Bates Cross Country 1968
Coach Walter Slovenski
Captain Bob Thomas (missed last season with mononucleosis)
20 September 1968, Bates 15, Bentley 50 @Garcelon Field, 4 ¼ miles
1 Bob Thomas Ba 22:49
2 Tom Doyle Ba
3 Jeff Larsen Ba
4 Bob Coolidge Ba
5 Neil Miner Ba
6 Jim Leahey Ba
7 Lloyd Geggatt Ba
8 Steve Fillow Ba
9 Steve Mortimer Ba
10 Jack Nelson Ba
11 Jeff Marshall Ba
12 Heary Be
13 Benoit Be
14 Dan Bause Ba
15 Ken Korch Ba
16 Porro Be
17 Armstrong Be
18 Jeneral Be
19 Conlon Be
20 Nogler Be
25 September 1968, Bates 15, Boston St 44 @Boston, 4.7 miles
1 Bob Thomas Ba 24:39
2 Bob Coolidge Ba
3 Neil Miner Ba
4 Lloyd Geggatt Ba
5 Jeff Larsen Ba
7 Steve Fillow Ba
11 Tom Doyle Ba
28 September 1968, Bates 25, MIT 51, Colby 54 @Garcelon Field, 4 ¼ miles
1 Ben Wilson MIT 21:40 cr (old mark Tom Doyle, Bates, 22:02)
2 Bob Thomas Ba 22:14
3 Tom Maynard Co
4 Bob Coolidge Ba
5 Tom Doyle Ba
6 Neil Miner Ba
7 Kozubek MIT
8 Lloyd Geggatt Ba
9 J Wilson Co
10 Jeff Larsen Ba 23:01
11 Burfoot Co
12 Yankaskas MIT
13 Johnson Co
14 Petro MIT
15 Steve Fillow Ba
16 Jim Leahy Ba
also Glen Ackroyd and Steve Mortimer
3 October 1968, Bates 15, St Anselm's 49 @Manchester, 4.2 miles
=1 Thomas, Doyle, Leggatt Ba 22:26 cr (old mark 23:01)
4 Bob Coolidge Ba
5 Jeff Larsen Ba
6 Jim Leahey Ba
7 James Blondin StA
8 Steve Fillow Ba
9 Steve Mortimer Ba
10 Dave Giacopassi StA
11 Dick Nelson Ba
12 Dan Blause Ba
13 Bill McGrath StA
14 Bob Chamberlain StA
15 Dennis Driscoll StA
5 October 1968, Bates 16, Trinity 43 @Trinity, 3.8 miles
several confusing turns where the leading Bates trio went wrong
1 Jeff Larsen Ba 18:43
2 Bob Coolidge Ba
3 Tom Doyle Ba
4 Bob Thomas Ba 18:59
5 Chuck Hosking Tr
6 Lloyd Geggatt Ba
7 Neil Miner Ba
8 Jim Leahy Ba 19:30
11 October 1968, Bates 15, WPI 50 @Worcester
ten way tie for first after Bob Thomas led through the finish line before being informed that there was another half-mile loop to go after which all ten Bates men jogged in together
19 October 1968, Bates 18, Tufts 43 @Garcelon Field, 4 ¼ miles
1 Bob Thomas Ba 22:16 (fourth fastest time on course)
2 Tom Doyle Ba
3 Paul Thompson Tu
4 Neil Miner Ba
5 Bob Coolidge Ba
6 Jeff Larsen Ba
7 Lloyd Geggatt Ba 22:54
8 Little Tu
9 Phrangle Tu
10 Jim Leahey Ba
also Steve Mortimer
25 October 1968, New Hampshire 26, Bates 50, Boston U 54 @Garcelon Field, 4 ¼ miles
1 Pete Hoss BU 21:29 cr (old mark 21:41)
2 Everett Dunklee NH
3 Bob Vanier NH
4 Naughton BU (the New Hampshire says Norton)
5 Bob Coolidge Ba
6 Dick Traester NH
7 Jack Greenbaum NH
8 Rick Bell NH
9 Bob Thomas Ba
10 Westerom BU
also Tom Doyle, Neil Miner, and Lloyd Geggatt
27 October 1968, Bates JV 25, Southern Maine VoTech 32 @Garcelon Field, 2.5 miles
1 Ackroyd Ba 12:45
2 Ricker SMVTI 13:17
3 Nelson Ba
4 Dick ?? SMVTI
5 Bishop SMVTI
6 May Ba
7 Collins Ba
8 Ba
9 Bause Ba
10 Ba
11 Colton Ba
28 October 1968, Maine State @Brunswick GC, 3.8 miles
Bates 35, Colby 56, Bowdoin 62, Maine 66
1 Steve Turner M 17:49.7
2 Bob Thomas Ba 18:03
3 Tom Maynard Co
4 Mark Cuneo Bo
5 Bob Coolidge Ba
6 Alan Howard M
7 Claude Caswell Bo
8 Neil Miner Ba
9 Tom Doyle Ba
10 Bob French Co
11 Jeff Larsen Ba 18:31
17 Lloyd Geggatt Ba
19 Jim Leahy Ba
1 November 1968, EICAA @Franklin Park
Providence, 5 Bates 118
1 Marty Robb Pr mr
2 Bob Crooke Pr
4 Ben Wilson MIT
5 Stan Kozubek MIT
9 Jim Yankaskas MIT
18 Bob Coolidge Ba
21 Tom Doyle Ba
23 Bob Thomas Ba
24 Neil Miner Ba
32 Lloyd Geggatt Ba
Freshmen
5 Bates
9 Steve Mortimer Ba
5 November 1968, Bates 18, Bowdoin 43 @Garcelon Field, 4 ¼ miles
1 Tom Doyle Ba 21:58 broke own school record
2 Bob Thomas Ba 22:15
3 Neil Miner Ba
4 Rod Tulonen Bo
5 Bob Coolidge Ba
6 Mark Cuneo Bo
7 Jim Leahey Ba
8 Glenn Ackroyd Ba
9 Lloyd Geggatt Ba
10 Jeff Larsen Ba
11 Claude Caswell Bo
12 Steve Fillow Ba
13 Brian Sheridan Bo
14 Miles Coverdale Bo
15 Neill Reilly Bo
Bates JV 23, Bowdoin Freshmen 34, 2.5 miles
1 Steve Mortimer Ba 12:54
2 Holmes Bo 13:06
3 Talbot Bo
4 Jack Nelson Ba
5 Dan Bause Ba
6 Doug Rice Ba
7 Collins Ba
8 Bouchard Bo
9 May Ba
10 Smith Bo
11 Wirzbicki Bo
12 Wilkes Ba
13 Coltin Ba
14 Mendizabal Ba
15 Domizio Ba
16 Clark Ba
18 November 1968, ICAAAA @Van Cortlandt Park, 5 miles
wind and rain
College Division
MIT 73, Springfield 103, Colgate 130, 12 Bates 278 (27,49,50,66,86)
1 Ronald Stonitsch CWPost 25:48.2
2 Ben Wilson MIT 26:30
3 Tom Ratliffe Gettysburg 26:35