Springfield Cross Country 1955
Coach Vern Cox
Captains Bob Falvo & Wally Graham
senior John Manly
juniors Al Newton & Ed Amerantes
sophs Fred Carter, Skip Graham, Clark Allen
Paul Crowe is co-captain of the track team
Freshman Coach Doug Parker
Captain Frank Reuter
Vaughn Joyce, Del Cote, Jay Smith, Fred Rader, Ed Bing, Elliot Bosinger
23 September 1955, Springfield 27, Rhode Island 29 @Kingston, 4 miles
level course, mixture of dirt road and one mile of asphalt
1 Bill MacQuatti RI 23:17
2 Bob Falvo Sp 23:35 slowed by stomach cramp
3 Paul Crowe Sp 23:57
5 Fred Carter Sp
6 Al Newton Sp
11 Clark Allen Sp
12 John Manley Sp
5 October 1955, Connecticut 19, Springfield 44 @Storrs, 4.5 miles
1 Lew Steiglitz Ct
2 Paul Crowe Sp
3 Werner Gibaleus Ct
8 Bob Falvo Sp
15 Al Newton Sp
16 Chubby Amerantes Sp
17 Fred Carter Sp
Wally Graham dnf w/stomach cramp
Connecticut Freshmen 19, Springfield 42, 3 miles
6 Frank Reuter Sp
7 Zeke Joyce Sp
8 October 1955, Maine 17, Springfield 44 @Springfield, 4.1 miles
new course, rain-soaked
1 Paul Firlotte ME 22:32 cr
2 Dan Rearick ME
3 Stan Furrow ME
4 Bob Falvo Sp
5 Dave Gould ME
6 Dick Law ME
7 Paul Crowe Sp
also Fred Carter, Allan Newton, Ed Amerantes, Clark Allen, John Manly, Harry Yeo
8 October 1955, Mt Hermon 22, Springfield 33 @Mount Hermon
4 Elliot Bosinger Sp
5 Joyce Sp
7 Reuter Sp
8 Cote Sp
9 Smith Sp
14 October 1955, Springfield 23, Williams 33 @Springfield, 4.1 miles
rain splattered course
1 Bob Falvo Sp 22:55
2 Paul Crowe Sp
3 Bill Fox W
4 Al Newton Sp
5 Fred Carter Sp
6 JIm Hecker W
7 Hotz Ports W
8 Dick Clokey W
9 Bruce Dayton W
10 Ed Amerantes Sp
22 October 1955, Springfield 27, Tufts 29 @Medford
1 Fawcette Tu cr
2 Paul Crowe Sp
3 Bob Falvo Sp
Springfield Freshmen 19, Tufts 40
1 Frank Reuter Sp 16:51
26 October 1955, Massachusetts 22, Springfield 40 @Springfield, 4.1 miles
1 Bob Horn Ma 22:08 cr
2 Bob Falvo Sp
4 Paul Crowe Sp
10 Al Newton Sp
also Amerantes & Carter
28 October 1955, Wesleyan 24, Springfield 31 @Middletown
1 Herbert Hinman Ws
3 Paul Crowe Sp
4 Bob Falvo Sp
also Al Newton, Fred Carter, Ed Amerantes
Wesleyan Freshmen 22, Springfield 33
4 Del Cote Sp
5 Zeke Joyce Sp
7 Frank Reuter Sp
8 Jay Smith Sp
9 Fred Rader Sp
29 October 1955, Springfield 24, RPI 31 @Springfield, 4.2 miles
=1 Bob Falvo & Paul Crowe Sp 23:20
3 Fred Best RPI 23:34
4 Bob Wyer RPI 23:59
5 Fred Carter Sp 24:44
6 Al Newton Sp 24:44
7 John Hudson RPI 25:04
8 Rudy Swigart RPI 25:09
9 Dick Chapman RPI 25:13
10 Clark Allen Sp 25:41
11 John Manley Sp 25:52
12 Zimmer RPI 26:23
RPI now 2-3, Springfield 4-4.
RPI Freshmen 28, Springfield 29, 2.7 miles
1 Ed Kromer RPI 14:16
2 Elmars Jurjevics RPI 14:22
3 Del Cote Sp 14:23
4 Dave Langlois RPI 14:33
5 Jay Smith Sp 14:37
6 Vaughn Joyce Sp 14:45.5
7 Charles Mitchell Sp 14:58
8 Frank Reuter Sp 14:58
9 Fred Rader Sp 15:25
10 Jon Wilson RPI 15:46
11 George Chamberlain RPI 16:13
NEICAA 7 November 1955, Franklin Park (revised course), 4.7 miles
Maine 42, Providence 68, Massachusetts 83, Connecticut 140, 8 Rhode Island 244, 9 Springfield 284, 12 Tufts 323, 14 teams
1 Paul Firlotte Sr ME 24:24
2 Bob Horn UMass 24:29
3 Rod Boucher P 24:31
4 Lew Stieglitz Ct
5 Bill Hanlon P
25 Paul Crowe Sp
also Newton, Amarantes, Falvo, Allen
Falvo was running 14th when he tripped and sprained his ankle.
Freshmen 2 1/2 miles
Massachusetts 69, Rhode Island 80, Maine 92, 7 Springfield 233, 10 teams
1 Tom Flynn RI 13:30 Lewiston Daily Sun says Tom Hill
2 Don Johnson NH 13:31