Springfield Cross Country 1964
Coach Vern Cox
Captain Gordie Calkins, Sherm Parker
juniors Dick Wells, Don Putnam, Stan Dutton
sophs Ross Nichol, Dick Manson, Jeff Mann, Stew Tweed, Pete Kramer
3 October 1964, Springfield 17, Coast Guard 44 @New London, 3.9 miles
=1 Rick Wells & Don Putnam Sp 21:45
3 Gordie Calkins Sp 22:23
4 Rich Knight Sp 22:23
7 Ross Nichol Sp
8 Stan Dutton Sp
9 Stew Tweed Sp
Sherm Parker dnr because of illness
Springfield Freshmen def Coast Guard
1 John Farrington
2 Arnie Devlia
3 Russ Pate
4 Dave Whalen
October 1964, Springfield 20, Holy Cross 41 @Worcester
1 Don Putnam Sp 20:36 cr
2 Clark HC
3 Rich Wells Sp
4 Gordie Calkins Sp
5 Rich Knight Sp
7 Ross Nichol Sp
also Stan Dutton, Stu Tweed, Randy Stout, Jeff Mann
Springfield Freshmen def Holy Cross
10 October 1964, Springfield 23, MIT 41, Williams 72 @MIT, 3.75 miles
1 Sumner Brown Jr MIT 18:35
2 Don Putnam Sp 18:52
3 Rich Wells Sp
4 Steve Orr So W 19:32
5 Rich Knight Sp
6 Gordie Calkins Sp
7 Ross Nichol Sp
8 Bill Purves Sr MIT 20:01
9 Rob Wesson Jr MIT 20:14
10 Dick McMillin Sr MIT 20:17
13 Don Raab So M
15 John Babington So W
16 George Tuthill So W
22 Gif Kessler W
23 Mike Brewer W
24 Ron Matthews So W
25 John Gepson W
Freshmen
Springfield 32, MIT 42, Williams 48
1 Don Hogan MIT 13:24.6
4 Roger Maynard W
October 1964, Springfield 23, Connecticut 36 @Springfield, 4.6 miles
1 Don Putnam Sp 23:52
2-3 Ct
4 Rich Wells Sp
5 Gordie Calkins Sp
6 Rich Knight Sp
7 Stan Dutton Sp
9-14 Sp
Connecticut Freshmen 20, Springfield 35
16 October 1964, Rhode Island 27, Springfield 29 @Springfield
1 Don Putnam Sp
Rich Wells Sp
Rich Knight Sp
Gordie Calkins Sp
Stan Dutton Sp
Rhode Island Freshmen 22, Springfield 37
21 October 1964, Springfield 18, RPI 43 @RPI
1 Don Putnam Sp 25:00.2 cr (old mark 25:25)
2 Richard Wells Sp 25:36
3 Richard Knight Sp 25:56
4 Barry Stepp RPI 26:06
5 Gordon Calkins Sp 26:06
6 Mark Young RPI
7 Ross Nichol Sp
8 Sherm Parker Sp
9 Jeff Mann Sp
10 Ken Doris RPI
11 Bill Coelho RPI
12 Charlie Hoover RPI
RPI Freshmen 27, Springfield 30
2 Russ Pate Sp
3 Arnold Devline Sp
4 Dave Whalan Sp
10 Rod Cattocci Sp
11 Bill Waight Sp
26 October 1964, Providence 15, Springfield 50 @Springfield
1-7 Pr
8 Rich Knight Sp
9 Sherm Parker Sp
10 Rich Wells Sp
11 Gordie Calkins Sp
12 Don Putnam Sp
Providence Freshmen def Springfield
31 October 1964, Wesleyan 20, Springfield 36 @Springfield, 4.6 miles
1 Ws 23:51
2 Ws
3 Ross Nichol Sp 24:27
4 Ws
5 Rich Wells Sp
6 Ws
7 Ws
8 Rich Knight Sp
9 Sherm Parker Sp
10 Cordie Calkins Sp
Don Putnam dnf because of injury
7 November 1964, Springfield 22, Massachusetts 34 @Amherst, 4.38 miles
1 Terry Carpenter Ma 23:22
2 Don Putnam Sp
3 Rich Wells Sp
4 Sherm Parker Sp
5 John Andersen Ma 24:45
6 Ross NIchol Sp
7 Gordie Calkins Sp
Springfield finished 7-3
Rich Wells & Don Putnam elected co-captains for the 1965 team.
9 November 1964, NEICAA @Franklin Park, 4.2 miles
Providence 47, Rhode Island 141, Northeastern 148, Wesleyan 170, Massachusetts 180, New Hampshire 181, Springfield 191, Maine 205, 16 teams
1 Barry Brown Pr 20:19
2 Dave Dunsky NE 20:33
3 Paul Harris Pr 20:36
4 George Starkus BU 20:53
5 Bob Rothenberg B 20:56
140 runners