Bates 1959

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.