Swarthmore Cross Country 1958
Coach James Miller (13th year), U Pennsylvania '31
Captains Lige Smith & Dave Denhardt
sophs Steve Vessey, Dave Henderson, Bob Lande (limited by injuries)
frosh include Steve Izen..., Bill Smith, Alan Giese, D Hartsough
11 Oct Lafayette
18 Oct @Delaware
29 Oct PMC
1 Nov F&M
14 Nov @Haverford
21 Nov MAC
11 October 1958, Lafayette 24, Swarthmore 33 @Swarthmore, 4.27 miles
1 Dick Haines L 24:34
2 Dave Denhardt Sw 25:02
3 Joe Stefanowicz L 25:08
4 Dave Hartsough Fr Sw 26:12
5 Jack Wiley L 26:18
6 Lige Swift Sw 26:25
7 Gene DeLoatch L 26:26
8 Walt Cartisser L 26:45
9 Steve Vessey Sw 26:44 (sic)
10 Joe nyce L 27:20
11 Jim Oehlert L 27:21
18 October 1958, Swarthmore 19, Delaware 40 @Newark White Clay Creek, 4.3 miles
1 Dave Denhardt Sw 23:32.2
2 George Rust DE
3 Dave Hartsough Sw
4 Lige Swift Sw
5 Steve Vessey Sw
6 Dave Henderson Sw
29 October 1958, Swarthmore 20, Pennsylvania Military College 30 @Swarthmore
1 Dave Denhardt Sw
2 Bill Taskett PMC
3 Dick Lunt Fr Sw first competitive run
4 Dave Hartsough Sw
1 November 1958, Swarthmore 23, F&M 37 @Swarthmore, 4 1/4 miles
1 Dave Denhardt Sw 24:45.2
2 Dick Clapp F&M
3 John Miller F&M
4 Steve Vessey Sw
5 Dick Hunt Sw
6 Al Giese Fr Sw
7 Lige Swift Sw
8 Dave Hartsough Sw
8 November 1958, Johns Hopkins 21, Swarthmore 35
1 Morris Jones JH
2 Smilovitz JH
3 Dave Denhardt Sw slowed by stomach cramps
4 Dick Lunt Sw
8 Steve Vessey Sw
9 Lige Swift Sw
10 Frock JH
11 Dave Dartsough Sw
14 November 1958, Swarthmore 22, Haverford 38 @Haverford, 4.2 miles
1 Dave Denhardt Sw 23:25
2 Dick Hillier H
3 Dick Lunt Sw 23:37
4 Larry Schumpert H
5 Dave Henderson Sw
6 Lige Swift Sw
7 Dave Hartsough Sw
8 Steve Vessey Sw
Karl Zinn Sw
Al Giese Sw
21 November 1958, Middle Atlantic States, 5 miles
cold, windy day
LaSalle 43, St Joseph's 44, Lafayette 118, West Chester 134, Rutgers 145, Juniata 184, Lehigh 195, Swarthmore 228, Elizabethtown 264, F&M 272, Haverford 331, Gettysburg 336, Moravian 382, 16 teams
PMC, Muhlenberg inc
1 Earl Jefferson LaS 24:49.8
2 Harold Thorsen StJ 24:51
3 Peter Walheim LaS 24:54
4 James Summer LaS 24:56
5 Mervin Bryon WC 25:03
6 John Lynch StJ 25:06
7 Richard Haines Laf 25:11
8 Joseph Stefanowicz Laf 25:19
41 John Miller F&M
Swarthmore: Dick Lunt, Steve Vessey, Dave Hartsough, Al Giese, Dave Henderson, Dave Denhardt (stricken w/side cramp)