Bowdoin Cross Country 1975
Coach Frank Sabasteanski
Captain Jeff Sanborn
Seniors Peter Benoit expected to be #2, Senior Joe LaPann, Junior Mike Brust, and Sophomore Bruce Freme to fill out the top five.
Senior Fred Carey hampered by intestinal trouble, soph Bill Waters, freshmen Roland L'Heureux (ME) and Don Swann (MA) could contribute.
13 September 1975, Bowdoin 17, UMPO 45 @UMPO
1 Roland L'Heureux Bo 28:12
2 Fred Carey Bo
3 Don Swann Bo
5 Andy Pellitier Fr Bo
6 Tyler Davis Fr Bo
Open meet @Franklin Park, 5.1 miles
14 Jeff Sanborn Bo
36 Peter Benoit Bo
LaPann, Brust, and Freme clustered around 45th
200+ runners
20 September 1975, Bowdoin 21, Maine 35 @Bowdoin
1 Jeff Sanborn Bo
2 Peter Benoit Bo
3 Roland L'Heureux Bo
4 Fred Carey Bo
5 Peter Garland M
11 Don Swann Bo running on injured leg
24 September 1975, Bates 21, Bowdoin 36 @Bowdoin
1 Bruce Merrill Ba
2 Rick DeBruin Ba
3 Paul Oparowski Ba
4 Jeff Sanborn Bo
5 Roland L'Heureux Bo 26:40
13 Don Swann #5 Bo
Coach Sabasteanski leaves to coach weightmen at Pan-Am games in Mexico City.
Exeter 19, Bowdoin JV 38
1 Rick Samantha E 13:44
2 Dave Hansen E 14:05
3 Peter Stalker E
4 Mike Brust Bo
5 Dave Milne Bo
8 Greg Kerr Fr Bo
9 Andy Pellitier Bo
12 Bill Waters Bo 15:04
4 October 1975 @Manchester, NH
Bowdoin 17, Bentley 42, Assumption & St. Anselm's 92
1 Jeff Sanborn Bo 25:16 broke course record of 26:14 by Bill Wilson, Bowdoin 1972
2 Peter Benoit Bo
3 Fred Carey Bo
5 Bruce Freme Bo
6 Don Swann Bo
8 October 1975 Bowdoin 15, Colby @Waterville
7 Mark Helmus Co
8 Ken Colton Co
11 Oct 1975, Brandeis 26, Plattsburg St 32, Bowdoin 85, Eastern Conn 86 @Franklin Park, 5 miles
=1 Bruce Teague & John Evans Pl 24:37
3 Don Finelli Br 24:49
4 Buddy Bostick Br
5 Dennis Donoghue Br
6 Paul Fahey Br 24:57
7 Tim Quinn EC
8 Brian Rheinhold Br
9 Brian Dodge Pl
John Caban Br 25:37
Br
12 Peter Benoit Bo
13 Jeff Sanborn Bo
15 Norman Goldwire Pl
17 Bruce Freme Bo
19 John Gnerre Pl
28 L'Heureux Bo
29 Swann Bo
25 October 1975, NESCAC @Tufts, 5 miles
no team score
extremely hilly
1 Bruce Carter H 27:21
2 John Schmeyer H 27:29
5 Bruce Merrill Ba 27:38
12 Peter Benoit Bo 28:16
20 Jeff Sanborn Bo 28:40
26 Fred Carey Bo
31 Bruce Freme Bo
32 Don Swann Bo
Roland L'Heureux out with bad calf and Mike Brust out with sore arch.
1 November 1975, EICAA @Franklin Park
Brandeis, 3 Bates, Bowdoin 301
5 Bruce Merrill Ba
31 Peter Benoit Bo
34 Jeff Sanborn Bo
50 Don Swann Bo
Ed Small Bo
Andy Pelletier Bo
Mike Brust dnf with foot injury, Fred Carey dnf with stitch.
L'Heureux (calf) and Bruce Freme (sprained ankle) sidelined.
Freshmen Annemarie Goldstein and Joan Benoit both trained with the team. Annemarie placed third in the National Age Group Championships (16/17) at Van Cortlandt Park in October. Over Thanksgiving both ran in the National Championships at San Mateo, CA, Benoit finishing =13th and Annemarie an “also ran”.