Springfield Cross Country 1959
Coach Vern Cox
Captains Doug Raubenheimer, Ken Meyer
soph Paul McDonald, juniors Phil Walkden & Roger Maloney lead team
senior Moe Callahan
juniors Moe Collins, Dave Williams
Freshmen Coach Bill Bankhead (grad student from LSU)
Jim Ricker, Jay Flanagan, Terry Merritt, Bill Burke, Billy Griffith
26 September 1959, Springfield def Rhode Island
10 October 1959, Springfield 21, Williams 42, MIT 64 @Williamstown
=1 Roger Maloney & Paul McDonald Sp 21:02.4
3 Phil Walkden Sp 21:10
4 Spike Kellog So W 21:17
5 Cpt Buzz Morss Sr W 21:30
6 Bob Mullen Sr MIT
7 Ken Meyer Sp 22:29
=8 Dave Williams & Doug Raubenheimer Sp 23:08
10 Colin McNaull Sr W 23:16
11 John Allen Jr W 23:22
12 Dave Kieffer So W 23:23
13 Dan Oliver Sr MIT
14 Herb Grieves Jr MIT
15 George Withbroe Jr MIT
16 Ed McCartney Sr MIT
17 Herb Wegener Jr MIT
18 Rog Weissinger So MIT
19 John Russ So W 24:12
23 Jim Evans So W 25:06
Moe Callahan dnr w/pulled thigh muscle
MIT took the early lead but faded due to the fast early pace and a 500 yard long hill in the second mile.
Freshmen
Springfield 33, Williams 33, MIT 62
1 Sp 14:45.6
2 Rick Ash W 15:28
4 George Anderson W
9 Rog Hinrichs MIT
10 Pete Hierl MIT
16 October 1959, Springfield def Tufts @Springfield
21 October 1959, Springfield 15, RPI @Springfield
=1-5 S
6 Leroy Warner RPI went off course
Moe Callahan out for the season w/pulled thigh muscle
Springfield Freshmen 25, RPI 30, 3.1 miles
1 Merritt S 16:43 cr (old mark 18:12)
2 Mike Mahoney RPI 17:00
3 Frank Wilson RPI
7 Marty Schwam RPI
4 November 1959, Massachusetts 27, Springfield 28 @Springfield, 4.5 miles
1 Ralph Buschmann Ma 24:35 cr
4 Dick Atkinson Ma
6 Emo Barron Ma
7 Jim Hainer Ma
9 Joe Kelsey Ma
10 Williams Sp
Springfield Freshmen 26, Massachusetts 30
1 Dave Blach Ma 16:34.9 cr
2 Merrit Sp
3 McCombe Sp
4 Smith Sp
5 Gene Hasbrouck Ma
6 Flannagan Sp
7 Harrington Ma
8 Harrington Ma
9 Dick Blomstrom Ma
7 November 1959, Springfield 19, Amherst 37 @Springfield
1 Phil Walkden Sp 24:27 cr
9 November 1959, NEICAA @Franklin Park, 4.1 miles
Maine 73, Brown 85, Wesleyan 119, 8 Springfield 225, 18 teams
1 Bob Lowe B 21:16
2 Fred Kolstrom Vt 21:26
3 Art Freeman BU 21:32
4 Doug MacGregor NH 21:32
5 Ken Brown Ws 21:37
20 Paul McDonald Sp 22:19
34 Roger Maloney Sp
46 Phil Walkden Sp
62 Ken Meyer Sp
64 Dave Williams Sp
Freshmen
Brown 46, UMass 115, Springfield 118, Wesleyan, 17 teams
1 Tom Gunzelman Brown 14:07
2 Larry Rawson BC 14:10
3 Ken Mueller BU
5 Dave Balch Ma 14:19
10 Terry Merritt Sp
15 George McCombe Sp
22 Dick Smith Sp
32 Bill Burke Sp
39 Jay Flanagan Sp
15 November 1959, NEAAU @Franklin Park, 10km
42 deg, dry footing, windy, cloudy
BAA 44, BAA B 51, Springfield 69, Harvard College AA 80
1 John J.Kelley BAA 32:34
2 Jim Green BAA 32:43
Russ Bennett So Pac AAU
3 Graham Parnell BAA 33:33
6 Phil Walkden Sp 34:31
7 Paul MacDonald Sp 34:34
9 Ralph Perry H 34:58
14 Terry Merritt Sp 35:32
16 Roger Maloney Sp 35:40
19 Bob Schubert Brandeis 35:58
31 Jim Burke Sp 37:55
40 finishers