Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Cross Country 1962
Coach Warren Lutes
Captain Bill Gazda
Sophs Gary Cross, Chuck Hoover
Marty McDonagh, age 76, who coached track & XC at RPI since 1916 has resigned
30 September 1962, RPI 17, U Hartford 44 @RPI
1 Bill Gazda RPI 26:16.4
2 Chuck Hoover RPI
3 Garry Cross RPI
4 Barry Stepp So RPI
7 Stu Zarembo RPI
also Dave Dietz
3 October 1962, RPI 24, Cortland 37 @Cortland, 4.4 miles
1 Joe Cardero C 23:49
2 Bill Gazda RPI
3 Pete Betrus C
4 Charlie Hoover RPI
5 Barry Stepp RPI
6 Gary Cross RPI
7 Mort Riismundell RPI
8 Stu Zarembo RPI
9 Ted Creedon RPI
10 October 1962, RPI 15, Upsala 48
1 Bill Gazda RPI
=2 Chuck Hoover & Gary Cross RPI
4 Barry Stepp RPI
5 Ted Creedon RPI
Hudson Valley CC 29, RPI Freshmen 30
1-3 HVCC
4 John Lahr RPI
13 October 1962, Colgate 16, RPI 42
1 Phil Wilder C 24:35
5 Gazda RPI
7 Hoover RPI
8 Cross RPI
also Stepp & Stu Zarembo
Colgate Freshmen 15, RPI 42
6 Mark Young RPI
17 October 1962, RPI 25, Hartwick 32
1 Bill Gazda RPI
2 Chuck Hoover RPI
3 Jeff Schafer H
4 Sonny Finklestein H
5 Gary Cross RPI
also Stu Zarembo & Barry Stepp
20 October 1962, RPI 17, Union 44 @Schenectady, 4.7 miles
1 Bill Gazda RPI 27:26.5
2 Hoover RPI
3 Cross RPI
4 Stepp RPI
5 Garry Morris U 28:30
6 Larry Newton U 29:03
=10 John Hann & Andy Warde U
12 John Sepples U
14 Doug Allen U
16 LeRoy Michaud U
Union Freshmen 21, RPI 36
1 Dave Ring U 15:41
2 Bob Wanamaker U 16:30
3 Tom Huff RPI
4 John Lahr RPI
5 Bill Hunt U
6 Andy Carlson U
7 Dave Bruce U
23 October 1962, Springfield 15, RPI 49 @RPI, 4.4 miles
1 Kirk Randall Sp 23:10.2 cr (old mark 23:53 by Tom Hoffman, Union, 1958)
2 Terry Merritt Sp 23:39
3 Gordie McClure Sp
4 George McCombe Sp
5 Sherm Parker Sp
6 Don Chaffee Sp
7 Bill Gazda RPI 25:07
8 Corky Calkins Sp
9 Jay Flanagan Sp
12 Bill Bliss Sp
14 Jim Bullock Sp
Springfield won 16th straight meet.
27 October 1962, RPI 22, Hamilton 37 @RPI, 4.4 miles
1 Bill Gazda RPI 25:01
2 Charlie Hoover RPI 25:05
4 Garry Cross RPI 25:32
7 Jim Langdon RPI 26:35
8 Barry Stepp RPI 26:50
9 Mart Riismundel RPI 26:51
10 Stu Zarembo RPI 26:52
RPI now 6-2.
RPI Freshmen 25, Lenox Prep 32 @RPI, 2.4 miles
1 Tom Huf RPI 14:34
2 John Lahr RPI 14:39
First team win in five outings.
1 November 1962, RPI Freshmen 21, Hudson Valley CC 40 @RPI
3 November 1962, Brockport 19, RPI 36 @Troy
heavy rain
1 Ron White Fr Br 24:26.3
2 Gary Clements Br
3 Tony Mazzucchi Br
4 Bill Gazda RPI 25:15
5 Chuck Hoover RPI
6 John Campbell Br
7 Gary Dross Br
8 Gary Cross RPI
Barry Stepp dnf after injuring back
RPI finish 6-3.
10 November 1962, New York State @Ithaca, 4.3 miles
Roberts Wesleyan 61, Buffalo St 65, Brockport 128, Oswego 140, RPI 147, Alfred 156, Cortland 189, U Buffalo 199, Hartwick, Harpur, Ithaca, Hamilton, Plattsburgh, Union
course very muddy and under water at places
1 Jim Webb RW 27:09
2 Mike Green RW 27:34
3 Ed Winrow BuSt 27:47
4 Bob Lalley C 27:56
5 Ron White Br 28:09
9 Chuck Hoover RPI 28:40
14 Bill Gazda RPI 29:14
33 Barry Stepp RPI
43 Jim Langdon RPI
48 Gary Cross RPI
Freshmen, 2.9 miles
Buffalo St 28, Hamilton 68, Alfred 73, U Buffalo 79, RPI 118, Union 125, Roberts Wesleyan 192, Oswego inc
1 William Ring BuSt 19:05
2 E Burgess A 19:10
3 R Hauck BuSt 19:19
4 Woodruff A 19:29
5 Davilo BuSt 19:34
6 Podosek H 19:47
RPI paper reports Tom Huf in top five.