Colby Cross Country 1916
Coach Art Smith (formerly coached at U Maine)
Captain Mark Thompson
19 men out for XC
M Thompson '17, P Thompson '18, Maddocks, Tooker, Chittenden, and Anderson '19 return
new men: ER Craig '18, Nourse & Barnes '19, Everts, Allen, Baxter, Crook, Fahey, Hamer, Owen, Lawry, and Wilkens '20
Class of 1920:
Stephen Allen Thomaston
Wilbur Noel Baxter Stockholm
Daniel Milton Crook Fall River, MA
Edgar Everts Corning, NY
Edward Fahey Dalton, MA
Myron Clifton Hamer Guilford
Raymond Smith Owen Woodfords
Robert Edwards Wilkins Houlton
21 Oct 1916, Bowdoin 23, Colby 32 @Brunswick
course very wet and muddy
1 "Pink" Noyes B 30:53
2 Cpt MR Thompson C 31:22
3 RA Thompson C 32:01
4 Cleaves B 32:35
5 Fillmore B 33:04
6 Mosher B 33:12
7 Crane B 33:25
8 Anderson C 34:08
9 Merrill C 34:25
10 Everts C 34:33
11 Maddocks C 34:36
12 Tooker C 35:13
13 Hildreth B 36:45
14 Smith B 38:15
The runners began to appear while the ball was still in action during the first half of the football game.
5 November 1916, Colby 27, New Hampshire 28 @Durham, 4 1/2 miles
1 Nightingale NH 25:35.6
2 Cpt Mark Thompson Co 26:07
3 P. Thompson Co 26:22
4 Cpt Dame NH
5 O'Leary NH
6 Maddocks Co
7 Everts Co
8 Ordway NH
9 V Tooker Co
10 Reid NH
11 Vose NH
12 Struthers NH
13 Craig Co
14 Owen Co
Entries for the Maine XC run:
Colby: S Allen, CE Anderson, AD Colby, ER Craig, EW Everets, A Maddox, R Merrill, RS Owen, VH Tooker, MH Thompson, P Thompson
10 November 1916, Maine State @Garcelon Field
Maine 24, Bates 46, Bowdoin 62, Colby 90
1 CA Herrick ME 28:15
2 Willis L Lane Ba 28:25
3 EJ Dempsey ME 28:27
11 P Thompson C 30:19
12 PF Crane Bo 20:24
13 M Thompson C 30:17
19 EW Everetts C 31:24
23 A Maddox C 32:01
24 VH Tooker C 32:10
Lewiston Daily Sun 16 November 1916, p.7
Paul Thompson, brother of Mark Thompson, of Woodhaven, Long Island elected captain of the Colby XC team. Member of the team for three years, finished 3rd against Bowdoin and NH this fall, and 11th in the Maine State race.
Colby Echo, 6 Dec 1916, p1
at the ICAAAA meet
Ezra Wenz ex-'17 finished third for Cornell
"Lavy" Levine ex-'18 finished fourteenth for Yale