Amherst Cross Country 1963
Coach Lumley
Captain Howie Lane
Peter Bancroft Jr
Jim Dittmar So
Steve Bankcroft Jr
Smokey Stover
Wolff
Al Menard Jr
John Merson
Freshmen
Coach Dunbar
Robert Forrester
Turner
Cushing
Geoffrey Kurland
Breton
Philip Notopoulos
James Inglis
David S Johnson
Laurence Avins
Cottis
John Laestadius
Rodney Clough
11 October 1963, Deerfield 19, Amherst Freshmen 44
2 Joe Cushing A
9 Bill Turner A
10 Inglis A
11 Geoff Kurland A
14 Jime Weiskel A
12 October 1963, Amherst 25, Bowdoin 34 @Amherst, 3 ¾ miles
new course through the Bird Sanctuary, did not include Memorial Hill
1 Bert Babcock Bo 21:34 cr
2 Peter Bancroft A
3 Howie Lane A
4 Dick Howe Bo
5 Jim Dittmar A
6 Tom Chamberlain Bo
7 Steve Bancroft A
8 Charles Stover A
9 Albert Menard A
10 John Merson A
11 Chris Reichert Bo
12 John Wilson Bo
19 October 1963, Coast Gd 19, Amherst 60, So Conn 66 @New London
race run between halves of the Coast Guard-Amherst football game
1 Dave Faurot CG 21:40
2 Dobratz SC
3 Jim McDermott CG
4 Coleman CG
5 Ed Schaeffer CG
6 Eric Staut CG
7 Powell SC
8 Pete Bancroft A
9 Jim Dittmar A
10 Steve Bancroft A
11 Charles Stover A
12 Howie Lane A
13 Albert Menard A
Amherst Freshmen 19, Worcester Academy 36
26 October 1963, Wesleyan 15, Amherst 49 @Amherst, 4.1 miles
course lengthened to avoid crowds & helicopters on Hitchcock Field due to awarding of honorary degree to President Kennedy
=1 Dave Brown & Tim Blauvelt Ws 21:19
7 Howie Lane A 26:36
10 Peter Bancroft A
11 Steve Bancroft A
12 Jim Dittmar A
13 Al Menard A
also Charles Stover, John Merson, Tom Wolff
Wesleyan Freshmen 18, Amherst 44
2 November 1963, Tufts 19, Amherst 36 @Medford
1 Dick Johnson T
4 Charles Stover A
5 Howie Lane A
8 Pete Bancroft A
9 Jim Dittmar A
10 Albert Menard A
12 John Merson A
Amherst Freshmen 17, Tufts 46
1 Joe Cushing A
2 Dave Johnson A
3 Jim Inglis A
5 Geoff Kurland A
6 Bill Turner A
7 Mike Bretton A
8 John Laestadius A
9 November 1963, WPI 31, Trinity 38, Amherst 61
1 Ken Haestry WPI 20:36.9
(4) Joe Cushing Fr a did not score
5 Howie Lane A
6 Pete Bancroft A
14 Albert Menard A ill
17 Steve Bancroft A ill
Charles Stover dnr because of LSATs
11 November 1963, Amherst 24, Williams 33 @Williams
1 Mike Ogola Wm 20:39
2 Howie Lane A
3 Charles Stover A
5 Pete Bancroft A
6 Jim Dittmar A
8 Albert Menard A
9 Steve Bancroft A
Williams Freshmen 27, Amherst 28, 2.7 miles
1 Steve Orr Wm 14:13.5 cr
2 Joe Cushing A
4 Jim Inglis A
5 Dave Johnson A
7 Geoffrey Kukrland A
10 Mike Bretton A
11 Bill Turner A
12 John Leaestadius A
Amherst finished 3-5. Freshmen finished 2-3.