Colby Cross Country 1976
Coach Alex Schulten
Captain Ken Colton
25 September 1976 @Lewiston, 5 miles
Bates 15, Colby 50; Colby 19, SMVTI 39
Tim Bernard Fr Co 27:38
Dan Ossoff Fr Co 27:46
John Bees Fr Co 28:10
Ken Colton Sr Co
Dave Peckham Sr Co
also Skip Pendleton, Mike Tracy, Willie Ham, Tim Sopel
2 October 1976, Tufts 28, Central Conn 37, Colby 82, BU 93 @Franklin Park, 5 miles
1 Anthony Cians Tu 25:20
5 Tim Bernard Co 26:10
Dan Ossoff Co 26:26
John Bees Co 27:05
Ken Colton Co
Dave Peckham Co
6 October 1976, Bowdoin def Colby
9 October 1976, Plymouth State Inv
UMass, Plymouth St, Colby, ...
torrential rains
8 Dan Ossoff Co
Tim Bernard Co
Dave Peckham Co
Aaron Levenger Co
Mike Tracy Co
John Bees and Ken Colton both sidelined
12 October 1976, Maine 15, Colby 50 @Waterville, 5.5 miles
new course
1 Mike Westphal Me 29:59 cr
2 Steve Googoo Me
3 Sam Hamilton Me
4 Jim Newett Me
5 Steve Drexter Me
Maine rested their top ten in preparation for the State meet on Saturday.
16 October 1976, Maine State @Brunswick CC
Bates 24, Maine 38, Bowdoin 76, Colby 105
1 Paul Oparowski Ba 25:34 cr
2 Tom Leonard Ba 25:56
3 Rick DeBruin Ba 26:05
4 Bill Pike M 26:15
5 Greg Peters Ba 26:16
no Colby finishers in top twenty
Tim Bernard, Dan Ossoff, John Bees, Ken Colton, Aaron Lebenger scored for Colby
20 October 1976, Colby 15, Southern Maine VTI 44 @SMVTI, 5.1 miles
=1 Tim Bernard '80 Co 27:06
=1 Dan Ossoff '80 Co 27:06
=1 Jonathon Bees '80 Co 27:06
4 Dave Peckham Co
5 Aaron Lebenger Co
Willie Hamm Co
10 Kevin Fahey Co
Dan Bradford, Co went off course and ran ~6.5 miles
23 October 1976, NESCAC @Williams, 4.8 miles
no team score
unofficially Bates 19, Amherst 106, Tufts 111, 10 Colby 236
1 Paul Oparowski Ba 24:55
2 Joe Kolb Jr Wms 25:12
3 Rick DeBruin Ba
4 Tom Leonard Ba
5 Kim Wettlaufer Baa
Skip Pendleton injured in pre-season and unable to compete
Colby finished 5-10
Skip Pendleton injured in pre-season and unable to compete
team finished 5-10