Bates Cross Country 1963
Coach Walter Slovenski
Captain Eric Silverberg
4 October 1963, Bates 15, Colby 50 @Lewiston, 4.2 miles
course slightly altered for this year because of construction
1 Karl McKusick Fr Ba 23:31
2 Eric Silverberg Ba 23:54
3 Ken Trufant So Ba
4 Finn Wilhelmsen Sr Ba
5 Kim Kreutzig Fr Ba
6 Paul Swensen Fr Ba
7 Basil Richardson Ba
8 Dave Wooley Co
9 Celler Ba
10 Niederauer Co
11 Snow Ba
12 Cartright Ba
13 Johnson Co
14 McClennon Co
15 Simonds Co
Kreutzig suffered severe muscle pull and likely out for several weeks.
12 October 1963, Bates 19, WPI 38 @Lewiston
1 Karl McKusick Ba 22:54 cr (old mark 22:57 by Jerry Ellis, Maine, 1962)
2 Eric Silverberg Ba
3 Finn Wilhelmsen Ba
4 Ken Trufant Ba
5 Monks WPI
6 Hoestery WPI
7 Weckel WPI
8 McGee WPI
9 Basil Richardson Ba
12 Stone WPI
Waltham HS 16, Bates JV 49
19 October 1963, Maine 25, Bates 32, Vermont 82 @Orono
1 Karl McCusick Ba 21:06.4
2 Jerry Ellis M 21:27
3 Howard Shaeffer M
4 Eric Silverberg Ba
5 Fred Judkins M
6 Ben Heinrich M
7 Finn Wilhelmsen Ba
8 Ken Trufant Ba
9 Horace Horton M
10 L Ellis M
11 Hanson M
12 Davidson M
13 Graffam M
14 Basil Richardson Ba
15 Swensen Ba
16 Stowell V
17 Pilanielo V
also Mulhorn, Ashton, Moreau of Vermont
23 October 1963, Bates 33, MIT 42, BC 45 @Franklin Park
1 Sumner Brown MIT 19:32
2 Karl McKusick Ba 19:35
3 Jutras BC 19:40
5 Finn Wilhelmsen Ba
7 Ken Trufant Ba
8 Eric Silverberg Ba
11 Paul Swenson Ba
26 October 1963, Bates 31, UNew Hampshire 34, BU 75 @Durham
warm day
1 Karl McKusick Ba
2 Eric Silverberg Ba
3 Finn Wilhelmsen Ba
4 Jeff Reneau NH
6 Don Dean NH
7 Bob Walther NH
12 Ken Trufant Ba
13 Paul Swensen Ba
Bates Freshmen 20, New Hampshire 31, Boston U 57
2 November 1963, Bates 16, Bowdoin 46 @Brunswick
1 Karl McKusick Fr Ba 18:45 cr (old record 19:10)
2 Cpt Eric Silverberg Ba 19:05
3 Finn Wilhelmsen Ba 19:15
4 Ken Trufant Ba 19:39
5 Bert Babcock Bo 20:03
6 Paul Swensen Ba
7 Basil Richardson Ba
8 Howe Bo
9 Don Celler Ba
10 Marsh Snow Ba
11 Baldwin Ba
12 Lyman Ba
13 Chamberlain Bo
14 Reichert Bo
15 Cary Bo
4 November 1963, EICAA @Franklin Park
Providence 20, Central Conn 49, MIT 47, Bates 77, Trinity 135
1 Ray Crothers CCt 20:33
2 Jim Keefe CCt
3 Sumner Brown MIT
7 Finn Wilhelmsen Ba
8 Eric Silverberg Ba
14 Ken Trufant Ba
17 Basil Richardson Ba
31 Marsh Snow Ba
Freshmen
Providence, Central Conn, Bates
1 Karl McKusick Ba 13:22 cr (broke freshman mark of 13:24 by Dave Dunsk
y, Northeaster, 1962)
11 Paul Swensen Ba
13 Kim Kreutzig Ba
19 Bruce Lyman Ba
23 John Baldwin Ba
8 November 1963, Bates 15, St Anselm's 49 @Lewiston
hurricane weather
1 Karl McKusick Ba 23:13
2 Eric Silverberg Ba
3 Ken Trufant Ba
4 Finn Wilhelmsen Ba
5 Basil Richardson Ba
6 Paul Swensen Ba
7 Marshal Snow Ba
11 November 1963, NEICAA @Franklin Park
soaked, muddy course
Brown 42, Maine 107, Providence 115, New Hampshire 126, 10 Bates, 11 MIT
1 Jim Keefe Sr CCt 20:24
2 Bob Brouillet Ma 20:37
3 Ray Crothers CCt
9 Gerald Ellis ME
10 Sumner Brown So MIT
Bates scorers: Silverberg, Wilhelmsen, Trufant, Richardson, Celler
~135 finishers
Freshmen race, 2.9 miles
Providence, Boston College
1 Karl McKusick Ba 13:55
also Swensen, Kreutzig, Lyman, Baldwin
18 November 1963, ICAAAA @Van Cortlandt Park
College Division Freshmen race, 3 miles
1 Karl McKusick Ba 15:38
2 Jeff Galloway Ws 15:50
Varsity letters: Karl McKusick, Basil Richardson, Eric Silverberg, Paul Swensen, Ken Trufant, Finn Wilhelmsen