Gettysburg Cross Country 1961
Coach Harold Glad
senior John Wilkerson, junior Art Cummins
Martin Young, Jim Weaver
sophs Jim Lombardi, Ed Salmon
freshmen Bob Lommis, Dan Huff
30 Sep @Juniata
10 Oct Washington & Susquehanna
14 Oct @Temple
18 Oct Johns Hopkins
21 Oct @F&M
24 Oct @Dickinson
3 Nov American U
8 Nov Elizabethtown
18 Nov Mid Atlantic States
30 September 1961, Juniata 21, Gettysburg 40 @Juniata, 4.3 miles
1 Bud Samuels J 24:15
2 Bob Berthold J 24:34
=3 Jim Lombardi & Eddy Solomon G 25:20
10 October 1961, Gettysburg 18, Washington College 37; Gettysburg 18, Susquehanna 37 @Gettysburg CC, 4 miles
1 Ed Soloman G 22:35 school record (old mark 22:42 by Dick Martin)
2 Jim Lombardi G
14 October 1961, Gettysburg 27, Temple 28; Gettysburg 19, Albright 38 @Gettysburg CC, 4 miles
1 Dave Vallen T 22:17 cr (old mark 22:25)
2 Ed Salmon G 22:19 (broke own school record)
3 Jim Lombardi G
4 John Wilkerson G
also Jim Schmucker, John Hobach, Jim Weaver, Martin Young, George Miller
18 October 1961, Gettysburg 22, Johns Hopkins 35 @Gettysburg CC, 4 miles
1 Ed Salmon G 24:03
2 Jim Lombardi G 23:42
3 John Wilkerson G 23:53
4 Wilkerson G 23:53
5 Miller JH 24:09
6 Jim Fitzpatrick JH 24:37
7 Schmucker G 24:54
8 Weaver G 25:00
9 Young G 26:23
10 Steel JH 26:53
21 October 1961, F&M 27, Gettysburg 28 @Lancaster, 4.2 miles
rain-soaked course
1 Kevin O'Connor F&M 22:35.4 (broke F&M record 22:48 by John Miller)
2 Ed Salmon G 22:46
3 Jim Lombardi G 23:35
4 Herb Hagenau F&M 23:42
5 Tim Wagner F&M 23:52
6 John Wilkerson G
7 Don Mengel F&M
8 Jim Schmucker G
9 Jim Weaver G
10 Bob Piper F&M
15 Ray Shivelhood Fr F&M 27:22
24 October 1961, Dickinson 27, Gettysburg 28 @Carlisle
1 Ed Salmon G 24:27 cr (old mark 24:34)
2 Mike Nemec D 25:58
3 Bill Steckley D
4 John Wilkinson G
5 JIm Schmucker G
6 Bill White D
7 Jim Hatch D
8 Martin Young G
9 Lew Wilson D
10 Jim Weaver G
Jim Lombardi dnr because of leg injury
3 November 1961, American U 21, Gettysburg 37 @Gettysburg CC, 4 miles
1 Ed Salmon G 21:57 cr (old mark 22:17 by Dave Vallen, Temple, 1961)
6 John Wilkerson G
7 Jim Schmucker G
also Jim Weaver, Marty Young, John Hoback
8 November 1961, Gettysburg 20, Elizabethtown 36
1 Ed Salmon G 22:01
Jim Schmucker G
John Wilkerson G
Jim Weaver G
Gettysburg finished 5-4.