Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Cross Country 1941
Coach Bill Eddy (4th year)
Captain George Troup
veterans Roger Macpherson, Fred Davis, Ted Farrington
sophs Harry Meister, Roger Newton, Bill Schmitt, Perkins
transfers junior Ed Moore (Swarthmore) and soph Stants (Cornell)
11 Oct Coast Guard
18 Oct @Alfred
25 Oct @Union
1 Nov @Middlebury
8 Nov WPI
15 Nov CCNY
11 October 1941, Coast Guard 22, RPI 33 @Troy
stiff wind
1 Kroll CG 26:05
2 Meister RPI
3 Banner CG
4 Benefiel RPI
=5 Ray, Woods, Moreall CG
8 Stants RPI
9 Newton RPI
10 Maki RPI
11 Perkins RPI
12 Peterson RPI
13 Sangdahl RPI
Troup dnr because of a foot injury sustained in practice
Davis lost for the season due to ineligibility
RPI Freshmen 15, Waterbury HS 40 @RPI, 2.5 miles
=1 Hartley, Van Velsor, Harding RPI 14:04.8
4 Berkowitz RPI
5 Daly RPI
also Elliot, Delaney, and Dudziak
18 October 1941, Alfred 23, RPI 34 @Alfred
rain-soaked & slippery course
1 Hall A 28:51
2 Benefield RPI 29:18
3 Scudder A 29:30
4 Meister RPI 29:44
5 Calvery A 29:45
6 Stanz A 30:27
7 Jones A 30:40
8 Newton RPI 30:51
9 Marx A 31:52
10 Perkins RPI 31:55
11 Schmidt RPI 31:55
Troup likely out for the season
RPI Freshmen 22, Alfred @Alfred, 2.5 miles
1 Vernon Hartley RPI 13:52 cr (old mark 14:15)
3 Jim Harding RPI
4 A 14:15
5 Berkowitz RPI
=6 Van Velsor & Daly RPI
25 October 1941, RPI 24, Union 31 @Schenectady
1 Bob Benefiel RPI 27:48
2 Schell U 30 yds back
3 Newton RPI
4 Viglier U
5 Meister RPI
6 Stants RPI
7 Conley U
8 Shepard U
9 Perkins RPI
10 Adams U
RPI Freshmen 17, Union 38
1 Hartley RPI 15:43
2 Harding RPI
3 Quinlon U
4 Berkowitz RPI
5 Van Velsor RPI
6 Dailey RPI
7 Middlemiss U
8 Elgar U
9 White U
10 Eliot RPI
1 November 1941, RPI 26, Middlebury 29 @Middlebury, 3 ½ miles
driving rainstorm
1 Bob Benefiel RPI 25:13
2 Paul Davis M 25:14 led until final fifty yards
3 Harry Meister RPI 25:41
4 Kinsey M 25:48
5 Cpt Dave Smith M 25:48
6 Perkins RPI 25:55
7 Stants RPI 26:10
8 Haines M 26:27
9 Roger Newton RPI 27:09
10 Schmidt RPI 27:38
11 Hartz MPI 27:45
Hal Parker still suffering from strained abdominal muscle.
RPI Freshmen 15, Middlebury Freshmen 40
1 Vernon Hartley RPI 19:02
2 Jim Harding RPI
3 Berkowitz RPI
=4 Daly, Trechter, Harry Van Velsor RPI
7 Setter M
8 Bonner M
9 Perry M
10 Parkins M
8 November 1941, RPI 26, WPI 29
1 Hunt WPI
2 Benefiel RPI
3 Stants RPI
4 Kinne WPI
5 Meister RPI
6 Sherman WPI
7 Newton RPI
8 Gault WPI
9 Perkins RPI
10 Schmitt RPI
11 Brown WPI
12 Dyer WPI
13 Peterson RPI
14 Fernane WPI
15 November 1941, CCNY 23, RPI 32 @RPI
1 Louis Cantor CCNY 25:34
2 George Burke CCNY 25:34
3 Don Creighton CCNY 25:34
4 Meister RPI
5 Benefiel RPI
6 Newton RPI
7 Max Plasner CCNY
8 Stants RPI
9 Perkins RPI
10 Morton Schwartz CCNY