Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Cross Country 1949
Coach Eddy
Captain Tony Diamond
veterans Elmore Frymire, Jake Andrews, Pete Easterling, Dick Hoffman, Al Oakley
transfers Bob Mitchell (Notre Dame) and Jim Morill (Champlain)
sophs Ray Shanstrom, Connie Eastman, John Clarke
8 Oct @Alfred
15 Oct Union
22 Oct @WPI
29 Oct Paul Smiths
5 Nov @Colgate
12 Nov Kings Point & Hartwick
14 Nov ICAAAA @New York
8 October 1949, RPI 21, Alfred 38, 4.2 miles
1 Cpt Tony Diamond RPI 22:49.8 cr
2 Ray Shanstrom RPI
4 Elwood Frymire RPI
6 Jake Andrews RPI
8 Pete Easterling RPI
9 Dick Hoffman RPI
10 Connie Eastman RPI
also Bob Maerz, Jim Morrill, Glenn Magee
Alfred Freshmen 18, RPI 41, 2.5 miles
Eugene Van Maldeghem
Phil Norwine
Edward Reagan
Thomas Proctor
William Davis
Ronald Coyle
Dick Cheney
15 October 1949, RPI 18, Union 42 @Troy, 4.2 miles
1 Elwood Frymire RPI 22:27
2 Tony Diamond RPI 22:36
3 Abe Lakshin U 22:45
4 Pete Easterling RPI 22:49
5 Jake Andrews RPI 22:56
6 Ray Shanstrom RPI 23:06
7 Alex McCormick U 23:18
8 Connie Eastman RPI 23:25
9 Dave Brown U 23:42
10 Dick Hoffman RPI 23:56
11 Dick Mechanic U 24:06
12 Townsend McCoun U 24:58
Union Freshmen 25, RPI 30, 2.8 miles
1 Dick Dolan U 14:48
3 John Larkins U
4 Bob Murray U
8 Bob Kline U
9 Jan Walker U
22 October 1949, RPI 20, WPI 43 @Worcester
1 Bob Zelany WPI 18:41
2 Tony Diamond RPI 19:05 slowed by pulled muscle
3 Elwood Frymire RPI
4 Andrews RPI
5 Easterling RPI
6 Morrill RPI
7 Eastman RPI
8 Hoffman RPI
9 Cpt Dick Howell WPI
10 Messinger WPI
=11 Radier & Thompson WPI
13 Madigan WPI
14 Bicknell WPI
Soph Ray Shanstrom dnr because of leg ailment
5 November 1949, RPI 18, Colgate 43 @Colgate, 4.2 miles
temps below freezing, ice & snow on grass course
=1 Elwood Frymire & Tony Diamond RPI
3 Jim Hanlon C 17 sec back
4 Jake Andrews RPI 23 sec back
5 Pete Easterling RPI
6 Jim Morrill RPI 39 sec back
7 Connie Eastman RPI
8 Day C
9 Roberts C
10 Bob Mitchell RPI
11 Cpt Stultz C
11 Coyle C
13 Anthony C
14 Andrews C
12 November 1949, RPI 18, Hartwick 50, Kings Point 68 @RPI, 4.7 miles
1 Tony Diamond Jr RPI 24:15.3 college record (old mark 24:28.4 by Harold Hitchcox, 1936)
2 Elwood Frymire Sr RPI 24:26
3 Pete Easterling RPI
4 Bernie Stahl H
5 Jake Andrews RPI
6 Steve Ottman H
7 Bob Mitchell RPI
8 Eastman RPI
9 Morrill RPI
10 Reagen Fr RPI
11 Ebel H
12 Bill Vresse KP
13 Morgan KP
14 Jones KP
15 Van Buren H
16 Magee RPI
17 Dyer KP
18 Zechnick
19 Hubbard KP
20 Van Emmerik KP
21 Summer H
22 Novak KP
23 Thompson H
21 November 1949, ICAAAA @Van Cortlandt Park, 5 miles
Army 54, Manhattan 72, Michigan State 104, =17 Massachusetts & RPI 526 19 MIT 527, 30 teams
1 Dick Shea Army 25:14.7
2 Browning Ross Vill 25:29
3 Dick Lewandowski Army 25:32
4 Stanton Waterman D 25:42
5 Jack Milne SH 25:45
RPI: 83 84 100 124 135