Springfield College Cross Country 1967
Coach Vern Cox (14th year)
Captain Russ Pate
Craig Bennett, Ken Klatka, George Atkinson, Steve Smith, Bruce Barmak, Larry LaCroix, Roland Cormier, Bill Tramposch
30 Sep RPI
4 Oct @Rhode Island
11 Oct Holy Cross
14 Oct @Colby
17 Oct @Connecticut
24 Oct Massachusetts
28 Oct Albany Inv
4 Nov @Wesleyan
8 Nov Boston College
13 Nov New Englands
20 Nov ICAAAA
30 September 1967, Springfield 15, RPI 50 @Springfield, 4.5 miles
=1 Russ Pate, Craig Bennett, Ken Klatka, Bill Tramposch Sp 24:14
5 Roland Cormier Sp
6 Steve Smith Sp
7 Bruce Barmak Sp
8 Bill Pollack RPI 25:04
9 George Atkinson Sp
10 Bob Whitby RPI
Pete Hagen RPI
Dave Whale dnr because of injury
Springfield Freshmen 23, RPI 34
1 David Crawford RPI
2 Harry Merrifield Sp
4 Brad Kron Sp
5 John Kane Sp
5 Bob Pearson RPI
7 Jim Lambrose RPI
11 October 1967, Springfield 25, Holy Cross 33 @Springfield
1 Art Dulong HC 21:37 cr (old mark 22:36 by Ambrose Burfoot, Wesleyan, 1966)
3 Craig Bennett Sp
4 Russ Pate Sp
5 Ken Klatka Sp
6 Roland Cormier Sp
14 October 1967, Springfield 20, Colby 43 @Waterville, 4.3 miles
1 Sebsibe Mamo Co 20:44 cr (old mark 22:51)
=2 Russell Pate, Craig Bennett, Roland Cormier, Ken Klatka, Bill Tramposch, Steve Smith Sp 21:35
George Atkinson Sp 21:55
Springfield winning streak now 14 meets.
26 October 1967, Springfield 24, Massachusetts 37 @Springfield, 4.5 miles
1 Charlie Lang Ma 22:54
2 Ken Klatka Sp 23:01dd
3 Paul Hoss Ma 23:16
4 Craig Bennett Sp 23:22
5 Russ Pate Sp 23:22
6 Steve Smith Sp 23:33
7 Roland Cormier Sp 23:41
Bruce Barmak Sp 23:52
10 Marc Gelinas Ma
11 Greg Bowman Ma
16 Bill Donaldson Ma
Springfield streak now 16.
Massachusetts Freshmen 16, Springfield 45
1 Ron Wayne Ma
2 Leo Duart Ma
3 Tom Derderian Ma
4 Larry Paulsen Ma
6 Bob Benschimol Ma
7 Phil St Pierre Ma
Springfield 15, Boston St 71, Albany 79, 11 teams
=1 Craig Bennet, Roland Cormier, Ken Klatka, Russ Pate, Bill Tramposch Sp 26:51 cr (old mark 27:26)
6 Steve Smith Sp 27:17
7 Lou Ruggiero Bos St
8 Al Pastore Oneonta
10 George Atkinson Sp
11 Mike Attwell Alb 27:34
12 Bruce Barmak Sp
13 Larry LaCroix Sp
21 Bob Kitchen Sp
Freshmen
CW Post, Springfield
1 Ron Stonitsch CW Post 17:42 cr
8 Harry Merrifield Sp
10 Brad Kron Sp
12 John Kane Sp
14 Ted Johnson Sp
19 Dave Hastings Sp
4 November 1967, Springfield 25, Wesleyan 36 @Middletown, 4.2 miles
1 Ambrose Burfoot Ws
2 Bill Rogers Ws
Springfield Freshmen 19, Wesleyan 40
1 Harry Merrifield Sp
2 Brad Kron Sp
4 John Kane Sp
5 John Hastings Sp
7 Tim Johnson Sp
8 Joe Johns Sp
Springfield finished dual meet schedule 8-0.
11 November 1967, NCAA College Div @Wheaton, IL
58F, overcast
San Diego St 66, Cal St Pomona 133, Ball St 191, 24 Springfield 522, 46 teams
1 Arjan Gelling NDakota 19:33.5
2 Grant Colehour E KY 19:39
3 Greg Bagby San Diego 19:55
49 Kenneth Klatka Sp 20:46
95 Stephen Smith Sp 21:15
125 Roland Cormier Sp 21:28
148 Craig Bennett Sp 21:41
185 Russell Pate Sp 22:00
266 George Atkinson Sp 22:51
Springfield: 43, 80, 107, 128, 164
13 November 1967, NEICAA @Franklin Park, 4.7 miles
Brown 86, Holy Cross 166, Northeastern 170, Springfield 174, Massachusetts 180
1 Ambrose Burfoot Sr Wes 21:51 cr (broke own mark of 22:06)
2 Art Dulong HC 22:16
3 Sebsibe Mamo Co 22:46 pulled back muscle early in race
4 Dave Ennis B 22:56
5 Ben Wilson So MIT 23:01
6 Charles Lang Ma 23:14
20 November 1967, ICAAAA @Van Cortlandt Park, 5 miles
cold, wind, mud
College Division
Springfield 46, Temple 115, LaSalle 142, Colby 161, MIT 166, 16 teams
1 Ambrose Burfoot Wesleyan 24:25.4 mr (broke own meet record of 24:40.7, 1966)
2 Sebsibe Mamo Colby 25:18
3 William Mahoney T 25:40
4 Ben Wilson MIT 25:52
5 Jose Ryan LaS 26:07
9 Craig Bennett Sp 26:27
11 Stephen Smith Sp 26:39
14 Kenneth Klatka Sp 26:45
16 Russell Pate Sp 26:48
17 Roland Cormier Sp 26:49
Springfield: 6 8 9 11 12
Freshmen
Iona 77, Lafayette 84, Farleigh Dickinson & West Chester 94, Colby 115, 7 Springfield 167
1 Allen Webb Lafayette 15:30.4
2 Robert Bailey FD 15:35
3 Dennis Elmar LaS 15:47
4 Robert Doman StJoe 15:47
5 Robert Detrick Leh 15:47
14 Gary Burfoot Colby 15:14
15 Harry Merrifield Spr 16:16
90 runners
Springfield: 11 22 36 44 54
Roland Cormier & Ken Klatka elected co-captains of 1968 team.