Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Cross Country 1945
Coach Eddy
Captain Max Allen
Veteran Hubert Flumenhoft & freshman Harry Southworth running well
team has been cut down to twenty-five men
15 Sep @Dartmouth
22 Sep WPI
29 Sep @West Point
6 Oct @Williams
3 Nov @Brooklyn
17 Nov ICAAAA @New York
15 September 1945, Dartmouth 15, RPI 40 @Hanover, 4 1/8 miles
1 Hanley D 25:55.4
2 Geer D 26:54
3 Jones D 27:03.6
4 Pitman D 27:53
5 Hulser D 27:53.8
6 DeForest D 27:54.4
7 McCaffery D 28:11
8 Allen RPI 28:18
=9 Robinson & Flumenhoft RPI 28:25.6
11 Finley RPI 29:13
12 Frey D 29:30
13 Melosh RPI 29:36
14 Striker D 29:39.6
15 Southworth RPI 30:17.2
22 September 1945, RPI 26, WPI 29 @RPI, 4.6 miles
1 Ed Lemieux WPI 25:48
2 Brooks WPI 26:16
3 Robinson RPI 26:23
=4 Southworth & Floemenhoft RPI 27:16
6 Finley RPI 27:36
7 Andrews WPI 28:01
8 Melosh RPI 28:16
9 Hoffman WPI 28:25
10 Balaska WPI 28:32
11 Allen RPI 29:09
12 Anderson RPI 29:40
13 Stack RPI 29:43
14 Jordan WPI 30:57
15 Shafer RPI 31:01
6 October 1945, RPI 21, Williams 34 @Williams, 2.3 miles
1 Southworth RPI 12:17
2 Robinson RPI
3 Flomenhoft RPI
4 Friedrichs Wm led until the last 600 yds
5 Olcott Wm
6 Weeth Wm
7 Finley RPI
8 Stack RPI
9 Persoff Wm
10 Minor Wm
RPI now 2-2.
Rensselaer Polytechnic, 17 Oct 1945, p11
XC team finished the season 2-2 and was unable to get to New York to run Brooklyn College on 3 November.
Flomenhoft and three freshmen Southworth, Robinson, and Finley were the top runners. Also Stack, Fowler, and Melosh.
Robinson broke the RPI four mile course record with 22:14, breaking the previous mark of 22:40.