Swarthmore Cross Country 1961
Coach Jim Miller
Captains Al Giese & Hap Fairbanks
juniors John Creighton, Ed Ayres
Larry Phillips, Dan Sober
18 October 1961, Swarthmore 21, Lafayette 39, 4.4 miles
1 John Creighton Sw 22:35
2 Ed Ayres Sw 22:38
=3 Dave Van Essendelft & Manny Geiger L 23:54
5 Dan Sober Sw
6 Al Giese Sw
7 Hap Fairbanks Sw
8 Larry Phillips Sw
9 Richie Thompson L 25:19
10 Dave Snyder Sw
11 John Simon Sw
12 Pete Miller Sw
13 Luke Hart Sw
14 Dick Kitredge Sw
15 Joe Guffanti L
16 Paul Glover L
21 October 1961, Delaware 28, Swarthmore 29, Temple
1 Wes Stack DE 26:23.6
2 Ed Ayres Sw 26:34
3 John Creighton Sw 26:43
4 Roy Ternigan DE
5 Lee McMaster DE
6 Jerry Bagsdale DE
7 Hap Fairbanks Sw
8 Dan Sober Sw
9 Larry Phillips Sw
10 Al Giese Sw
11 John Simon Sw
12 Jay Lutz DE
Temple's top runner fell on muddy hairpin turn and dnf.
25 October 1961, Swarthmore 15, Pennsylvania Military College 49 @Swarthmore, 4.5 miles
1 John Creighton Sw 25:50.6
2 Ed Ayres Sw 400 yds back
3 Dan Sober Sw
4 Al Giese Sw
5 Hap Fairbanks Sw
6 John Simon Sw
7 Ernie Kovach PMC
9 Maurice Spang PMC
10 Marion Horna PMC
11 Dick Murdoch PMC
12 John Remaize PMC
PMC's Prior Dougherty tore tendon at 1.5 miles and dnf, had won twelve straight races; John Shor & Stu Kissinger also dnf w/injuries
28 October 1961, Swarthmore 18, F&M 45 @Lancaster, 4.5 miles
=1 John Creighton & Ed Ayres Sw 22:27
3 Kevin O'Connor F&M 23:01
4 Dan Sober Sw 23:31
5 Hap Fairbanks Sw 23:38
6 Larry Phillips Sw 23:39
7 Al Giese Sw 23:44
=8 Dave Snyder & John Simon Sw 23:58
10 Herb Hagenau F&M
11 Don Mengel F&M
also Bill Henning, Luke Hart, Pete Miller, Dick Kittredge, Phil Morehead
4 November 1961, Swarthmore 21, Johns Hopkins 52, Dickinson 65 @Baltimore
=1 John Creighton & Ed Ayres Sw 22:44.4
3 Dan Sober Sw 23:20
4 Jim Fitzpatrick JH 23:49
5 Miller JH 24:08
6 Haust JH 24:11
7 Al Giese Sw 24:16
8 John Simon Sw 24:27
9 Hap Fairbanks Sw 24:39
10 Dave Snyder Sw 24:44
11 Steckley D 24:54
Four Dickinson runners led through the first mile.
11 November 1961, Swarthmore 15, Haverford 50 @Haverford
1 John Creighton Sw 26:15.8 cr
2 Ed Ayres Sw 27:12
3 Dave Sober Sw 27:23
4 Al Giese Sw 27:28
5 Larry Phillips Sw 27:31
6 Hap Fairbanks Sw 27:45
7 John Simon Sw 27:56
Swarthmore finished dual meet season 7-1, best record since 1957.
18 November 1961, Middle Atlantics @Cedar Parkway, 4.3 miles
LaSalle 34, St Joseph's 64, Delaware 68, West Chester 130, Swarthmore 132, Rutgers 137, Juniata 165, Temple 249 , Muhlenberg 314, Lafayette 318, Lehigh 323, F&M 325, Haverford 340, PMC 364, Upsala 397, Albright 404, 19 teams
1 Kevin Quinn StJ 21:08.4
2 Ashton R 21:36
3 Walsh LaS
4 Holmes LaS
5 Minehan LaS
7 Ed Ayres Sw 22:16
20 John Creighton Sw 23:02 running w/Ayres when fell in last mile
25 Dan Sober Sw
39 Al Glese Sw
43 Hap Fairbanks Sw
44 Larry Phillips Sw
46 John Simon Sw
more than 110 starters
19 November 1961, District AAU @West Chester, 10km
Harrisburg AC, Swarthmore, West Chester AA
1 John Horn HAC 32:55.2
5 John Creighton Sw 33:37
4 Ed Ayres Sw 33:53
11 Dan Sober Sw 35:06
13 Hap Fairbanks Sw 35:11
15 John Simon Sw 35:18
18 Al Giese Sw 35:43
19 Larry Phillips Sw 35:59
23 Bill Henning Sw 37:38
30 finishers