Bowdoin Cross Country 1948
Coach Jack Magee
George McClelland and Mort Lund are returning letterman, Don Gould was last year's top freshman.
Captain-elect Fred Auten has decided not to run this fall.
Dwight Adams (transfer from Springfield) was slated to run #1 but is out with a knee injury.
Gerry Sheahan, Art Hamblen, Bob Avery, Bob Spooner, and Rupert Clark are other candidates.
20 October 1948, Gardiner HS 27, Bowdoin Freshmen 28 @McKeen Street, 2 ¼ miles
1 Bob Nixon G 12:35
2 Dick Walker Bo
3 Jim Barnard G
4 Kurtz Bo
5 Coe Bo
6 Ayer G
7 Rossi G
8 Sawyer Bo
9 Izzard Bo
10 R Gordon G
11 H Gordon G
12 Ricker Bo
13 Hone Bo
14 W Nixon G
22 October 1948, U Vermont 24, Bates 41, Bowdoin 63 @Brunswick GC
1 Earl Randall Vt 15:45
2 Nelson Horne Ba
3 Johnny Bellows Vt
4 Don Gould Bo
5 Wolcott Vt
6 Peabody Vt
7 Modres Ba
8 Buker Ba
9 Pierce Vt
10 George McClelland Bo
11 French Ba
12 Harwood Vt
13 Cloutier Ba
14 Moran Vt
15 Hamblen Bo
16 Lund Bo
17 Brown Ba
18 Clark Bo
19 Avery Bo
20 Nearis Ba
21 Sheahan Bo
28 October 1948, Bowdoin Freshmen 26, Portland HS 33 @McKeen Street, 2 ¼ miles
1 Eddie Connolly P 12:02 cr
2 Dick Walker Bo
3 Harvey Levine P
4 Coe Bo
5 Kurtz Bo
6 Joy P
7 Hone Bo
8 Izzard Bo
9 Ricker Bo
10 Goodbody Bo
11 King P
12 Densmore P
13 Libby P
14 Jackiewiecz Bo
This was the Bowdoin Freshmen's first post-war victory.
1 November 1948, Maine State @Augusta CC, 3 ½ miles
Maine 20, Bates 51, Bowdoin 67
1 Red Horne Ba 19:04.4
2 Johnny Wallace M 19:04.6
3 Harden M
4 O'Brien M
5 Reed M
6 Tripp M
7 Packard M
8 Buker Ba
9 Don Gould Bo
10 Smith M
11 George McClelland Bo
12 Mort Lund Bo
13 Brown Ba
14 Cloutier Ba
15 Moores Ba
16 Hamblen Bo
17 French Ba
18 Cox Ba
19 Clark Bo
20 Avery Bo
8 November 1948, NEICAA @Franklin Park
Bowdoin's varsity did not compete.
Freshmen
New Hampshire 63, 13th Bowdoin 323, 14 teams
53 Dick Walker Bo