Swarthmore Cross Country 1956
Captains Gordon Power & Dave Smith
veterans Brent Barksdale, Jim Clarke, Kent Greenawalt, Jay Stone
Don Zinn returns from a year in England
course rerouted slightly to start and finish at Clothier Field
junior Ed Wolf healthy this year
frosh Dave Denhardt (Baltimore, MD) outstanding
also frosh Dave Baltimore, Alan Schoff, Bryan Mangrum, Joel Mendel, Frank Pooley, Don Potter, Michael Sanaman, Elijah ...ift, John Urey
12 October 1956, Swarthmore 19, Lafayette 42 @Swarthmore, 4.47 miles
new course
1 Dave Dunhardt Sw 24:52 cr
2 Ed Wolf Sw 25:06
3 Jay Stone Sw 26:00
4 Stefanowicz L 26:08
5 Carlson L 26:13
6 Ed Skeath Sw 26:19
7 Bob Ryan Sw 26:20
8 Jim Clarke Sw 26:40
9 Kent Greenawalt Sw 26:48
10 Gordon Power Sw 26:50
11 Lige Swift Sw 26:55
12 Bob Cuykendall Sw 26:59
13 Ball L 27:29
14 Piper L 27:41
15 Parks L 28:10
20 October 1956, Swarthmore 27, Delaware 32 @Newark, 4.3 miles
1 Clyde Louth DE
2 Jerry Quigg DE
3 Jay Stone Sw
4 Dave Denhardt Sw slowed by leg trouble
5 Ed Skeath Sw
6 Callaway DE
7 Jim Clarke Sw
8 Bob Ryan Sw
9 Gordon Power Sw
10 Lige Swift Sw
Ed Wolf slowed by sore knee
27 October 1956, Swarthmore 19, F&M 42 @Swarthmore, 4.47 miles
rain-soaked course
1 Dave Dernardt Sw 25:04
2 Jay Stone Sw
3 Charles Clark F&M
4 Ed Wolf Sw
5 Ed Skeath Sw
6 Dick Clapp F&M
7 Jim Clarke Sw
8 Gordon Power Sw
9 Bob Ryan Sw
10 John Buchanan F&M
11 Dave McCaa F&M
12 Charlie Walters F&M
also Lige Swift, Bob Cuykendall, Dave Smith, Kent Greenawalt, Karl Zinn, Chris Hohenemser
31 October 1956, Swarthmore 17, Pennsylvania Military College 45 @Swarthmore
torrential rain
1 Dave Denhardt Sw 25:59
2 Jay Stone Sw
3 Joe Ryan PMC
4 Ed Skeath Sw
5 Jim Clarke Sw
6 Gordon Power Sw
7 Bob Ryan Sw
8 Lige Swift Sw
9 Don Potter Sw
10 Kent Greenawalt Sw
11 Dave Smith Sw
12 Bob Cuykendall Sw
13 Jon Hasselman PMC
14 Dick Darlington Sw
3 November 1956, Swarthmore 19, Johns Hopkins 42 @Swarthmore
soggy course
1 Dave Dunhardt Sw 25:16
2 Jones JH 25:24
3 Jay Stone Sw 25:26
4 Ed Wolf Sw
5 Ed Skeath Sw
6 Jim Clarke Sw
8 Gordon Power Sw
9 Lige Swift Sw
11 Don Potter Sw recovering from leg injuries
9 November 1956, Swarthmore 16, Haverford 43 @Haverford, 3.6 miles
1 Dave Denhardt Sw 22:06
2 Ed Wolfe Sw
3 Ed Skeath Sw
4 Jay Stone Sw
5 Dave Nowlis H
6 Jim Clark Sw
7 Lige Swift Sw
8 David Crane H
9 Sandy Phillips H
10 Mike Johnson H
11 Dave Hillier H
16 November 1956, Middle Atlantic @Allentown, 4 1/4 miles
St Joseph's 25, West Chester 96, Lehigh 103, LaSalle 120, Swarthmore 122, F&M 156, Lafayette 167, Delaware 188, Juniata 245, Muhlenberg 262
1 Earl Jefferson LaS 21:33 cr (old record of 12:44.2 by Sloan, 1955)
2 Joe Sloan StJ 21:46
3 Ed Mather StJ
5 Bob Hagarty StJ
13 Dave Denhardt Sw 23:1?
15 Dick Clapp F&M
18 Charles Clark F&M
20 Jay Stone Sw
25 Ed Skeath Sw
29 Ed Wolf Sw
40 Jim Clarke Sw
42 Bob Ryon Sw
46 Gordon Power Sw
70 runners