Bates Cross Country 1962
Coach Walt Slovenski
Captains Eric Silverberg, Bill Dunham
Eighteen men on squad.
Returning veterans Ed Belden, Finn Wilhelmsen, Pete Heyel, Ed Margulus, Karl Wolf, Pete Parsons.
Promising frosh Marsh Snow & Ken Trufant, both brothers of former Bates runners.
13 Oct @WPI
24 Oct Maine
27 Oct @BU, Northeastern, New Hampshire
2 Nov Bowdoin
7 Nov @Northeastern, Tufts, MIT
10 Nov New Englands @Boson
19 Nov Easterns @Boston
8 October 1962, Bates 19, Colby 42 @Lewiston, 4 1/4 miles
1 Eric Silverberg Ba 24:36 cr
2 Mike Trufant Ba
3 Roger Jeans Co
4 Mike Gregus So Ba
5 Bill Dunham Ba
6 Mabee Co
7 Wilhelmson Ba
8 Richardson Ba
9 Parsons Ba
10 Heyel Ba
13 October 1962, Bates 22, WPI 32 @Worcester, 4 1/4 miles
1 Cpt Eric Silverberg Ba 21:39 (Bates Student says 21:39)
2 Hoffman WPI
3 Ken Trufant Ba
4 Bill Dunham Ba
5 Pease WPI
7 Mike Gregus Ba
8 Finn Wilhelmson Ba
24 October 1962, Maine 15, Bates 47 @Lewiston
1 Jerry Ellis Me 22:57 cr (old mark 23:45 by Eric Silverberg, Bates)
2 Ben Henrich Me
3 Kirk Hansen Me
4 Horace Horton Me
5 Bruce Wentworth Me
6 Tim Carter Me all six Maine runners under the old course record
7 Eric Silverberg Ba
8 Mike Gregus Ba
9 Ken Trufant Ba
12 Finn Wilhelmsen Ba
13 Bill Dunham Ba
27 October 1962, New Hampshire 26, Bates 37, BU 74 @Franklin Park
1 Bernie Wolfe NH 20:35
2 Jeff Reneau NH
3 Eric Silverberg Ba 20:35 (sic, only 35 seconds behind winner)
7 Trufant Ba
8 Gregus Ba
9 Wilhelmson Ba
10 Dunham Ba
11 Richardson Ba
2 November 1962, Bates 17, Bowdoin 40 @Lewiston, 4 1/4 miles miles
new course
1 Eric Silverberg Ba 23:36
2 Mike Gregus Ba 23:47
3 Ken Trufant Ba 23:55
4 Bert Babcock Bo 24:04
5 Wilhelmsen Ba
5 Dunham Ba
7 Jim MacMichael Bo
8 Gary Brasor Bo
9 Chuck Shea Bo
10 Parsons Ba
11 Wolf Ba
12 Richardson Ba
13 Kahill Bo
14 Belden Ba
15 Heyel Ba
16 Margulies Ba
17 Snow Ba
18 Kaupakgian Bo
19 Gale Bo
5 November 1962, EICAA @Franklin Park, 4.1 miles
Central Conn 47, Bates 54, WPI 73, Bowdoin 85 MIT 109, Trinity 142
1 James Keefe Jr CCt 20:44.6
2 Art Hoffman WPI
3 Eric Silverberg Ba 22:18
4 Mal McGawn Tr
6 Mike Gregus Ba
8 Bernard Babcock Bo
Freshmen
Central Conn & Trinity 42
1 William S Brown MIT 14:11 cr
2 Ken Trufant Ba
3 Steve Borneman Tr
4 Dave Bremer Tr
10 Marshall Snow Ba
7 November 1962, Northeastern def Bates def MIT def Tufts
2 Eric Silverberg Ba one second behind winner
Seniors Bill Dunham, Ed Belden, Ed Margulies
Eric Silverberg, Mike Gregus, Ken Trufant, Finn Wilhelmson returning
also Pete Parsons, Karl Wolff, Basil Richardson, Marshall Snow (injured early in season)