Colby Cross Country 1941
Coach Cy Perkins
Walt Emery only senior
Juniors qunicy and Graham (transfer from Farmington Normal)
Sophomores Brown, Hilton, Wood, Mountfort
Freshmen Robinson, Ridgley, Ellingwood, Burke, Lewald, Perkins, Veysey (younger brother of Cliff Veysey)
14 October 1941, Bowdoin 19, Colby 42 @Waterville, 4 miles
raw and wet day
=1 Hillman & Carey Bo 22:12.2
3 Quincy Co
4 Benjamin Bo
5 Jones Bo
6 Graham Co
7 Newhouse Bo
8 Bowen Bo
9 McClelland Bo
10 Hilton Co
11 Emery Co
12 Wood Co
13 Brown Co
14 Warren Bo
15 Hanson Bo
20 October 1941, Hartland Academy 38, Hebron Academy 48, Colby Freshmen 50 @Waterville, 2.4 miles
=1 Disnard & Dutton He 13:47.1
3 Robinson Co
4 D Nicholas Ha
5 Burke Co
6 Sherbourne Ha
7 Bolinger He
8 Baird Ha
9 Tapley Ha
10 Lewald Co
11 Reopello Ha
12 Nicolas Ha
13 Ridgely Co
14 Burrell Ha
15 Gee Ha
16 Walter Ha
17 Bawrey He
18 Hendry He
19 Nasse Co
21 Hurley He
Veysey dnr.
27 October 1941, Colby Freshmen 25, Lee Academy 30
1 Veysey Co
2 C Scribner L
3 Joy L
4 Robinson Co
5 Ellingwood Co
6 Burke Co
7 Cushman L
8 Woorster L
9 Lewald Co
10 D Scribner L
11 Kneeland L
12 Ridgley Co
13 Nasse Co
race stopped at the railroad tracks because of a switching train
second victory for Veysey
31 October 1941, Maine State Meet @Augusta, 4 miles
Maine 24, Bowdoin 42, Bates 79, Colby 90
1 Dwight Moody M 19:10.3
2 Joe Carey Bo 19:22
3 Phil Hamm M 19:24
4 Al Hillman Bo 19:26
5 Richard Martinez M 19:33
6 Leo Estabrook M 19:35
7 Frank Quincy Co 19:39
8 Bert Smith Ba 20:01
9 John Stanley M 20:10
10 Dick Benjamin Bo 20:10.4
20 Brown Co 21:09
21 Hilton Co 21:46
22 Graham Co 22:03
23 Emery Co 22:04
26 runners
Colby entries: Emery, Graham, Quincy, Brown, Hilton, Wood
4 November 1941, Bates 22, Colby 33 @Lewiston
1 Frank Quincy Co 23:46
2 Johnny Grimes Ba
3 Corbett Ba
4 Smith Ba
5 Brown Co
6 Nickerson Ba
7 Sawyer Ba
8 Hilton Co
9 Graham Co
=10 Emery & Wood Co
10 November 1941, NEICAA @Franklin Park, 4 1/4 miles
Rhode Island St 23, Conn 66, Northeastern 88, 14 Colby 349, 14 teams
1 Bob Nichols Jr RI 20:38.2 cr
2 Charlie Robbins CT 300 yds back
3 Ken Taylor RI
8 Dwight Moody Me
9 Phillip Hamm Me
21 Frank Quincy Co
also Brown, Hilton, Emery, Graham, Wood
Freshmen
Rhode Island St 46, Colby 73, New Hampshire 75, 8 teams
1 Ronald Vesey Co 16:33
2 Dana Robinson Co
12 Tom Burke Co
22 Ellingwood Co
37 George Lewald Co
44 Ridgeley Co
54 runners
Perkins optimistic about 1942 because of freshmen:
Ronald Veysey, Dana Robinson, Tom Burke, Eugene Ellingwood, George Lewald, Garrett Ridgely, Charles Nasse, Mason Colby