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