Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Cross Country 1936
Coach Marty McDonagh
Captain Larry Toole
lettermen Juniors Harold Hitchcox, Ken Koopman, Frank Haver
sophs John Dugan, Jack O'Rourke
10 Oct CCNY
17 Oct @Williams
24 Oct Union
7 Nov @WPI
14 Nov Mass St
Rensselaer Polytechnic, 1 Oct 1936, p5
"Coach Marty McDonagh, who was supposed to return from Louisville, KY, to assume
command was indefinitely detained. He has a contract to appear on the broadcas
ting system."
10 October 1936, RPI 21, CCNY 34 @RPI, 4.6 miles
=1 Dugan, Hitchcox, Giesker RPI 26:37
4 Kollar CCNY
17 October 1936, RPI 17, Williams 38 @Taconic, 3.9 miles
=1 Hitchcock, Giesker, Dugan, Larry Toole RPI 22:32
5 Bill Collens W
6 Bay Kiliani So W
8 Don Brown W
11 Johnny Marshall So W
12 Art Stanwood Sr W
13 Brad Adams W
4 October 1936, RPI 20, Union 35 @Troy, 4.6 miles
ideal weather conditions
1 Harold Hitchcox RPI 24:28.4 cr (broke course record of 24:58 by Cappell, Union 1932, and RPI mark of 25:11)
2 Bill Hawkes U 24:55
3 Dugan RPI 25:08
4 O'Rourke RPI 25:56
5 Larry Toole RPI
6 Bill Giesker RPI 25:57
7 Ed Wells U 26:16
8 Koopman RPI 26:26
9 Joe Annese U 26:30
10 Haver RPI 26:40
11 Howard Sheffer U
12 Mitchell RPI
13 Don Thomson U
14 Harry Myers U
Union Freshmen 20, RPI 35
course sloppy and slow due to rain before the meet
1 Paul Santoro U 15:28
2 Johnson U 15:45
3 Fisher U 15:45
4 Head RPI 16:00
5 Melewicz U 16:06
6 Frost RPI 16:08
7 Bailey RPI 16:36
8 Conkery RPI 17:00
9 Murray RPI 17:10
10 Hoffman U 17:58 hampered by infected toe
31 October 1936, RPI 19, Middlebury 36 @Troy
hilly course
course shortened by ending on North Field instead of the '86 Field
1 Haver RPI 23:35.2
2 Richardson M 23:50
3 Koopman RPI
=4 Larry Toole & Hitchcox & Dugan RPI slowed to allow Haver to take the win
7 Giesker RPI
8 Brooker M
9 Osann RPI
10 Angell RPI
7 November 1936, RPI 15, WPI 40 @Worcester
=1 Larry Toole, Harold Hitchcox, Haver, Koopman, Dugan, O'Rourke RPI
7 Bill Giesker RPI
8 WPI
9 Bob Muller RPI
14 November 1936, RPI 23, Mass St 32 @RPI, 4.6 miles
1 Hitchcox RPI 24:31.7
2 Ralph Ingram Ma 25:21
3 Lawrence Pickard Ma 25:21
4 Larry Toole RPI 25:40 slowed by foot injury
5 Dugan RPI 25:40
6 Haver RPI 25:50
7 Giesker RPI 25:50 slowed by cramps mid-race
8 Koopman RPI 25:52
9 Melvin Little Ma 26:04
10 Mitchell NeJame Ma 26:04
11 Johnny O'Rourke RPI 27:02
12 Reade Ma 27:03
13 Beaumont Ma 28:09
14 Sampson Ma 28:09
15 Osann RPI 28:36
also Stearns & Gondelli RPI
RPI's 8th straight win dating back to 1935