Springfield Cross Country 1962
Coach Vern Cox
Captain Terry Merritt, Kirk Randall
seniors George McCombe, Gordie McClure, Don Chaffee, Jay Flanagan
sophs Sherm Parker, Corky Calkins, Jim Bullock, Bill Bliss
Freshman Coach Ted Dutkiewicz
29 September 1962, Springfield 19, Rhode Island 43 @Springfield
1 Terry Merritt Sp
2 Bob Lund RI 13 seconds back
3 Kirk Randall Sp 6 seconds back
4 George McCombe Sp ex-football end, 1st season of XC
5 Gordon McClure Sp
6 Sherm Parker Sp
7 Don Chaffee Sp
9 Jay Flanagan Sp
12 Corky Calkins Sp
17 Jim Bullock Sp
22 runners
6 October 1962, Springfield 19, Coast Guard 40 @New London, 3.9 miles
1 Terry Merritt Sp 20:37.5 cr (old mark 20:57 by Jim Keefe, Central Conn, 1962)
2 Kirk Randall Sp 20:48
3 Dennis Brady CG
4 George McCombe Sp
5 Gordie McClure Sp
6 Dave Faurot CG
7 Sherm Parker Sp
8 Don Chaffee Sp
11 Jay Flanagan Sp
12 Corky Calkins Sp
Springfield def Holy Cross
13 October 1962, Springfield 15, Williams 56, MIT 71 @Williams, 3.8 miles
1 Terry Merritt Sp 19:39 cr
=2 Sherm Parker Sp 20:23
=2 George McCombe Sp 20:23
4 Gordie McClure Sp 20:39
5 Don Chaffee Sp 20:51
6 Jay Flanagan Sp 21:01
7 Mike Ogola So W 21:17 (in 2nd until final hill)
8 Corky Calkins Sp 21:28
9 George Anderson Sr W 21:36
10 Roger Hinrichs MIT 21:43
11 Chuck Sigwart MIT 21:46
12 Ron Hubert So W 21:59
13 Cpt Rick Ash Sr W 21:59
14 Dick McMillin MIT 22:06
15 Cpt John Kifner Sr W 22:07
16 Tom Goddard MIT
18 Phil McKnight So W 22:07
19 Chuck Metcalf So W 22:18
20 Al Teipel Jr W 22:23
John Dressler MIT
previous course record 20:25 by Steve Paranya, Wesleyan, 1960
Springfield Freshmen 30, MIT 37, Williams 54
1 Sumner Brown MIT 14:24 cr
2,3,4,7,14 Sp
5 Rob Wessen MIT
6 Walt Johnson W 15:57
8 Dave Corwin W 16:20
9 John Rible MIT
10 Bill Friedman MIT
11 Jon Smith W 16:29
12 Ken Caneva MIT
13 Bing Benson W 16:40
17 Joel Morse W 17:30
16 October 1962, Springfield 23, Connecticut 34 @Springfield, 4.5 miles
1 Terry Merritt Sp 23:30 cr (old mark 23:37 by Paul MacDonald, Springfield)
2 George McCombe Sp
5 Kirk Randall Sp out for a week
7 Gordie McClure Sp
8 Sherm Parker Sp
10 Don Chaffee Sp
11 Corky Calkins Sp
also Jay Flanagan, Bill Bliss, Jim Bullock
15th straight win for Springfield, now 6-0 this fall
23 October 1962, Springfield 15, RPI 49 @RPI, 4.4 miles
1 Kirk Randall Sp 23:10.2 cr (old mark 23:53 by Tom Hoffman, Union, 1958)
2 Terry Merritt Sp 23:39
3 Gordie McClure Sp
4 George McCombe Sp
5 Sherm Parker Sp
6 Don Chaffee Sp
7 Bill Gazda RPI 25:07
8 Corky Calkins Sp
9 Jay Flanagan Sp
12 Bill Bliss Sp
14 Jim Bullock Sp
31 October 1962, Springfield 15, Wesleyan 44 @Springfield
7 November 1962, Springfield 27, Massachusetts 29 @Amherst, 4.6 miles
1 Terry Merritt Sp 24:12.4
2 Kirk Randall Sp 24:18
3 Jim Wrynn Ma 24:23
4 Dave Balch Ma 24:27
5 Bob Brouillet Ma
6 George McCombe Sp
7 Gordie McClure Sp
8 Ken O'Brien Ma
9 Bob Pendleton Ma
10 Dick Blomstrom Ma
11 Sherm Parker Sp
15 Tom Panke Ma
Springfield Freshmen finished dual meet season at 5-3.
Rich Well, Stan Dutton, Don Putnam led team.
also Watson, Lyman, Frajce
Putnam slowed by late season ankle injury
12 November 1962, NEICAA @Franklin Park, 4.2 miles
Brown 64, Massachusetts 73, Springfield 143, Providence 149, 15 teams
1 Jim Keefe Jr CCt 20:04
2 Dave Farley Jr B
3 John Jones B
4 Bob Brouillet Ma 21:27
5 Jim Wrynn Ma 21:29
6 Bob Lund RI
13 Terry Merritt Sp
26 George McCombe Sp
27 Gordon McClure Sp
37 Sherm Parker Sp
40 Kirk Randall Sp
47 Corky Calkins Sp
64 Jay Flanagan Sp
17 November 1962, NCAA College Division @Wheaton IL
Central St 77, Northern Illinois 96, Kansas St Teachers 119, Springfield 157, Slippery Rock & South Dakota St 161, 20 teams
1 Hegedus Central St 19:59.1
2 Camden KS St T 20:06
3 Sloan KS St T 20:08
6 Terry Merritt Sp 20:47
21 Kirk Randall Sp 21:25
39 Gordie McClure Sp 21:43
41 Sherm Parker Sp 21:43
66 George McCombe Sp 22:19
82 Corky Calkins Sp 22:42
95 Jay Flanagan Sp 22:51
146 finishers