Colby Cross Country 1927
Colby Coach Ryan
Captain Charles Towne '28
negotiating with Tufts for dual meet @Waterville on 21 Oct
MIAA meet @Waterville on 28 Oct
9 Nov Freshmen XC race
12 Nov NEICAA @Boston
15 Nov Freshmen vs Sophomore XC race
22 Nov Interclass XC race
28 Nov ICAAAA @New York
Lewiston Daily Sun, 18 October 1927, p6
Colby: Charlie Sansone, Charlie Towne, Wendell Thornton, Bob Harlow, Drisko Allen (11th @1926 MIAA) showing up well
Johnston and Rivkin trailing
meet confirmed with Tufts for 21 October
Colby entries for MIAA:
Charles J Sanson '28, Charles E Towne '28, Le Roy M Johnson '28, Augustine M Hoddkins '28, Elmer Rivkin '29, Webster J Brown '29, J Drisko Allen '29, Robert L Harlow '30, Otto A Havn '30, Wendell H Thornton '30, William H Stineford '30, John I Pagan '30
21 October 1927, Colby 15, Tufts 48 @Waterville
course slow following heavy rains of the past three days
=1 Sansone, Towne, Harlow Co 38:10
4 JD Allen Co 38:30
5 LR Johnston Co 38:35
6 PE Johnson Tu 38:45
7 WH Thornton Co 38:51
8 S Seward Tu 40:37
9 L Rosen Tu 40:45
10 A Fryer Tu 41:28
11 WM Redman Tu 41:36
12 L Munro Tu 43:14
13 JI Pagan Co 44:02
Rivkin, Colby, and Clapp, Tufts, dnf.
28 October 1927, Maine State XC, Waterville
course a veritable quagmire following two days of heavy rain
Maine 17, Bates 54, Colby 58
=1 Harry L Richardson Me 35:20
=1 Francis C Lindsay Me
=1 Victor B MacNaughton Me
4 Cpt Herm Wardwell Ba 35:35
8 Robert L Harlow Co 36:35
9 J Drisko Allen Co 36:43
10 Charles E Towne Co 36:47 slowed by stitch in side
15 Charles J Sansone Co 37:48
16 Wendell H Thornton Co 37:49
Rivkin & Johnston dnf.
16 November 1927, Interclass XC @Waterville, 3 miles
Sophomores 21, Seniors 26, Freshmen 37, Juniors inc
1 CJ Sansone '28 16:30
2 CE Towne '28 16:45
3 D Christie '31 16:49
4 W Thornton '30 17:14
5 O Havu '30 17:31
6 LM Johnston '28 17:47
7 D Quinton '30 17:55
8 HL Grant '30 17:59
9 M Ryder '31 18:13
10 L Christie '30 18:24
11 RM Snyder '30 18:39
12 J Pagan '30 18:45
13 E McKay '30 18:53
14 WE Hamlin '31 18:57
15 ML Egert '30 19:00
16 DH Wheeler '29 19:16
17 AM Hodgkins '28 19:21
18 J Woods '29 19:29
19 SB Anderson '30 19:50
20 FW Juggnis '31 20:10
21 MS Glazier '31 20:12
22 LS Provost '31 20:24
23 DA Mack '31 20:24
24 JC Johnston '30 21:00
25 DH Rollins '29 22:09
26 IW Bither '31 22:10
22 November 1923, Sophomores 72, Freshmen 148 @Waterville
1 Harlow '30 16:55
2 D Christie '31
3 Thornton '30
4 Havu '30
5 Quinton '30
6 L Christie '30
7 Grant '30
8 Batson '30
9 Ryder '31
10 Sprague '31
Coach Mike Ryan nominated for a position on the 1928 US Olympic track team coaching staff. Ryan competed in the 1906, 1908, and 1912 games and has already served in two Olympics as a coach of the US marathon runners.