Colby 1966

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)