RPI 1969

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Cross Country 1969

Coach Warren Lutes

20 September 1969, Cortland 23, RPI 33 @RPI

1 Bill Pollack RPI 24:01.9 cr (old mark 24:29.9 by Ken Klatka, Springfield, 1968)

5 C 25:58

6 Al Swierczak RPI

7 Jim Lambros RPI

9 Peter Hagens RPI

11 Bob Feuerriegel RPI

27 September 1969, Springfield 20, RPI 37 @Springfield, 4 1/2 miles

1 Bill Pollock RPI 22:47

2 Ed Walkatz Sp 22:56

7 Gary Nelson RPI 24:29

8 Al Swierczek RPI 24:54

9 Pete Hagans RPI 25:03

Springfield Freshmen 22, RPI 34, 3.1 miles

1 Greg Lalley RPI 16:44

2 Paul Thistle Sp 16:52

5 Les Craig RPI 17:32

4 October 1969, RPI 27, MIT 29, WPI 77 @Worcester, 4.1 miles

1 Bill Pollock RPI 21:42

2 Larry Petro '69 MIT 22:32

3 Gary Nelson RPI 22:34

4 Rich Goldhor So MIT

5 Larry Hagan RPI 23:29

6 Chip Kinball So MIT

7 Al Swierczek RPI 23:36

8 Eric Darling '69 MIT

9 Craig Lewis So MIT

11 Bob Feuerriegel RPI 23:50

Ben Wilson & John Owen, MIT, dnr because of injury

RPI Freshmen 30, MIT 44, WPI 55

1 John Coughlin MIT 17:17

2 Greg Lalley RPI 17:25

6 Greg Myers MIT

8 Terry Blummer MIT

14 Bill Becampli MIT

15 Bob Virgile MIT

8 October 1969, RPI 23, Albany St 42, Siena 75 @RPI

1 Bill Pollock RPI 23:53.4 (broke own mark of 24:01.9)

2 Pat Gepfert A 25:15

3 Dennis Hackett A 25:16

4 Gary Nelson RPI 25:39

5 Greg Lalley Fr RPI 25:41

6 Al Swierczek RPI 26:09

7 Pete Hagans RPI 26:19

8 Jim Lambros RPI 26:22

Albany: also Meehan, Rodriguez, Franks

RPI Freshmen 15, Albany St 50

11 October 1969, RPI 21, Hamilton 40 @Hamilton

new course

1 Bill Pollock RPI 26:39.1 cr (broke record of Tom Carr, Hamilton)

2 Tom Carr H 28:09.2

3 Nelson RPI 27:24.4

4 Lalley RPI 27:59.8

6 Hagans RPI 28:34.2

7 Lambros RPI 28:36.2

8 Swierczek RPI 28:43.3

9 Bob Feurriegel RPI 28:50.2

RPI now 5-2.

18 October 1969, RPI 18, Union 40 @Troy, 4.68 miles

1 Bill Pollock RPI 24:28

2 Gary Nelson RPI 24:51

3 Bryant Moeckel U 25:37

4 Pete Hagans Sr RPI 25:43

5 Greg Aldrich So RPI 25:51

6 Jim Lambros Jr RPI 25:57

7 Paul Forbes U

8 Bob Feurriegil So RPI 26:15

9 Tim McCabe U

10 Joe Burgess U

11 Pat Murphy U

Al Swierczek dnr because of shin splints

RPI Freshmen 19, Union 41

1 Greg Lalley RPI 18:39.2

3 Jim Huston U 19:09

8 Mark Brenneman U

9 Jan Goldberg U

10 Bill Jacobs U

Lalley moving up to varsity for the rest of the season

22 October 1969, Vermont 26, RPI 40, Williams 75 @Williamstown, 3.8 miles

snow

1 Jerry Leonard Vt 19:35.4

2 Bill Pollock RPI 19:54

3 Gary Nelson RPI 20:06

5 Dan Hindert W

10 Greg Lalley RPI

11 Greg Aldrich RPI

12 Will Birnie W

19 Fletcher Durbin W

20 John Obourn W

21 John LuValle W

Williams F 29, RPI F 45, UVM F 48, 2.7 miles

1 Jay Haug W 13:57 cr

2 Peter Farwell W

3 Tom Cleaver W

Old course record 14:00.2 by Ambrose Burfoot, Wesleyan, 1964.

25 October 1969, ICAC meet @Clarkson, 5.4 miles

Alfred 31, RPI 33, Hobart 71, Clarkson 92

1 Bill Pollock RPI 28:04.2 cr (old mark 30:51)

2 Gary Nelson RPI 29:02.2

3 Rich DeValk A 29:20

4 Dennis Grandons Fr A 30:04

5 M Saeli H 30:05

6 Pat Keeler A 30:20

7 Jim Lambros RPI 30:23

8 Ken Soderholm A 30:30

9 C Bell H 30:32

10 Bill Sullivan Fr A 30:33

11 Pete Hagens RPI 30:33

12 Greg Lalley Fr RPI 30:44

1 November 1969, New York State @Harpur College, 5.1 miles

Buffalo St 65, Brockport 73, RPI 127, Cortland St 131, Union 165, Buffalo U 169, Rochester 190, Alfred 192, Hamilton 193, Ithaca 358, Hartwick 378, Plattsburgh 381

1 Ed Fuchs UBu 25:53 cr (old mark 27:47) won LeMoyne Inv

2 Bill Pollock RPI 25:59

3 Mark Ryerson BuSt 26:01

4 Bob Schweinsberg RWes 26:02

5 Bob Goodell Broc 26:03

6 Tom Carr Ham

7 Rod Williams Broc

8 Don Pollock Buf U

9 Ed Faulkner Cort

10 Rich DeValk A

11 Gary Nelson RPI 26:41

35 Gary Aldrich RPI 27:57

39 Pete Hagans RPI 28:06

40 Greg Lalley RPI 28:07

43 Bob Fieurriegel RPI 28:12

57 Jim Lambros RPI 28:45

112 starters, 104 finishers

Freshmen

RPI 23, Union 42, U Buffalo 56

1 Drew Crawford RPI 15:17

2 Paul Reynolds RPI 15:19

3 Ray Reynolds RPI 15:22

5 Steve Sidelko RPI 15:32

12 Larry Rose RPI 16:58

Rensselaer Polytechnic, 12 Nov 1969, p15

RPI to run NCAA College Div @Wheaton IL on Saturday and ICAAAA on Monday

RPI Frosh: Lelley, Paul Reynolds, Ray Murray, Steve Sadelko, Larry Rose

Fred Best last RPI man to run in NCAA in 1957

15 November 1969, NCAA College Div @Wheaton, IL

E Illinois 84, E Michigan 146, Chico St 167, 16 SUNY Buffalo 486, 37 RPI 960, 50 teams

1 Ron Stonitsch CW Post 24:53

2 John Cragg St Johns 25:06

50 David Kosovski Rochester 26:28

66 Rod Williams Brockport 26:38

71 Mark Ryerson Buffalo 26:39

85 Bill Pollack RPI 26:48

89 Don Pollack Buffalo 26:50

196 Gary Nelson RPI 27:53

212 Greg Aldrich RPI 28:03

284 Jim Lambros RPI 28:43

329 Pete Hagans RPI 29:54

17 November 1969, ICAAAA @Van Cortlandt Park, 5 miles

College Division

Lehigh 36, St Joseph's 98, Lafayette 107,

1 Ron Stonitish CW Post 25:03.3

2 Dale Keenan Laf 25:32

3 Dan Thomas Laf 25:43

4 Bill Rodgers Wesleyan 25:45

5 Tim Steele Lehigh 25:48

30 Wayne Vaughn Morg St 27:0?

33 Bill Pollock RPI

64 Gary Nelson RPI

80 Bob Fieurriegel RPI

Freshmen

1 Dan Moynihan Wesleyan 15:04.7

2 Bill Showers WC 15:17

3 Joe Brady St Joe 15:26

52 Greg Lalley RPI