Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Cross Country 1953
Coach William Eddy
Captain Tony Iacoponi
Juniors Bob Davies, Don Carpenter
sophs Bob Gottschall, Howie Warner, John Hudson, Bert Wittberg, Ron Vogt
also Dick Range
Junior Joe Keating, last year's #1, unable to compete this fall
3 Oct Vermont
10 Oct Coast Guard
17 Oct Union
21 Oct @Middlebury
24 Oct @Colgate
31 Oct @Springfield
7 Nov NY States
3 October 1953, Vermont 23, RPI 36 @RPI, 4.6 miles
1 Bob Gottschall So RPI 26:37
2 Don Grady Vt 27:05
3 Ken Wadly Vt 27:15
4 Bob Davies RPI 27:21 slowed by stitch
5 Jerry Joyner Vt 27:41
6 Bud Saurwein Vt 28:05
7 Larry Damon Vt 28:28
8 Tony Iacoponi RPI 28:29 slowed by injured foot
9 Dave Stephen Vt 28:59
10 Horace Brown Vt 30:03
11 Ron Vogt RPI 31:56
12 Lew Iscol RPI 33:11
Joe Keating (stitch) and Howie Warner (injured foot) dnf.
10 October 1953, RPI 28, Coast Guard 29 @RPI, 4.6 miles
1 Bob Gottschall RPI 25:28
2 Bob Davies RPI 26:28
3 Jack Buell CG
=4 Ed Murphy & Phil Danahy CG
6 Howie Warner RPI
7 Tony Iacoponi RPI
8 Hank Hungen CG
9 Bill Sillers CG
10 Ar St John CG
11 Charlie Moorehead CG
12 Lew Iscol RPI
Joe Keating dnf.
Buffalo YMCA 25, RPI Freshmen 33
1 Tony Diamond B 14:26.6 RPI '51, on leave from Niagara Falls NAS
2 Tyler Lewis B fifteen yards back
3 Rudy Swigart RPI 14:43
4 Clint Bevan RPI
6 Bob Wyer RPI
8 Walt Feltmate RPI
9 Bob Hogarty RPI
Diamond 13th in 1953 Boston Marathon.
17 October 1953, Union 27, RPI 30 @RPI
1 Don Stack U 25:07
2 Eliot Schechter U 25:49
3 Bob Gottschall RPI 25:57
4 Alan MacKinnon U 26:19
5 Davies RPI 26:59
6 Keating RPI 27:47
7 Iacaponi RPI 28:07
8 Lew Sobin U 28:19
9 Ruf RPI 28:37
10 Warner RPI 29:42
11 Iscol RPI 30:15
12 BIll Matthews U 32:13
RPI Freshmen 27, Cobleskill Aggies 29, Union 81, 2.6 miles
1 Rudy Swingart RPI 14:49
4 Bob Wyer RPI
5 Clint Beaven RPI
8 Wally Feltmate RPI
9 Bob Hogarty RPI
21 October 1953, Middlebury 26, RPI 29 @Middlebury, 4.2 miles
1 Robin Hagemeyer M 24:59
2 Bob Gottschall RPI 26:08 went off course
3 Cpt Win Tremaine M
5 Stan Hayward M
7 Mal McConnell Sr M
10 Sandy Bricken M
24 October 1953, Colgate 22, RPI 32 @Colgate
1 Jim Wallack C 21:12
3 Bob GottschalL RPI 21:44
6 Joe Keating RPI
7 Bob Davies RPI
8 Howie Warner RPI
9 Tony Iacoponi RPI 23:03
Next meet @Springfield who has defeated RI, CG, Conn, Williams
RPI Freshmen 17, Union 43 @Schenectady, 3.0 miles
=1 Clint Beaven, Walt Feltmate, Bob Hogarty RPI 15:41
4 Al Schecter U 15:44
=5 Dave Murphy, Joe Daley, Mike Rappeport RPI 17:45
11 Rudy Swigart RPI went off course
31 October 1953, Springfield 19, RPI 41 @Springfield
1 Bob Falvo So S 22:19
2 Bob Gottschall RPI 22:25
=3 Bartlett, Graham, Greene, Fenning S 22:52
7 Joe Keating RPI 23:02
8 Ray S 23:24
9 Bob Davies RPI 23:39
10 Matthews S 23:48
11 Steeves S 24:09
12 Tony Iacoponi RPI 24:19
13 Howie Warner RPI 24:21
RPI finish dual meets 1-5, State meet on Saturday @Buffalo, 4.8 miles
RPI Freshmen 26, Springfield 31, 2.7 miles
course began in stadium, then went through woods and across creek
1 Dixon S 14:59
2 Newton S 15:19
3 Wyer RPI 15:31
4 Rudy Swigart RPI 15:32
5 Beavan RPI 15:38
6 Feltmate RPI 15:41
7 Murray S 15:53
8 Hogarty RPI 15:59
9 Plonde S 16:44
10 Murphy RPI 16:51
11 Rappeport RPI 16:53
12 Harris S 16:56
13 Taylor S 17:25
14 Daley RPI 17:26
RPI Freshmen 5-1, Springfield 2-2. Next meet on Tuesday vs Williams
7 November 1953, New York State meet @Buffalo, 4.2 miles
course altered due to a foot of snow on the ground with drifts; snow continued during race
Buffalo STC 15, RPI 60, Harper 76, Cortland St
Alfred, Union, Brockport, Oswego failed to show up due to traffic conditions
1 Ellsworth Fr B
2 Barton B
3 Thompson B
4 Eakes B
5 Fields B
6 Mesmer B
7 Uhl B
8 Joe Keating RPI
9 Howie Warner RPI
10 Bob Gottschall RPI
11 Peterson C
12 Piociano H
13 Church H
14 Cpt Tony Iacoponi RPI
19 Ray Ruf Sr RPI
The Buffalo runners ran in spikes with vaseline spread on their soles.
10 November 1953, RPI Freshmen 17, Williams F 42 @RPI
1 Rudy Swigart RPI 14:25
5 Warner W 15:05
6 Hecker W