Bowdoin Cross Country
Coach Jack Magee
Captain Joseph W Woods '47
Three lettermen return:
Joe Woods, George McClelland, Harvey Jackson
Also returning from the 1946 JV:
Dick Shrack, Dick Wiley, Eddie Goon
Fred Auten, #1 on the 1944 team returns
The 1946 captain, Cab Easton is not out for the team
17 Oct Colby
24 Oct @Bates
3 Nov Maine State @Augusta
10 Nov NEICAA
Freshmen
20 Oct Portland
27 Oct Deering
3 Nov Lincoln
18 October 1947, Williams 15, Bowdoin 40 @Williamstown, 3.7 miles
1 Bill Kelton Wm 22:14.5
2 Kevin Delany Wm
3 Paul Cook Wm
4 Phil Collins Wm
5 Ernie May Wm
6 Herb Chisholm Wm
7 Fred Auten Bo
8 Joe Woods Bo
9 Dick Schrack Bo
10 Willie Davis Wm
11 George McClelland Bo
12 Land Bo
13 Harvey Jackson Bo
14 Dick Wiley Bo
20 October 1947, Portland HS 26, Bowdoin Freshmen 32 @Bowdoin
1 Bob Gould Bo 12:57
2 McGill P
3 Levine P
4 Fox P
5 Spring Bo
6 Lund Bo
7 Skelton Bo
8 Willette P
9 Connolly P
10 Smith P
11 Mavadonis P
12 Densmore P
13 Knight Bo
14 Clark Bo
15 Atwood Bo
23 October 1947, Middlebury 24, Bowdoin 42 1/2, Bates 62 @Lewiston, 4.2 miles
1 Ed Gustafson M 24:25.2
2 Fred Auten Bo 24:31
3 Jack Geiken M 24:32
4 Joe Woods Bo 24:33
5 Bob Mason M 24:34
6 Rafe Cushman M 24:36
7 James Mahaney Ba 25:07
8 Jascha French Ba 25:08
9 Doc Drohat M 25:10
=10 George McClelland Bo 25:20
=10 Norm Bates M 25:20
12 Harvey Jackson Bo 25:38
13 Roger Brown Ba 25:47
14 Dick Wiley Bo 25:55
15 Lund Bo 26:10
16 Dwight Quigley Ba 26:16
17 Dick Schrack Bo 26:42
18 Roger Howard Ba 27:34
19 Frank Disnard Ba 28:07
20 Douglas Wilson Ba 28:08
21 Vyros M 29:29
3 November 1947, Maine State @Augusta CC, 3.5 miles
Maine 19, Bowdoin 44, Bates 75
1 Elmer Folsom M 18:53.2 cr (previous record 19:06)
2 Joe Woods Bo 19:28.3
3 Wallace M 19:30
=4 Morton, Hanson, Lane M 20:06
7 Fred Auten Bo 20:16
8 Everett M 20:32
9 George McClelland Bo 20:32
10 Silsby M 20:49
11 Howard Ba 20:50
12 Jackson Bo 20:54
13 Mahany Ba 21:06
14 Lund Bo 21:17
15 French Ba 21:18
16 Dick Schrack Bo 21:19
17 Brown Ba 21:4?
18 Dick Wiley Bo 21:5
=19 Quigley & Colburn Ba
21 Cloutier Ba
7 November 1947, Lincold Academy 25, Bowdoin Fr 32, McKeen St, 2 1/4 miles
1 Don Gould Bo 12:49
2 Barston L
3 Blomquist L
4 Skelton Bo
5 Durgin L
6 Spring Bo
7 B Valentine L
8 Anderson L
9 Lund Bo
10 D Valentine L
11 Leighton L
12 Clark Bo
13 Root Bo
14 Atwood Bo
Fred Auten elected captain of the 1948 team.