Swarthmore Cross Country 1949
Coach Jim Miller
Captain Bill Battin
Ed Stabler not running this fall
opening meet @Lafayette
19 October 1949, Lafayette 25, Swarthmore 30 @Easton, 3.6 miles
1 Art Nelbach L 18:40 (old mark 19:39 by Madara, 1948)
2 Alden Stevenson Sw
3 Jim Madara L
4 Sid Conger L
5 Bill Battin Sw
6 Clate Tatman L
29 October 1949, F&M 24, Swarthmore 32; F&M 21, Lincoln U 40 @Williamson Field
(Phoenix says F&M 26, Swarthmore 29)
1 Alden Stephenson Sw 22:40
2 Bill Dixon F&M 23:15 sprained ankle on 2nd lap
3 Gus Lundquist F&M 23:50
4 Walter Carpenter L 24:00
5 Ralph Peterson L 24:05
6 Jim Landis F&M 24:22
7 Avery Harrington Sw 24:30 ex-JV soccer player
8 Earl Wagner F&M 24:40
9 Spaulding Sw 24:42
10 Bill Battin Sw 24:52 slowed by leg cramps
11 Ed Hopton F&M 25:10
12 Higgins F&M 25:12
13 George Hastings Fr Sw 25:18
14 Ralph Cheyney Sw 25:32 slowed by leg cramps
15 Patterson F&M 25:26
16 Rohrbaugh F&M
18 L #3
2 November 1949, Swarthmore 22, Lehigh 33
5 November 1949, Swarthmore 15, Johns Hopkins 46 @Swarthmore, 4.1 miles
1 Alden Stevenson Sw 23:59.6 cr (old mark 24:13)
2 Avery Harrington Sw
3 John Spaulding Sw
4 Ralph Cheyney Sw
5 Bill Battin Sw
also Freshman Bill Perrin; frosh George Hastings dnr because of leg injuries
Hopkins' Grimm was running 2nd when he went off course in Crum Woods
11 November 1949, Middle Atlantic States @Allentown, 4 1/4 miles
St Joseph's 16, Alfred 99, Swarthmore 114, Lafayette 118, F&M 133, Washington 153, LaSalle 161, Haverford 212, Muhlenberg 216, Delaware 264, Albright 269
1 John Kelley StJ 22:22 cr (old mark 22:42 by Art Nelbach, Lafayette, 1949)
2 Thomas F Duffy StJ 22:25
3 Walter Szmidt StJ 22:29
4 Francis Corey StJ 22:45
5 Alden Stevenson Sw 22:53
21 Avery Harrington Sw 23:49
27 William Battin Sw 24:12
29 Ralph Cheyney Sw 24:23
33 John Spaulding Sw 24:46
Freshmen, 3 miles
Alfred 25, LaSalle 39, Lehigh, Delaware, Lafayette, Wagner, Haverford, Swarthmore, F&M, Albright
(The Lafayette says 27-54)
1 Per B Andresen Alf 17:34 from Oslo, Norway
2 George Dukes LaS 200 yds back
3 Bob Purdy Alf
9 George Hastings Sw