Swarthmore Cross Country 1942
Coach Townsend Scudder
Captain John Fergus
Frank Ayer, Ted Braaten, Sid Friend, George Heise
also senior Dave Ulman, juniors Jim Deane, Dick Trainer, sophs Dick Kahn, Nelson Van Valen, Ed Ruhe, Arky Dannenberg, Chuck Ferger
meets vs Lehigh, Penn, Johns Hopkins and Middle Atlantic States @Bethlehem
16 October 1942, Lehigh 15, Swarthmore 40 @Swarthmore, 4 1/2 miles
driving rain
1 Wiley L 25:08
2 Hardy L 25:54
3 Clark L 26:04
4 Domeratzky L 26:08
5 Smythe L 26:28
6 Evans L 26:43
7 Bradford L 26:44
8 Gray L 27:02
9 Whipple L 27:31
10 Walker L 27:38
11 Fox L 27:40
12 Van Allen L 27:45
13 Frank Ayer Sw 27:57
14 John Fergus Sw 28:00
15 George Heise Sw 28:27
16 Sid Friend Sw 28:38
17 Ted Braaten Sw 30:10
18 Field Sw 30:32
19 Ferger Sw 30:59
20 Smith Sw 32:30
21 Ulman Sw 32:30
22 Platt Sw 32:59
Swarthmore had only four wet days of training after vacation.
23 October 1942, Pennsylvania 22, Swarthmore 37 @Cobbs Creek, 4 1/2 miles
1 John Wisner Pe 22:53
2 Newell Doubleday Pe 23:05
3-4 Sw
5 Bill Blum Pe
8 Jim Holmblad Pe
9 Clayton Norris Pe
10 Gene Sullivan Pe
12 John Mathias Pe
13 Ed Close Pe
31 October 1942, Johns Hopkins 24, Swarthmore 31 @Swarthmore
1 Bill Dunk JH 25:06
2 Ted Braaten Sw
3 Angell JH
4 Hildebrand JH
5 Frank Ayer Sw
6 Abercrombie JH
7 Arky Dannenburg Sw
8 Chuck Bestor Fr Sw
9 Dave Field Fr Sw
Mitch Perry slowed by side stitch
third straight loss for Swarthmore
7 November 1942, Middle Atlantic States @Bethlehem, 4.1 miles
F&M 48, Lehigh 57, Rutgers 63, Muhlenberg 83, Alfred 100, Swarthmore 157, Haverford
new course this season
1 Dick Dillar F&M 21:34 cr
2 Emlett F&M injured ankle during race
3 Bruno R
5 Larry March Alf
Louis Domeratzky Leh
8 Bill Hardy Leh
10 Fred Wiley Leh
20 Ted Braaten Sw
also Mitch Perry, Arky Dannenberg, John Fergus, Frank Ayer, Chuck Bestor
14 November 1942, Swarthmore 27, American U 28 @Washington
2 Ted Braaten Sw 9 seconds behind winner
4 Charles Bestor Sw
6 Arkie Dannenburg Sw
7 Frank Ayer Sw
8 Mitch Perry Sw