Springfield 1960

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.