Swarthmore Cross Country 1959
Coach Jim Miller
Captain Dave Denhardt, Lige Swift
juniors Steve Vessey, Dave Henderson; soph Al Giese
10 Oct @Lafayette
17 Oct Delaware
10 October 1959, Lafayette 27, Swarthmore 29 @Easton, 4.21 miles
1 Dick Haines L 22:18
2 Jim Oehlert L
3 John Creighton Fr Sw 23:21
4 Dave Denhardt Sw 23:32
5 Ed Ayres Fr Sw
6 Dave Shepard L
7 Joe Nyce L
8 Dave Henderson Sw
9 Al Giese Sw
10 Lige Swift Sw
12 Dan Sober Fr Sw
13 Hap Fairbanks Sw
14 Frank Farlow Sw
15 Dave Snyder Fr Sw
17 October 1959, Swarthmore 24, Delaware 36 @Swarthmore, 4.5 miles
1 Karl Homen DE 23:31.4 cr (old mark 24:22.7 by Denhardt, 1957)
2 John Creighton Sw 24:23
3 Dave Denhardt Sw 24:50
4 Ed Ayres Sw 25:18
5 Lutz DE
6 Stack DE
7 Dave Henderson Sw 26:02
8 Al Giese Sw 26:35
9 Harris Fairbanks So Sw
10 Dan Sober Sw
11 Pierce DE
12 Dave Snyder Sw
13 Frank Farlow Sw
14 Richard Kitteredge Sw
15 Green DE
24 October 1959, practice meet w/Ursinus, 4 1/2 miles
1 John Creighton Sw 24:06
2 Vernon Morgan U
12 Bill Pratt U went off course while running 6th
28 October 1959, Swarthmore 22, Pennsylvania Military College 35 @Chester, 4.1 miles
new course
1 John Creighton Sw 20:34
2 Dave Denhardt Sw 20:39
5 Ed Ayres Sw
6 Henderson Sw
8 Fairbanks Sw
10 Lige Swift Sw
11 Al Giese Sw
4 November 1959, Swarthmore 17, F&M 46 @Lancaster, 4.5 miles
1 John Creighton Sw 22:22
2 Dave Denhardt Sw
3 Ed Ayers Sw
4 John Miller F&M 23:19
5 Henderson Sw
6 Fairbanks Sw
9 Kessler F&M
10 Harker F&M
11 Harpster F&M
12 Weaver F&M
7 November 1959, Swarthmore 22, Johns Hopkins 36 @Homewood, 4 miles
cold rain
1 Dave Denhardt Sw 21:02.8 climbed locked gate to finish on the track
2 John Creighton Sw 21:12.8
3 Jim Fitzpatrick JH 21:25.4
4 Bruce Campbell JH 22:11.9
5 Al Giese Sw 22:26
6 Dave Henderson JH 22:33
7 Steve Haust JH 22:36
8 Hap Fairbanks Sw 22:41
9 Lige Swift Sw 22:49
10 Bob Hooper JH 23:10
Ed Ayres Sw pulled leg muscle
Dave Henderson Sw
14 November 1959, Swarthmore 15, Haverford 49 @Swarthmore
slippery conditions
1 John Creighton Sw 24:04
2 Dave Denhardt Sw 21:14
=3 Fairbanks, Henderson, Swift Sw
6 Al Giese Sw
7 Hillier H
8 Dave Snyder Sw
9 Dick Kittridge Sw
10 Will Fairley Sw
R Bailey, R Moore, P Shield, Charles Snygg all finished before Haverford's #5
20 November 1959, Middle Atlantic @Cobb's Creek, Philadelphia, 5 miles
muddy course
St Joseph's 45, LaSalle 76, Juniata 127, West Chester 131, Swarthmore 149, Rutgers 165, Delaware 186, Dickinson 198, Lehigh 232, Gettysburg 276, Haverford 319, Wagner 354, Moravian 386
(Phoenix says Lafayette 188, Haverford 384)
1 Carl-Olaf Homen DE 23:57.5 cr (old mark 24:33 by Kevin Quinn, St Joseph's, 1959)
2 Pete Walheim LaS 24:36
3 Bob Ashton R
4 Dave Denhardt Sw
17 John Creighton Sw
24 Ross Connelly StJ
36 Al Giese Sw
40 Lige Swift Sw
52 Hap Fairbanks Sw
79 Dave Henderson Sw
Freshmen, 2 1/2 miles
St Joseph's 30, West Chester St 38, Temple 110, Moravian 115, Swarthmore 173, Lafayette 129, Delaware 141
1 Ron Rensh T 13:50
2 Joe McQuillan StJ
3 WC
4 Gerry Dopp StJ
Swarthmore: Dave Snyder, Kittridge, Weitzman, Shield, Gelles