Bates Cross Country 1946
Coach Thompson
Fred Cates, Jascha French, ER Smith, Bob Vernon, Disnard
five seniors, six juniors are experienced runners
also running: John Dyer, Joe Brown, Paul Cox, Burt Hammond, Rog Howard, Fred Jones, Jim Mahany, Dwight Quigley, Ev Tuttle, H Welch, Chandler Lord, Joe Mitchess, Hutchinson, Turkeltaub, Tibery
18 October 1946, Maine 15, Bates 50 @Lewiston, 4 miles
new course
=1 seven way tie Me
8 Fred Cates Ba
9 Howard Ba
10 Vernon Ba
11 Brown Ba
12 Smith Ba
13 French Ba
14 Dyer Ba
Disnard dnf after suffering malaria attack
most Bates runners ran 1/2 mile off course after missing newly placed flags
24 October 1946, Middlebury 15, Bates 50 @Middlebury, 4.2 miles
1 Jim Newman M 24:29
2 Rufus Cushman M
3 Gore M
4 Art Goodrich M
5 Hal Parker M
6 Norm Bates M
7 George Hartz M
8 Fred Cates Ba
9 ER Smith Ba
10 Hal Richardson M
11 Jascha French Ba
12 Bob Vernon Ba
13 Roger Howard Ba
14 Burt Hammond Ba
29 October 1946, Bates @Bowdoin
4 November 1946, Maine State @Augusta CC
Maine 20, Bowdoin 55, Bates 60, Colby inc
1 Lloyd Blethen M 19:32.8
2 Dana Robinson C 19:49 was 1942 runner-up
3 Thorton Johnson M 19:55
4 Elmer Folsom M 20:11
5 Cabot Easton Bo 20:17
6 Fred Cates Ba 20:46.6
also Elbert Smith, Jascha French, Roger Howard, James Mahany, Joseph Brown, John Dyer