Swarthmore Cross Country 1960
Coach James H Miller, Jr
Captain David W Henderson, Charels E Snygg
sophs John Creighton, Ed Ayers; juniors Hap Fairbanks, Al Giese; Henderson to lead team
also Steve Vessey, Dave Snyder, Dick Kittredge, Dan Sober, Larry Phillips
38 men out for team including 12 freshmen
new 4.75 mile course almost entirely through the Crum
15 Oct @Delaware
18 Oct Lafayette
26 Oct @PMC
29 Oct F&M
5 Nov Johns Hopkins
12 Nov @Haverford
18 Nov MAC @Philadelphia
15 October 1960, Swarthmore 27, Delaware 28 @Newark, 4.3 miles
1 Ed Ayres Sw 23:35
2 Jernigen DE 23:51
3 Callaway DE 24:08
4 Quinn DE 24:11
5 Hap Fairbanks Sw 24:34
6 Larry Phillips Sw 24:42
7 Al Giese Sw 24:52
8 Dan Sober Sw 25:01
9 Lutz DE 25:02
10 Ridgeway DE 25:09
Creighton, Swarthmore, dnr (shin splints); Wesner Stack, DE, dnr
18 October 1960, Lafayette 23, Swarthmore 32 @Swarthmore, 4.75 miles
1 Ed Ayres Sw 25:27.7 cr (new course)
2 Jim Oehlert L 26:37 (Phoenix says 26:00)
3 Dave Sheppard L 26:37 (Phoenix says 26:00)
4 Hap Fairbanks Sw 26:58
5 Mannie Geiger L 27:13
=6 Elliot Marcus & Joe Nyce L 27:40 (Phoenix says Nyce in 27:48)
8 Al Giese Sw 27:52
=9 Larry Phillips & Dan Sober Sw 28:00 (Phoenix says 28:13)
11 Dave Snyder Sw 28:34
12 Dave Henderson Sw 28:49
13 MacDonald L 28:50
14 Kidder Sw 29:09
15 Simon Sw 29:36
24 Swarthmore runners started and finished the race
26 October 1960, Swarthmore 27, Pennsylvania Military College 30 @PMC, 5.2 miles
1 Skip Dougherty PMC cr
2 Ed Ayres Sw 12 seconds back
Dan Sober Sw #3
Dave Snyder Sw #5
Swarthmore & PMC split the first eight places, then Swarthmore took the next five places
29 October 1960, Swarthmore 20, F&M 41 @Swarthmore
steady drizzle all morning left course slippery
1 Ed Ayers Sw 25:40
2 John Miller F&M 27:00
3 Larry Phillips Sw
4 Hap Fairbanks Sw
5 Dan Sober Sw
6 Kevin O'Connor F&M
7 Dave Snyder Sw
8 Al Geise Sw
9 Steve Vessy Sw
10 Herb Hagenau F&M
11 Ralph Harker F&M
12 Malcolm Macphee F&M
5 November 1960, Swarthmore 22, Johns Hopkins 37 @Swarthmore, 4.5 miles
1 Jim Fitzpatrick JH 25:58
2 Hap Fairbanks Sw 26:20
3 Larry Phillips Sw 26:58
4 Dan Sober Sw 26:58
5 Al Giese Sw 27:11
6 Don Smilovitz JH 27:17 got lost while leading
7 Steve Haust JH 27:27
8 Dave Snyder Sw 27:28
9 Steve Vessey Sw 27:32
10 John Simon Sw 28:11
Ed Ayres dnf w/lame leg
12 November 1960, Swarthmore 18, Haverford 44 @Haverford, 4.2 miles
1 Hap Fairbanks Sw 22:41
2 John Creighton Sw 22:53 coming off leg injury
3 Pete Jernquist H 23:04
4 Dan Sober Sw 23:08
5 Larry Phillips Sw
6 Al Giese Sw
7 Dave Snyder Sw
8 Frank Pollard H
9 Luke Hart Sw
10 John Simon Sw
Swarthmore JV 15, Haverford 50
1 Bob Newman Sw 17:35
Al Giese and Hap Fairbanks elected co-captains of the 1961 team
18 November 1960, Middle Atlantic Conf @Cobbs Creek GC (Philadelphia), 4 1/4 mil
es
St Joseph's 31, LaSalle, West Chester, Rutgers, Delaware 172, Swarthmore 188, Lafayette 191, 14 teams, F&M inc
1 Kevin Quinn StJ 23:49
2 Mervin Bryon WC 23:55
3 Vernon Morgan U
4 Joe McAndrew StJ 24:21
20 John Miller F&M 25:47
22 John Creighton Sw 25:53
26 Hap Fairbanks Sw 26:04
36 Dan Sober Sw 26:43
43 Kevin O'Connor F&M
46 Al Giese Sw 27:11
58 Dan Snyder Sw 27:37
99 Herb Hagenau F&M
108 Ralph Harker F&M
126 runners
Freshmen
LaSalle, 5 Swarthmore, 6 teams
1 Billy Holems LaS 13:03
2-4 LaS
21 Simon Sw 14:59
22 Hart Sw 15:04
30 Henning Sw 15:18
33 Newman Sw 15:32