Swarthmore Cross Country 1940
18 October 1940, Swarthmore 21, Lehigh 34 @Saucon Valley CC, 4 1/2 miles
1 Moore Sw 28:09
2 Skallerup Sw
3 Jim Bleiler L 28:48
4 Larry Compton L 28:55
5 Rheams Sw
6 Tanguy Sw
7 Reed Sw
also Walker, Metius, Schneider, Clark, Pearsall, Pugh, McClenachan, AB Brown
next meet @Haverford on Saturday
26 October 1940, Lafayette 20, Swarthmore 35 @Swarthmore
1 Ed Moore Sw 24:55
=2 Ed McCance & John Light L 25:25
4 Bill Hemphill L 25:42
5 Fred Ashworth L
6 Stan Bronson L
7 Bob Zipfel Sw
8 Charlie Tanguy Sw
9 Johnny Fergus Sw
10 Dave Reed Sw
2 November 1940, Union 26, Swarthmore 29 @Schnectady, 4.7 miles
pouring rain, mix of muddy trails and suburban pavement
1 Ed Moore Sw 28:16
2 Doc Maines U 28:33
3 Charlie Snell U 28:35
4 Don Collins U 28:44
5 Tanguy Sw 29:03
6 Rheams Sw 29:09
7 Dave Reed Sw 29:13
8 Paul Quinn U 29:14
9 Bob Reed U 29:32
10 Skallerup Sw 29:40
8 November 1940, Swarthmore JV 23, Pennsylvania Freshmen 32 @Swarthmore
1 Barney Rossett Sw
2 Bill McNagny Sw
3 Ted Braaten Sw
4 Clayton Norris Pe
5 William Blum Pe
6 John Mathias Pe
7 Jim Deane Sw
8 Kennedy Pe
10 Bleecker King Sw
9 November 1940, Haverford 18, Swarthmore 37 @Haverfore
1 Velte H 19:51
2 Poole H 19:52
3 Ed Moore Sw 20:06
7 Reed Sw 20:55
8 Skallerup Sw 20:56
Tanguy Sw
Zipfel Sw
Rheams & Fergus Sw
16 November 1940, Small College Group @Swarthmore
Haverford, Lafayette, Swarthmore, Lehigh, Johns Hopkins
1 Ed McCance Laf 24:24.3 cr (old mark 24:55)
2 Velte H 24:24
3 Poole H 24:44
4 Gary H 24:59
5 Moore Sw 25:09
6 Light Laf 25:10
7 Falconer H 25:27
8 Ashworth Laf 25:33
9 Bronson Laf 25:32 (sic)
10 Homberg JH 25:35
11 Reed Sw 25:45
12 Rogers H 25:53
13 Bob Zipfel Sw 25:53
14 Jeffers JH 25:56
15 Jim Bleiler Leh 25:57
16 Savadkin Laf 25:57
17 Larry Compton Leh 25:57
18 Richard Metius Leh 25:57
19 Skalierup Sw 26:45
20 Tanguy Sw 26:45
21 Fergus Sw 26:45
22 Collison JH 26:54
23 Bill Clark Leh 27:01
24 Schneider Leh 27:11
25 Pugh Leh 27:12
26 Walker Leh 27:20
27 Hemphill Laf 27:25
28 Rheams Sw 27:27
29 Satterthwait H 27:55
30 Richard JH 28:00
31 Berger JH 28:30
first meeting of the Small College group which will rotate hosting the meet; each year the host can invite one college which was Johns Hopkins this year
Swarthmore defeated Johns Hopkins 21-34 in their dual meet which was run as part of the Small College meet
Swarthmore Phoenix, 26 Nov 1940, p5
season review
Freshmen team finished 2-2, losing to Ambler and Norristown YMCA
Rosset, McNagny, Braaten, King, Deane earned their numerals