RPI 1936

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