Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Cross Country 1937
Captain Harold Hitchcox (served as Coach as well)
lettermen Johnny Dugan, Bill Giesker, Johnny O'Rourke, Frank Haver, Kenneth Koopman
veterans Ed Homiller, Miller Price, Dave Grossman, Frank Price
sophs Herb Bailey, Paul Frost, Bill Conkling, Harvy Bower
9 October 1937, RPI 15, CCNY 40
=1 Hitchcox, Conkling, Giesker RPI 26:23
=4 Dugan, O'Rourke, Bailey RPI 26:34
7 Crowley CCNY 26:55
8 Haver RPI 27:06
9 Spaner CCNY 27:20
10 Bonnett CCNY 27:27
11 Unterman CCNY 28:09
Conkling & Bailey are sophomores, 10th straight victory
RPI Freshman 25, Waterman HS 31
1 Whiting W 13:06
2 O'Dea W
3 Tentrowicz RPI
4 Larson RPI
5 Letko RPI
6 Montgomery RPI
7 Carmen RPI
16 October 1936, RPI 15, Bard 40 @RPI
=1 Head, Rochford, Koopman, Dugan RPI 24:09
5 Bailey RPI 24:29
=6 Hitchcox, O'Rourke, Frost RPI 24:34
9 Conkling RPI 24:40
10 Haner RPI 24:40
11 Osamm RPI 24:46
12 Geisker RPI 24:46
13 Testi B 24:56
14 Carroll B 26:30
15 Peters B 26:51
16 Hester B 26:51
17 Burnett B 28:14
18 Angell RPI 29:09
19 McKeown B 30:54
20 Haberman B 32:00
RPI Freshmen 21, Mont Pleasant HS 34
1 Wilkie MP 12:50
2 Diamont RPI
3 Teneorwicz RPI
4 Carmen RPI
5 Larson RPI
7 Letko RPI
23 October 1937, Union 22, RPI 33 @Schenectady, 4.7 miles
pouring rain over muddy, slippery course
1 Bill Hawkes U 27:15.3
2 Harold Hitchcox RPI 27:50.3
3 Paul Santoro U 28:19.5
4 O'Rourke RPI 28:35
5 Ed Wells U 28:56.6
6 Frank Melewicz U 29:14
7 Bill Johnson U 29:16
8 Haver RPI 29:17
9 Howard Sheffer U 29:18
10 Frost RPI 29:59
11 Koopman RPI 30:14
12 Rockford RPI 30:19
13 Dugan RPI 30:25
14 Giesker RPI 30:29
15 Gale Hoffman U 30:30
Bailey dnf because of pulled leg, Muller dnf with sprained ankle, Conkling lost shoe at three miles
RPI Freshmen 21, Union 34, 3miles
1 Diamante RPI 16:30
2 Carmen RPI 16:30
3 Salvatore Mauriello U
4 Rob Reed U
9 Hastings U
Collins U
30 October 1937, RPI 23, Middlebury 32 @Troy, 5 miles
hard pavement
1 Cpt Hitchcox RPI 29:55
2 Paul Cushman M
3 Bob Post M
4 O'Rourke RPI
5 Head RPI
6 Koopman RPI
7 Conkling RPI
8 Giesker RPI
9 Haver RPI
10 Dugan RPI
30 October 1937, RPI Freshmen 21, Christian Brothers' Academy (Albany) 34 @RPI
course lengthened to start and finish on the athletic field between haves of the varsity football game
1 Phil Diament RPI 17:54
2 "Rusty" Carman RPI
3 Bill Letko RPI
4 Dailey CBA
Fourth victory for freshmen (defeated Union the previous week).
6 November 1937, RPI 15, WPI 40
=1 Hitchcox, Giesker, Dugan RPI 26:25.5
=4 Rochford & Head RPI
6 Stroudberg WPI
=7 Koopman & O'Rourke RPI
9 Dunklee WPI
10 Conkling RPI
13 November 1937, RPI 25, Mass St 30 @Amherst, ~4 miles
1 Cpt Hitchcox RPI 22:08
2 Mitchell NeJame Ma 75 yds back
3 Larry Pickard Ma another 25 yds back
4 Giesker RPI
5 Obie Ingram Ma
6 O'Rourke RPI
7 Haver RPI
8 Head RPI
9 Mike Little Ma
10 Dugan RPI
11 Rockford RPI
12 Rose Ma
13 Conklin RPI
15 Scholz Ma
16 Larry Bixb Ma
Four men lost to graduation: Hitchcox, Giesker, Koopman, Haver