Springfield Cross Country 1960
Coach Vern Cox
Captain Phil Walkden
lettermen Paul MacDonald, Roger Maloney
sophs Terry Merritt, Jay Flanagan, Bill Griffith, Gordon McClure, Kirk Randall, Dave Crosby
5 October 1960, Connecticut 27, Springfield 30 @Springfield
8 October 1960, Springfield 21, Williams 47, MIT 59 @Springfield, 4.7 miles
=1 Phil Walkden Sp 25:41
=1 Paul McDonald Sp
=1 Terry Merritt Sp
=1 Kirk Randall Sp
5 George Anderson So W 26:11
6 John Kifner So W 26:22
7 George Withbroe Sr M 26:27
8 Spike Kellogg Jr W 26:38
9 Rick Ash So W 26:45 ran barefoot
10 Steve Banks Jr MIT 26:51
11 Jay Flanagan Sp 27:01
12 Gordon McClure Sp 27:03
13 Roger Hinrichs So MIT 27:18
14 Herb Grieves Sr MIT 27:30
15 Phil Nelson Jr MIT 27:31
16 Paul Robertson Sr MIT
18 Herb Wegener Sr MIT
Wykoff W (fifth man)
Freshmen
Springfield 26, MIT 39, Williams 57
1 Pete Petty Sp 17:36
2 Herb Jervis Sp
3 John Robertson Sp
4 Hans Hinteregger MIT
5 Carl Dahl MIT
6 Dick Kline MIT
7 Rick Bezant W 19:18
8 Sam McClendon Sp
10 Pete Staecker MIT
11 Henry Gwiazda W 19:25
13 Walt Tiepel W 19:38
14 Stew Colten MIT
15 Paul Santos MIT
16 John Shaner MIT
15 October 1960, Springfield def Tufts @Springfield
19 October 1960, Springfield 15, RPI 43 @RPI
1-4 Walkden, McDonald, Merritt, Randall Sp 25:00.2
6 George Zinsmeister RPI 26:09
7 Al Roseberry RPI 26:14
=9 Ken Wright, Jack Berg, Marty Schwam RPI 28:01
Springfield Freshmen 22, RPI 34
=1 Jervis & Petty Sp 14:37
3 George Cooke RPI 14:58
5 Bob Wolkind RPI 15:37
7 Ed Smith RPI 16:00
8 Ken Golden RPI 16:11
Duncan Harris RPI 16:25
Jim Hooper RPI 16:27
26 October 1960, Wesleyan 24, Springfield 35 @Springfield
2 November 1960, Massachusetts 20, Springfield 37
1 Dave Balch Ma 25:11
2 Ralph Buschmann Ma 25:23
3 Dick Blomstrom Ma 25:38
4 Tom Merritt Sp 25:49
5 Kenny O'Brien Ma 25:55
6 Phil Walkden Sp
7 Kirk Randall Sp
8 Paul McDonald Sp
9 Charlie Proctor Ma
10 Bob Avery Ma
11 Emo Barron Ma
12 Bob Flanagan Sp 26:56
7 November 1960, NEICAA @Franklin Park, 4.2 miles
Brown 90, Massachusetts 96, Connecticut 130, Wesleyan 147, Holy Cross 149, Springfield 153, New Hampshire 178, 17 teams
1 Bobby Lowe B 21:08
2 Steve Paranya Ws 21:47
3 Al Cross Conn 21:54
4 Art Freeman BU 21:59
5 Dave Balch UMass 22:00
18 Kenny O'Brien UMass 22:36
19 Paul McDonald Sp
27 Terry Merritt Sp
29 Kirk Randall Sp
31 Phil Walkden Sp
34 Charlie Proctor UMass 23:00
46 Gordon McClure Sp
54 Dave Williams Sp
69 Jay Flanagan Sp
114 starters
Freshmen, 3 miles
Massachusetts 75, Providence 101, Maine 102, 13 Springfield 316, 15 teams
1 Dave Farley B 14:08.8
2 Kevin Callahan HC 14:21
3 Gene Colburn UMass 14:22
114 entries
Paul McDonald elected captain of the 1961 team.