Springfield Cross Country 1947
Coach Judd
Captain Whitey Fjeldal
Dick Taddonio, Dick Miller, Bob Hunt, Bobby Knowles, Bob Beetz, Robert Lyons
3 October 1947, Rhode Island State 18, Springfield 41 @Kingston
1 Bob Black RI 20:36.2
3 Bobby Knowles Sp 22:37
7 Dick Miller Sp 23:44
8 Dick Taddonio Sp 23:52
Rhode Island St Freshmen 22, Springfield 35, 2.6 miles
1 McLay RI 23:53.5
5 Bill Feinmann Sp
6 Edgar Stowell Sp
7 Lyman Root Sp
8 Warren Weber Sp
9 Bill Lamparter Sp
10 Bob Mills Sp
11 Ray Cummings Sp
12 DeWayne Cunningham Sp
13 Dame RI
17 October 1947, Springfield 22, Wesleyan 39 @Middletown, 4.6 miles
1 Bobby Knowles Sp 24:22.5
2 Johnson Ws
3 Dick Miller Sp
4 Yordan Ws
=5 Dick Taddonio & Bob Beetz Sp
7 Bob Hunt Sp
8 Bob Lyons Sp
9 Ralph Carver Sp
Springfield JV 15, Wesleyan 59, 2.7 miles
1 Bill Feinmann Fr Sp 16:03
2 Ted Anderson Sp
3 Dick Brigham Sp
4 Bill Lamparter Sp Sp
5 Dick Springer Sp Sp
6 Whitey Fjeldal Sp hampered by bad leg
7 Ws
9 Bill Scott Fr Sp
10 Bill Miller Fr Sp
Springfield Freshmen 17, Wesleyan 44, 2.7 miles
1 Jim Carbonnau Sp 15:56.6
2 Rocco Jacouzzi Sp
3 Lyyman Root Sp
4 Ws
5 Ed Stowell Sp
6 Warren Weber Sp
7 Ws
8 Ray Cummings Sp
9 Jim McGaffin Sp
28 October 1947, Springfield 18, Middlebury 41 @Springfield, 4.5 miles
1 Bobby Knowles S 24:48
2 Dick Miller S 24:50
3 Rafe Cushman M 25:18
4 Dick Taddonio S 25:21
=5 Whitey Fjeldel & Bob Beetz & Bob Hunt S 26:11
8 Gustafson M 26:28
9 Drohat M 26:28
10 Bates M 27:25
11 Mason M 27:31
12 Ted Anderson S 27:55
6 November 1947, Springfield 21, UConn 35
=1 Knowles & Miller Sp 23:55
3 Taddonio Sp 23:57
4 Reuben Ct 23:58
5 Morris Ct 24:23
6 Alling Ct 24:33
7 Beetz Sp 24:34
8 Fjeldel Sp 24:44
9 Brunette Ct 24:59
10 Hunt Sp 25:22
11 Warren Ct 25:38
12 Lyons Sp 26:36
UConn Freshmen 20, Springfield 35
1 Bray Ct 14:10
2 Breaux Ct 14:12
3 Harris Ct 14:21
4 Bill Fienemann Sp 14:31
5 Stowell Sp 14:33
6 Giordano Ct 14:41
7 Carbonneau Sp 14:43
8 McKinney Ct 14:53
9 Cummings Sp 14:58
10 Root Sp 15:04
11 Joccouzzi Sp 15:08
12 McGaffin Sp 15:12
10 November 1947, NEICAA @Franklin Park, 4 1/4 miles
Rhode Island St 63, U Mass 102, Springfield 142, Maine 145, 15 teams
1 Bob Black So RI 22:49
2 Ted Vogel Tu 22:55
3 Bobby Knowles Jr Sp 22:59
4 Silas Dunklee NH 23:10
5 Frank A. Johnson So Wes 23:23
16 Dick Miller Sp
41 Bob Hunt Sp
43 Whitey Fjeldal Sp
47 Dick Taddonio Sp
51 Bob Beetz Sp
87 Bob Lyons Sp
Freshmen, 3 1/4 miles
Boston U & Connecticut 81, Maine 103, 8 Springfield 177, 10 teams
1 Paul Zapulia NE 18:00.8
6 Smith Me
25 Bill Fienemann Sp
31 Bob Carbonnau Sp
34 Lyman Root Sp
44 Warren Weber Sp
45 Ed Stowell Sp
51 Ray Cummings Sp
58 Jim McGaffin Sp
Springfield Student, 21 Nov 1947, p3
Robert Knowles & Dick Taddonio elected co-captains for the 1948 team
Knowles college record holder in the mile 4:22.4 and half-mile 1:56.6, native of Springfield
Taddonio from Bronx, NY, runs 440 & 880 in track