Bates Cross Country 1959
Coach Walt Slovenski
2 October 1959, BC 20, MIT 44, Bates 80, Brandeis 92 @Franklin Park, 4.1 miles
6 Herb Wegener '61 MIT 22:20
9 Dewitt Randall Ba (according to the Bates Student)
9 Reg Weissinger '62 MIT (according to The Tech)
10 Herb Grieves '61 MIT
12 Steve Banks '62 MIT
13 Ed McCartney '60 MIT
14 Phil Nelson '62 MIT
15 Rudy Smith Ba
16 Pete Schyler Ba
17 Larry Boston Ba
23 Roger Bates Ba
30 Joel Young Ba
10 October 1959, Bates 18, WPI 39, @Lewiston, ~4 miles
1 Rudy Smith Sr Ba 20:05
2 Dewitt Randall Jr Ba 20:07
3 Pentages WPI 20:10
4 Larry Boston Ba 20:44
5 Pete Schuyler Ba 21:02
6 Roger Bates Ba 21:44
7 Flood WPI 21:48
8 Canasala WPI
9 Joel Young Ba
10 Whittum WPI
11 Carpenter WPI
12 Davidson Ba
13 Whittum WPI
17 October 1959, Bates @UMaine, Orono, 4.2 miles
1 Bill Daly M
2 Mike Kimball M
=3 Dave Verrill & Charlie Akers Me
5 Harold Hatch M
6 Bob Dean M
7 Chet Grindell M
8 Rudy Smith Ba
10 Larry Boston Ba
11 Dewitt Randall Ba
14 Pete Schuyler Ba
also Roger Bates and Rob Davidson
24 October 1959, Bates 20, U New Brunswick 39 @Lewiston
drenching rain
1 Rudy Smith Ba 22:10.5
2 Larry Boston Ba 22:25
3 Pete Schuyler Ba
4 Dewitt Randall Ba
5 Chuck Hodgsen NB
6 Kerr NB
7 Nimmo NB
8 McLeod NB
9 Denny NB
10 Bates Ba
11 Young Ba
12 Bayer NB
13 Davidson Ba
31 October 1959, Bowdoin 28, Bates 30 @Brunswick
drizzle and rain
flat, ditch-strewn flag marked course
1 Rudy Smith Ba 20:12.2
2 Mark Youmans Bo 20:16.4
3 Pete Schuyler Ba
4 Larry Boston Ba
5 John Craig Bo
6 Pete Gillies Bo
7 Tru Miller Bo
8 Wendell Sides Bo
9 Ed Bean Bo
10 Reid James Ba
12 Dewitt Randall Ba
13 Joel Young Ba
also Roger Bates
Smith, Schuyler, and Boston were running 1-2-3 before making a wrong turn going into the final straight-away allowing Youmans to take the lead.
Bates finished the season 2-3.
Dewitt Randall elected captain of the 1960 team.
Lettermen: W Roger Bates '60, Larry T Boston '62, DeWitt S Randall '61, Peter B Schuyler '62, Rudolph V Smith Jr '60. Manager David B Burnett '60.
Numerals: Robin I Davidson '60, Joel R Young '62. Manager Joel W Hawthorne '63.