom Boschen Wm

also Steve Bancroft, Howie Lane, Tom Nash, Al Menard; Chip Conger sprai

ned ankle mid-race and dnf

Amherst Freshmen 26, Williams 29

1 Gordy Jones A

2 Walt Johnson Wm

3 Tom Sturges A

4 Jon Smith Wm

5 Dave McCann A

6 Wm

7 Jim Dittmar A

8 Wm

9 Wm

10 A