Amherst College Cross Country 1976
Coach Bob Williams
Captain John Foran
sophs Owen Kupferschmid, Bill Sayres, Bill Moriarty, Greg Keating
frosh Greg Merhar, Rich Bushman, Alec Greene
Marina Buckley '80, Claire Pentecost '78, Helen Offner '80
18 September 1976, Lowell Inv, @Lowell-Dracut State Forest, 2.8 miles
UMass 24, Williams 57, Brandeis 78
1 Marina Buckley A 18:08 first ever woman running for Amherst XC
2 Johara Chapman Ma 18:22
3 Michelle Cutsforth Wm
4 Sue Swartz Ma
5 Julie Lafreniere Ma
6 Maggie Crowley Ma
7 Jane Welzel Ma
8 Mary Hakala Wm
=9 Mona Millstein & Donna Randall Br 18:53
27 September 1976, Brandeis 25, U Lowell 33, Amherst 84 @Franklin Park
1 Bob Hodge L
2 Vin Fleming L
3 Buddy Bostick Br 25:03
4 Dave Severance Br 25:40
5 Rodney Garland Br
6 John Caban Br
7 John Bradford Br
8 Dennis Donoghue Br
John Foran A
Owen Kupferschmid A
Greg Merhar A
Bill Sayres A
Bill Moriarty A
Rich Bushman A
Alec Greene A
also Greg Keating
28 September 1976, Massachusetts 23, Brandeis 58, Radcliffe 72, Amherst inc @Franklin Park, 3.1 miles
1 Marina Buckley Fr A 18:42
2 Johara Chapman Ma 19:12
3 Julie Lafreniere Ma
4 Donna Randall Br
5 Maggie Crowley Ma
2 October 1976, Amherst Inv @Amherst
Westfield St 47, Bowdoin 53, Amherst 51, Eastern Conn 82, RIC 146, UHartford 174
John Foran, Bill Sayres, Owen Kupferschmid, Greg Merhar, Rick Bushman
Greg Keating dnr w/bad cold
Middlebury 37, Liberty AC 53,
1 Charlotte Lettis
Thorpe M 18:31
3 Marina Buckley A
4 Flanders M
Carey M
7 Putnam M
15 Christie M
21 Sewell M 21:06
22 Richardson M 21:09
28 Baxter M
33 Worsley M
60+ runners
9 October 1976, Coast Guard 31, Amherst 45, Middlebury 49
drizzle changing to driving rain
3 Greg Merhar A
6 Bill Sayres A
8 John Foran A
12 Owen Kupferschmid A
also Rick Bushman
23 October 1976, NESCAC @Williams
no team score
(unofficially Bates 19, Amherst 106, Tufts 111, Middlebury 114, Williams 125, 11 teams
1 Paul Oparowski Ba 24:55
2 Joe Kolb Jr Wms 25:12
3 Rick DeBruin Ba
4 Tom Leonard Ba
5 Kim Wettlaufer Ba
11 Ken Leinbach Sr Wms 25:49
13 Chris Baldwin M
16 Bill Sayres A
18 John Foran A
19 Owen Kupferschmid A
20 Greg Merhar A
27 Chris Flavin Wms 26:35
33 Bill Moriarty A
34 Steve Polasky Wms
23 October 1976, New Englands, @UMass Amherst, 3 miles
1 Livinia Muncy Ct 17:18 cr (old mark 17:58 by Cathy Whitcomb, Tufts, 1975)
2 Marina Buckley Amherst 17:30
3 Mo Thorpe Midd
4 Julie Lafreniere Ma 17:38
4 Kris Short Vt
14 Mary Hakala Wm 18:13
110 runners
top nine runners finished inside the previous course record
30 October 1976, EICAA @Franklin Park
Brandeis 51, Bates 57, Springfield, Williams, 10 Amherst, 18 teams
1 Dennis Donahue Br 24:32
2 George Cofrin Sp
3 Paul Oparowski Ba
4 John Bradford Br 24:42
5 Joe Kolb Wm 24:45
11 Ken Leinbach Wm 25:01
26 Dan Sullivan Wm 25:23
35 Greg Merhar A
150 runners
Amherst's top seven all finished in the top half of the field and faster than Foran's time last year.
30 October 1976, Eastern AIAW Regionals @Albany NY, 3 miles
Penn St 16, Middlebury 59, UMass 84
19 teams, 36 total schools
1 Kathy Mills PaSt 17:10.1 cr/mr
2 Kris Bankes PaSt 17:10.1
3 Hilary Noden PaSt 17:33
5 Liz Berry PaSt 17:39
7 Marina Buckley Amherst
8 Donna Gardner PaSt 17:50
12 Moo Thorpe Midd 18:08
132 runners
3 November 1976, Little Three @Amherst
Williams 24, Amherst 47, Wesleyan 61
1 Ken Leinbach Sr Wms 24:31
2 Spence Smith Fr Wes
3 Dan Sullivan Wms 24:53
4 Frank Carr Wms 24:59
7 Gary James Wms 25:14
9 Mike Behrman Wms 25:21
10 Steve Polasky Wms 25:25
Women, 3 miles
Williams 22, Amherst 55, Wesleyan 59
1 Marina Buckley A 17:51
10 November 1976 @Trinity
Amherst 15, Trinity 50; WPI 15, Trinity 50; Amherst 27, WPI 29
1 John Turpin WPI 25:52 cr
16 John Sandman T 27:33
Amherst finished 8-6.