Swarthmore Cross Country 1955
Coach James H Miller
Captain Knowles Dougherty
Jay Stone, David H Smith, Gordy Power, Bill Cunningham, Kent Greenawalt
Don Zinn study abroad, brother Carl Zinn out for team
Swarthmore Phoenix, 11 Oct 1955, p7
28 men out for XC
new 4.43 mile course, one of the toughest in the east w/many hills and rough areas
frosh Jim Clarke, Jerry Josties, Brent Barksdale
new XC runners Ed Wolf & Jerry Stone
opening meet @Layfayette on Thursday, next meet vs Delaware during homecoming
13 October 1955, Swarthmore 28, Lafayette 28 @easton, 4 miles
1 Knowles Dougherty Sw 22:51
2 Larry Sherman L
3 Bill Rude L
4 John Bagger L
5 Dave Smith Sw
6 Jim Clarke Sw
7 Brent Barksdale Sw
8 Fuller Atkinson L
9 Kent Greenawalt Sw
10 Bill Cunningham Sw
13 Chris Hohenhemser Sw
14 Gordon Powers Sw suffering from blisters
15 Jerry Josties Sw
Jay Stone stopped by stitch while running in 5th and dnf
Ed Wolfe dnr because of pulled tendon
22 October 1955, Delaware 21, Swarthmore 37 @Swarthmore, 4.43 miles
1 Knowles Dougherty Sw 24:58 cr
2 Dante Marini DE
6 Jim Clarke Sw
Brent Barksdale Sw
Ed Wolf Sw slowed by heel injury
Dave Smith Sw
also Gordon Power, Kent Greenawalt, Jerry Jostle, Chris Hohenemser
29 October 1955, West Chester 20, Swarthmore 37 @West Chester, 4 miles
1 Knowles Dougherty Sw 23:03
2 Sid Douse WC 23:37
7 Jerry Stone Sw
8 Jim Clarke Sw
10 Brent Barksdale Sw
11 Gordon Power SW
also Dave Smith, Kent Greenawalt, Bill Cunningham, Jerry Josties, Chris Hohenenser, Carl Zinn, Pete Temin, Bob Sauer
2 November 1955, Swarthmore 15, PMC 48 @Swarthmore
1 Knowles Dougherty Sw
2 Jim Clarke Sw
3 Brent Barksdale Sw
4 Dave Smith Sw
5 Gordon Powers Sw
7 Bill Cunningham Sw
8 Kent Greenawalt Sw
5 November 1955, Swarthmore 23, Johns Hopkins 36 @Homewood, 4.2 miles
1 Knowles Dougherty Sw 21:47
4 Jim Clarke Sw
5 Jay Stone Sw
6 Gordon Power Sw
7 Dave Smith Sw
Brent Barksdale Sw
Kent Greenawalt Sw
11 November 1955, Middle Atlantic @Allentown, 4 1/4 miles
St Joseph's 20, Lehigh 103, LaSalle 113, Delaware 114, Alfred 150, Lafayette 198, Swarthmore 201, Haverford 218, Albright 239, Bucknell 248, F&M 249, Muhlenberg 255, Upsala 293
1 Joe Sloan StJ 21:44.2 cr (old mark 22:05 by Joe Cunningham, St Joseph's, 1950))
2 Knowles Dougherty Sw 22:02
3 Bob Hagarty StJ
4 Jim O'Donnell StJ
5 Ed Maher StJ
38 Jay Stone Sw
47 Dave Smith Sw
54 Gordon Power Sw
60 Kent Greenwalt Sw
61 Bill Cunningham Sw
68 Chris Hohenemser Sw
83 runners
Freshmen, 3 miles
St Joseph's 20, Alfred, Lehigh, Lafayette 123, Swarthmore
1 Frank Finerty Alf 16:59 cr (old mark 17:13)
4 Fred Krihbiel Leh
5 Walt Ziegler Leh
17 Jim Clarke Sw
19 Brent Barksdale Sw
26 Dick Clapp F&M
29 Karl Zinn Sw
30 Jerry Jostles Sw
35 Bob Cotton Sw
44 Larry Myers F&M
80 runners
19 November 1955, Swarthmore 24, Haverford 35 @Swarthmore, 4.43 miles
snow-covered course
1 Knowles Dougherty Sw 25:54
2 Lamar Schumpert So H 26:26
3 Alexander Phillips So H
4 Jim Clarke Sw
5 Dave Smith Sw
6 Kent Greenawalt Sw
7 Cpt Bob Gage H
8 Gordon Power Sw
10 Bill Cunningham Sw
11 Brent Barksdale Sw
Swarthmore finished 3-2-1