Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Cross Country 1925
Coach Marty McDonagh
Captain Buckley
Jerry Reynolds '27, Waite '28, Vault, Mahan '28, Metcalf '26, Hasbrouck '26, Sheetz '28 return
also O'Brien '26, Skarin '26, Graves '26, Rolkey '28, Sleight '28, Mabbette '26, Halbert '28, Morrison '28, Gaut '28, Van Ingen '28, Wischoff '28, Harkness '26, Tynan '27, Reid '26, Brown '27, Porter '26, Ingalls '27, Chapin '28, Walz '27, Wentz '28
freshmen Heath, Mally, Benderson, Toch, De Witt
about 35 men reported for the initial workout
Rensselaer Polytechnic, 14 Oct 1925, p1
Buckley, O'Brien, Graves, Metcalf, Hasbrouck, Skarin, Reynolds, Sleight, Wait, Halbert, and Heath to run vs Colgate
Eligibility troubles have cost the team some of their best men
17 October 1925, RPI 24, Colgate 36 @Troy, 4.4 miles
1 Clark C
2 Heath RPI
3 Buckley RPI
4 Reynolds RPI
5 Smith C
6 Wait RPI
7 Judd C
8 Rosa C
9 Halbert RPI
10 Clulee RPI
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12 Hasbrouck RPI
13 Goetz RPI
14 Owen RPI
15 Brown C
16 Graves RPI
17 Chase RPI
Colgate previously defeated Hamilton and Hobart.
24 October 1925, Union 24, RPI 31 @Schnectady, 6.1 miles
(course record 35:04 by Cole U Johnson, Union, 1924)
=1 Irving Totten & Loring McMillan U 35:08
3 Robert A Johnson U 35:48
=4 Andy Wait & Reynolds RPI 36:20 (Union newspaper says 36:29)
6 Buckley RPI 36:30
7 Heath RPI 36:31
8 Harold A Nadeau U 36:40
9 Halbert RPI 36:47
10 Woodworth U 36:48
11 Francis L Stevens U 37:17
12 Hasbrouck RPI 37:42
13 Goetz RPI 37:52
Union took first six places vs Hamilton the previous week.
31 October 1925, RPI 20, Middlebury 35 @Middlebury, 5.8 miles
mud-covered
1 Donald M 33:11 (previous college record 34:10 by Cook '24 in 1922)
2 Heath RPI
3 Buckley RPI
4 Hasbrouck RPI
5 Hulbert RPI
6 Reynolds RPI inside previous course record
7 Robinson M
8 Dodd M
9 Skarin RPI
10 Owen RPI
11 Wait RPI
12 Stoughton M
13 Cpt Kelley M
14 Lathrop M
17 Clement M
7 November 1925, RPI 22, Springfield 40 @Troy, 4.4 miles
1 Madan Sp 24:36
2 Heath RPI
3 Skarin RPI
4 Cpt Buckley RPI
5 Ray Donnell Sp
6 Jerry Reynolds RPI
7 Hasbrouck RPI
8 Halbert RPI
9 Payne Sp slowed by injury
10 Andy Waite RPI
11 Hathaway Sp
12 Owens RPI
13 Goetz RPI
14 McCabe Sp
15 Cue Sp
16 Dane Sp
17 Young Sp
14 November 1925, RPI 15, Hamilton 40 @Clinton, 4 1/2 miles
ankle-deep mud
1 Buckley RPI 26:27 (more than 5 minutes off the course record)
=2 Hasbrouck, Reynolds, Skarin, Heath RPI 26:42
6 Baker H
7 Wait RPI
8 C Clarke H
9 E Clark H
10 Rosebury H
11 Halbert RPI
12 Cutter H
13 Robbins H
14 Donaldson H
15 Goetz RPI
16 White H
17 Baid H
The RPI men were not wearing spiked shoes which was a considerable disadvantage.