Colby Cross Country 1966
Coach Ken Weibel
Captain Bernie Finkel
Tom Maynard, Jeff Coady, Ken Borchers, Dave Elliot return
Kevin Burke, Dick Cain, Chris Balsey, Jay Gallagher
11 meet schedule opening 24 September vs Jersey City St @home
25 Oct Colby Inv
11 men out for freshmen XC including Eithopian Olympian Sebsibe Mamo
also Mike Steinberg, Aubrey Merrill, Karl Mayers, Charles Lord, John Lombard, Craig Johnson, Robert French, Brian Cooke, Carle Baer, Jay Reiter
first meet 30 September vs Lewiston HS @Colby
24 September, Colby 21, Jersey City College 34 @Waterville, 4.1 miles
1 Ken Borchers Jr Co 23:14.5 cr (Berlin, NH)
2 Tom Maynard So Co 23:37
3 Pete Coleman JCS 24:05
4 Jeff Coady So Co 24:51
5 Bernie Finkle Jr Co 24:53 running ill
9 Dave Elliott Jr Co 26:27
race run during halftime of Colby-UNH football game
30 September 1966, Colby Freshmen def Lewiston HS @Waterville, 2.35 miles
1 Sebsibe Mamo Co 11:40 cr (member of 1964 Ethiopian Olympic track team)
1 October 1966, Colby 18, Gorham st 39 @Waterville, 4.1 miles
unsteady drizzle
1 Ken Borchers Co 22:59 cr
2 Tom Maynard Co 23:07
3 Jeff Coady Co
5 Bernie Finkle Co
7 Kevin Burke Co
race Saturday at Springfield
4 October 1966, Colby Freshmen 20, Cony HS 39 @Lewiston, 2.35 miles
=1 Sebsibe Mamo & Craig Johnson Co
4 Robert French Co
6 Carl Baer Co
7 John Lombard Co
8 October 1966, Springfield 17, Colby 41 @Springfield, 4.5 miles
=1 Russ Pate, Ken Klatka, Ross Nichol, Craig Bennett Sp
5 Ken Borchers Co
6 Tom Maynard Co
7 Pete Kramer Sp
8 Bernie Finkle Co
10 Jeff Coady Co
12 Kevin Burke Co
11 October 1966, Bentley 28, Colby 29 @Waterville, 4.1 miles
1 Bob Wilkens B 23:06
2 Tom Maynard Co 23:40
3 Ken Borchers Co stricken with cramp while leading
5 Bernie Finkle Co
7 Jeff Coady Co
14 Kevin Burke Co
Colby Freshmen 15, Hinckley School 50
1 Sebs Mamo Co
2 Craig Johnson Co
3 Bob French Co
4 John Lombard Co
5 Carl Baer Co
Colby took the top nine places
22 October 1966, Bowdoin 28, Colby 29 @Waterville, 4.1 miles
1 Ken Borchers Co 22:53 cr
2 Tom Maynard Co
3 Rod Tulonen Bo
4 Chuck Farwell Bo
5 Co
6 Dick Paulding Bo
7 Cpt Cary Rea Bo
8 Hank Adams Bo
9 Drew Jackson Bo
10 Co
11 Co
Colby Freshmen 17, Bowdoin Freshmen 43, 2.5 miles
1 Sebsibe Mamo Co 11:35.7 cr (broke own record of 11:40)
2 Craig Johnson Co
3 Bob French Co
4 John Lombard Co
7 Carl Baer Co
Mamo set Franklin Park course record of 15:31 in EICAA meet
5 November 1966, Bates 20, Colby 41
1 Tom Maynard Co
8 Jeff Coady Co
Ken Borchers sidelined with foot injury
Colby Freshmen 20, Bates JV 40
1 Sebsibe Mamo Co 11:56
2 John Lombard Co 12:00
4 Bob French Co 12:07
6 Mike Steinberg Co 12:16
7 Craig Johnson Co 12:20
7 November 1966, NEICAA @Franklin Park, 4.7 miles
Providence 60, Central Con 127, Brown & UMass 144, 31 teams
1 Ambrose Burfoot Jr Ws 22:15
2 George Starkus BU 22:52
3 Paul Harris P 23:03
45 Tom Maynard Co
Freshmen, 3.1 miles
Providence & Holy Cross 53, Central Conn 149, 24 teams
1 Sebsibe Mamo Colby 15:00 cr (old mark 15:14 by Barry Brown, Providence, 1963)
2 Ben Wilson MIT 15:20
3 Art Dulong HC 15:42
12 November 1966, Maine Maritime Inv, 4.2 miles
2 Colby
1 Tom Maynard Co 20:47.8 cr
14 November 1966, ICAAAA @Van Cortlandt Park
University Division Freshmen
1 Art Dulong HC 14:28.4 mr
College Division Freshmen
1 Sebsibe Mamo Co 14:14.4 mr (old record 15:27.4 by William Mahoney, Temple, 1964)