Franklin and Marshall Cross Country 1951
Coach Tom Floyd
Captain Ray Higgins (only returning letterman)
soph John Dechant ineligible
31 candidates, many of them wrestlers getting in shape
meets w/Johns Hopkins, Lehigh, Albright, Swarthmore, and Delaware plus the Middle Atlantics
Student Weekly, 3 Oct 1951, p3
wrestlers leading the way on XC team
Tom Riglin, Ray Higgins, John Keener, and Art Helf
also Dan Reid, Jack Graybill, Dave Reynolds, Jack Carol
13 October 1951, F&M 26, Johns Hopkins 29 @Baltimore
1 Don Manger JH 22:10.5 cr (new course)
2 Ray Higgins F&M 22:30
3 Cpt Maginnis JH 22:51
4 Tom Riglin F&M 23:14
5 Dan Reid F&M 23:33
6 Andy John JH 23:34
7 Bill Sutton F&M 23:41
8 Dave Reynolds F&M 23:52
9 Logan JH 23:57
10 Stone JH 24:05
11 Clark McSparren Fr F&M 24:12
16 October 1951, Lehigh 17, F&M 42 @Lancaster, 4 1/2 miles
1 Dave Henderson L 24:59
2 Bill Colclough L 25:32
3 Dick Vogel L 25:33
4 Ray Higgins F&M 25:49
5 Bob Vekony L 26:02
6 Bob Irving L 26:03
7 Tom Riglin F&M 26:49 (F&M says 26:25)
8 Sutton F&M 26:50
9 Dick Beiler L 26:56
10 Wilson Stout L 27:02
Dan Reid slowed by swollen leg tendon
20 October 1951, F&M 23, Albright 38 @Reading, 3 1/2 miles
1 Don Seltzer A 19:44
=2 Ray Higgins & Tom Riglin F&M 20:28
4 Marlin Frankhauser A 20:42
=5 John Keener & Bill Sutton F&M 21:08
7 Dave Reynolds F&M 21:22
8 Clark McSparran F&M 21:25
9 Jack Carroll F&M 21:26 injured the previous two weeks
10 Don Phillips F&M 21:30
11-15 F&M
Art Helf hampered by injured foot, Dan Reid's leg improving
27 October 1951, Swarthmore 20, F&M 35 @Lancaster
=1 Avery Harrington, George Hastings, Mike Dukakis Sw 25:14
4 Tom Riglin F&M 25:49
5 Bill Sutton F&M 25:56
6 Chuck Loucks Sw 26:13
7 Clark McSparren F&M 26:29
8 Chuck Sullivan Sw 26:34
9 John Keener F&M 26:50
10 Dave Reynolds F&M 26:58
11 Don Phillips F&M 27:00
senior Jim Palermo ran last race for F&M
Ray Higgins forced to stop w/cramp
Dan Reid dnr as taking dental aptitudes in Philadelphia
30 October 1951, Delaware 16, F&M 41 @Delaware
hilly course
1 Fourace DE 20:19
2 Reybold DE 20:39
3 Hughes DE 21:17
4 Ewing DE 22:06
5 Ray Higgins F&M 22:20
6 Bolton DE 22:23
7 Carty DE 22:24
8 Tom Riglin F&M 22:36
=9 Dan Reid & Bill Sutton F&M 22:41
also Clark McSparren, John Keener, Dave Reynolds, Don Phillips
9 November 1951, Middle Atlantic @Allentown, 4 1/4 miles
heavy rains flooded the course
St Joseph's 34, LaSalle 60, Scranton, Haverford 140, Lehigh 152, Delaware, Muhlenberg, Johns Hopkins, Swarthmore 215, Lafayette 235, F&M, Upsala, Albright
1 John Cunningham StJ 22:42
2 Don Manger JHU 22:43
3 J Schaefer Laf 22:53
4 Earl Eldridge LaS 22:56
5 Tom Higginbotham StJ 22:58
41 Dan Reid F&M
90 runners
also Ray Higgins, Clark McSparren, Bill Sutton, Tom Riglin, John Keener, Dave Reynolds