Swarthmore Cross Country 1946
Coach James Miller
Charles Bestor only returning member of 1942 team
Bill Lichten & Irving Dayton ran on 1946 track team
thirteen newcomers to fill out squad
12 Oct F&M
16 Oct @Westchester St Teachers
26 Oct open
2 Nov Haverford
8 Nov @Lehigh
11 Nov Lafayette
2 October, Swarthmore 24, F&M 31 @Swarthmore, 2 1/2 miles
(F&M reported 20-25, Swarthmore 23-31)
1 Alden Stevenson Sw 14:37 Mount Hermon grad
2 Irv Dayton Sw 14:44
3 Pat Boardman F&M 15:00 led most of the way before fading on the hills
4 Gus Lunquist F&M 15:10
5 Chuck Bestor Sw 15:22
Jerry Schriebler F&M
10 McGrath Sw
18 October 1946, West Chester St Teachers 23, Swarthmore 36 @West Chester, 4 miles
1 Alden Stevenson SW 22:43
2 Bob Kerper WC 22:43
3 Jack Miledy WC 23:01
4 Irv Dayton Sw 23:03
5 George Freiler WC 23:07
9 Chuck Bestor SW 23:32
Swarthmore Phoenix, 2 Nov 1946, p6
meet vs Haverford today on 3 1/2 mile course
Alden Stevenson #1, 4:37 miler at Mount Hermon
Irv Dayton ran 2 mile on track team in spring
Chuck Bestor ran mile on 1942 & 1943 teams, saw action in two theaters of war
Bill Lichten, Doug McGrabb, Frank Nichols fill out varsity