Gettysburg College Cross Country 1976
Coach Jim Wright (1st year)
seniors Pat Trainor, Mark Roddy, Ed Riggs, Jossy Swain, Jim Morro
juniors Dave Blaha, Dan Gauthier
sophs Bill Geating, Chris Moor, Tom Dowgin
freshmen Steve Masciocchi, Mike Scythes, Mike Dalton, Doug Archibald
18 September 1976, Lafayette Inv
Millersville, Gettysburg, Lafayette, 5 teams
7 Mark Roddy G 26:58
8 Bill Geating G
11 Ed Riggs G
14 Pat Trainor G
18 Jim Morro G
22 Steve Masciocchi G
23 Jossy Swain G
22 September 1976, Gettysburg 15, Western Maryland 50; Gettysburg 15, Messiah 50 @Gettysburg
1 Ed Riggs G 25:32
2 Mark Roddy G
3 Bill Geating G
4 Pat Trainor G
5 Jim Morro G
6 Mike Scythes G
7 Steve Masciocchi G
8 Mike Dalton G
9 WM
25 September 1976, Gettysburg 15, Philadelphia Textile 50; G 16, Drexel 47; G 18, Rider 43 @Philadelphia
1 Mark Roddy G 27:26
2 Ed Riggs G 27:27
3 Bill Geating G 27:46
4 R
5 Jim Morro G
6 R
7 Drx
8 Steve Masiocchi G
9 Pat Trainor G
10 Mike Scythes G
29 September 1976, Gettysburg 17, Johns Hopkins 43; G 15, Salisbury 49 @Homewood, 5.6 miles
=1 Ed Riggs & Bill Geating G 30:02.3 cr (old mark 30:22)
3 Mark Roddy G 30:37
4 Bill Caldwell JH 30:45
5 Pat Trainor G 30:54
6 Jim Morro G 31:15
7 JH
8 Steve Masciocchi G
9 S
10 Mike Dalton G
2 October 1976, Gettysburg 15, Juniata 48 @Juniata, 5.5 miles
1 Mark Roddy G 31:20 cr
=2 Ed Riggs & Bill Geating G 32:03
4 Jim Morro G
5 Pat Trainor G
6 J
7 Steve Masciocchi G
8 Mike Seythes G
6 October 1976, Little Three @Carlisle
Gettysburg 18, F&M 40; F&M 16, Dickinson 43; Gettysburg 15, Dickinson 50
=1 Mark Roddy & Ed Riggs G 22:07 cr (old mark 23:17)
3 Bill Geating G
4 Brian Goss F&M
5 Pat Trainor G
6 John Bailey F&M
7 Mike Scythes G
8 Mark Carroll F&M inside old course record
9 Jim Morro G
10 Carl Mohrbacher F&M
11 Jossy Swain G
Roger Colaizzi D
16 Tim Flynn F&M
17 Jim Baker F&M
18 Larry Hoyt F&M
D: also Karl Frantz, Ron Zeigler, Pat Galla, Jim DuCharme, Neil MacKinnon
Albright meet cancelled because course under water
13 October 1976, Gettysburg 19, Lebanon Valley 42; Gettysburg 20, Mount St Mary's 43 @Gettysburg
1 Rich Ireland MSM 25:27.8
2 Ed Riggs G
3 Mark Roddy G
4 Bill Geating G
5 LV
6 LV
=7 Jim Morro & Pat Trainor G
9 Mike Scythes G
10 Steve Masciocchi G
23 October 1976, Bucknell 19, Gettysburg 43; East Stroudsburg 27, Gettyburg 28
1 Pete Heesen ES 24:28 cr (old mark 26:09)
2 George Buckheit B 24:50
3 Mark Roddy G 24:45
4-8 B
13 ES 2nd man
27 October 1976, Gettysburge 16, Susquehanna 47 @Gettysburg
=1 Ed Riggs, Bill Geating, Mark Roddy G 26:06
4 Pat Trainor G 26:36
6 Mike Dalton G
7 Steve Masciocchi G
8 Jim Morro G
9 Mike Scythes G
10 Dave Blaha G
30 October 1976, Gettysburg 15, Widener 50
1 Ed Riggs G
2 Mark Roddy G
=3 Bill Geating, Steve Masciocchi, Jim Morro G
6 Mike Scythes G
=7 Mike Dalton & Dave Blaha G
=9 Jossy Swain & Tom Dowgin G
6 November 1976, MAC @Fairmont Park
Gettysburg 28, F&M 88, Johns Hopkins 128, Scranton 133, Delaware Valley 134, 20 teams
1 Ed Riggs G 26:39 mr (old mark 26:50 by Larry Garner, Widener, 1973)
2 Bill Geating G 26:48
3 Rob Stachow LV 26:54
4 John Bailey F&M 27:03
5 Bill Caldwell JH 27:07
6 Brian Goss F&M 27:10
7 Jim Morro G
8 Mark Roddy G slowed by cramps
10 Pat Trainor G
13 Steve Masciocchi G
22 Mike Scythes G
130 runners
13 November 1976, NCAA D3 @Highland GC, Cleveland OH, 8km
26F, frozen turf, snow-covered
North Central 109, Humboldt St 132, Brandeis 192, 10 Gettysburg 338, 19 Slippery Rock 509, 35 York 857, 42 teams
1 Dale Kramer Carleton 24:56
2 Robert Hodge U Lowell 25:04
3 Dan Copper Augustana 25:16
4 Frank Richardson MIT 25:18
11 William Strain Millersville 25:34
14 James Sharkey Millersville 25:37
16 Mark Roddy Gettysburg 25:39
42 Brian Goss F&M 26:09
54 Joseph Riggs Gettysburg 26:16
58 Courtland Howard York 26:18
60 William Geating Gettysburg 26:20
70 Richard Davanzati Slippery Rock 26:22
71 Alan Treffinger Millersville 26:22
80 Greg Colas York 26:30
105 John Bailey F&M 26:37
116 David Young Slippery Rock 26:39
123 Pat Trainor Gettysburg 26:40
177 Steve Masciocchi Gettysburg 27:05
200 James Morro Gettysburg 27:09
234 Michael Scythes Gettysburg 27:17
341 finishers
15 November 1976, ICAAAA @Van Cortlandt Park, 5 miles
College Division
Lehigh 94, Fairleigh Dickinson 108, Delaware 109, Bates 214, 7 Gettysburg 248, 35 teams
1 Frank Richardson MIT 25:05.8
2 Steve Eachus Bloom 25:07
3 Stellan Thorne Lehigh 25:16
4 William Strain Mill 25:17
14 Mark Roddy Getty 25:38
21 Ed Riggs Getty 25:45
24 Bill Geating Getty 25:54
81 Jim Morro Getty
108 Steve Masciocchi Getty
113 Mike Scythes Getty
160 Pat Trainor Getty
Mark Roddy, Ed Riggs, Jim Morro, Pat Trainor, Jossy Swain graduate with a four year record of 49-7 and three different coaches.