Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Cross Country 1929
Coach Marty McDonagh
Captain Malcolm Smith
veterans Lewis & Mosher, plus most of last year's squad returns
sophs R Lamoreaux, M Thomson, L Smith, L Lombardi, M Fazio, R DeVeuve, C Perry, A Sciotto, B Rawstrow, J Burdick
12 Oct Middlebury
19 Oct Colgate
26 Oct Union
2 Nov @Williams
25 October 1929, RPI 21, Union 34 @Schenectady
1 Giannetti RPI 36:55
2 Lee Heath U 37:22
3 Warren RPI 37:24
4 M Fazio RPI 37:32
5 Henry Rothman U 37:55
6 Friday RPI 37:56
7 Lewis RPI 38:04
8 Charles Aussicker U 38:09
9 Beach RPI
10 Victor Nigriny U 38:02 (sic)
11 Murphy RPI
12 O'Connor U 38:32
RPI's first victory over Union.
Union Freshmen 19, RPI 36, 3 miles
new course
1 Capell U 16:47.4 cr
2 Boerner U 17:10.2
3 Piper U 17:12
4 Porter RPI 17:35
5 Van Zile U 17:36
6 Gibbs RPI 18:11
7 Green RPI 18:15
8 Kern U 18:21
9 Munn RPI 18:23
10 Goetchus RPI 18:36
2 November 1929, Williams 22, RPI 33 @Taconic, 4 1/2 miles
course muddy from the morning rain
1 Goodbody W 28:29 cr (old record 28:55)
2 Gianetti RPI 28:31
3 Guernsey W 29:11
4 Suffern W 29:34
5 Lewis RPI 30:12
6 J Reynolds W 30:14
7 Friday RPI 30:16
8 Chapman W 31:11
9 Warren RPI 31:56
10 Fazio RPI 32:26
16 November 1929, WPI 24, RPI 31 @Troy
muddy course
1 J Pierce WPI 37:19
2 Arnold Giannetti RPI
3 Fazio RPI
4 Buell WPI
5 Mace WPI
6 Burr WPI
7 Warren RPI
8 Hall WPI
9 Lewis Sr RPI
10 Friday RPI
11 Beach RPI
12 G Pierce WPI
13 Didden WPI
WPI previously defeated MAC, Brown, Amherst, RI State
due to a schedule mixup RPI ran only three meets, finishing 1-2
Arnold S Giannetti, Montclair NJ, elected captain for 1930
Porter the best of the freshmen.