Swarthmore 1977

Swarthmore College Cross Country 1977

Coach Joe Stefanowicz

Captain Luis Cifuentes, Jim Rupert

sophs Ben Fields, Rich Slattery, Pete Dalfuku

juniors Ken Schuster & Tom Abernathy, soph Dave Newcomer

soph Mike Brown, Dean Baker

freshmen John Blankfield, Steve Daniels, Tom Crochunis

17 September, Alumni 20, Swarthmore 35 @Crum Woods

hot, humid

1 Steve Lubar '75 25:28

2 Ed Ayers '63

3 Jim Rupert Sw 26:45

Steve Daniels Sw

John Blankfield Sw

18 September 1977, Springfield Cake Race, 7km

1 Rosalie Nordquist Fr Sw 29:59

2 Mary Devlin Sw 31:02

5 Melissa Burch Fr Sw 31:58

Ann Bingham Sr Sw

Abbie Hafer So Sw

24 September 1977, Johns Hopkins 24, Swarthmore 31 @Homewood, 5.7 miles

1 Bill Caldwell JH 30:43.5

2 Charles Grice JH 31:27

3 Jim Rupert Sw 31:35

4 Steve Daniels Sw 31:46

5 Brad Mudge JH 31:50

7 Tom Crochunis Sw 32:13

8 Luis Cifuentes Sw 32:27

9 John Blankfield Sw 33:05

also Rick Hellman, Rich Slattery, Pete Daifuku

first loss to Hopkins in a decade

1 October 1977, Swarthmore 16, Dickinson 45 @Carlisle GC. 4.5 miles

new course

1 Steve Daniels Sw cr

2 Jim Rupert Sw

3 Luis Cifuentes Sw

4 Tom Cruchunis Sw

5 Tom McCarthy D 25:26 sr

6 John Blankfield Sw

also Rich Slattery, Pete Daifuku

7 October 1977, West Chester 29, Swarthmore 30 @West Chester, 3+miles

1 Mary Devlin Sw 19:43

2 Rosalie Nordquist Sw 20:04

3 June Coccia WC 20:49

4 Martha Kane Sw 20:57

5 Cheryl Eck WC 21:14

6 Carol Haushue WC 21:34

7 Cathy McCullough WC 21:45

8 Ann Skahan WC 22:28

9 Kathy Noon WC 22:29

10 Karen Kelly WC 23:13

13 Lydia Moore Sw 24:39

15 Ann Bingham Sw

16 Ellen Hanak Sw

17 Lucinda McElwee Sw

18 Jan Menefee Sw

8 October 1977, F&M 19, Swarthmore 38 @Swarthmore

1 Eric Holmboe F&M

2 Luis Cifuentes Sw 25:10

3 Tim Flynn F&M

4 John Bailey F&M

5 Mark Carroll F&M

6 Carl Mohrbacher F&M

9 Jim Baker F&M

13 Dave Kroninger F&M

12 October 1977, Swarthmore 18, Widener 39 @Chester

1 Tom Crochunis Sw

2 Steve Daniels Sw

3 Jim Rupert Sw

John Blankfield Sw

Rich Slattery Sw

also Pete Daifuku, Eric Wasserman, Dave Newcomer, Chris Leszlo

15 October 1977, Lebanon Valley 27, Swarthmore 28; Swarthmore 18, Juniata 42 @Lebanon Valley

3 Tom Crochunis Sw

Steve Daniels Sw

Luis Cifuentes Sw

Jim Rupert Sw

John Blankfield Sw

15 October 1977, Temple Inv @Fairmont Park, 3 miles

Rutgers, Princeton, Swarthmore

3 Mary Devlin Sw 18:26

7 Rosalie Nordquist Sw 18:53

20 Martha Kane Sw 20:05

34 Lydia Moore Sw 21:49

43 Jane Stromseth Sw 24:20

22 October 1977, Ursinus 18, Swarthmore 43 @Swarthmore

Steve Daniels Sw 25:46

John Blankfield Sw

Luis Cifuentes Sw

Rich Slattery Sw

Jim Rupert SW

also Ben Fields (returning from illness)

October 1977, Swarthmore 19, Villanova 40 @Crum Creek, 3 miles

1 Mary Devlin Sw 19:19

2 Rosalie Nordquist Sw 19:47

Martha Kane Sw 20:57

Lydia Moore Sw 23:20

Anne Bingham Sw 23:40

29 October 1977, Swarthmore 20, Muhlenberg 43; Swarthmore 15 Delaware Valley 48 @Crum Creek

1 Howard Gerstein M

2 Luis Cifuentes Sw 25:38

Steve Daniels Sw 26:04

Tom Crochunis Sw 26:24

Swarthmore took 2nd-9th against Muhlenberg.

5 November 1977, Middle Atlantic Conf @Lebanon Valley College, 10km

F&M 41, Gettysburg 74, Johns Hopkins 90, Ursinus 117, Lebanon Valley 145, Swarthmore 148, 17 teams

1 Eric Holmboe F&M 31:54 cr

2 Russ Stevenson Susq 32:18

3 Brian Goss Jr F&M

4 Bill Geating G 33:01

5 Bill Caldwell JHU 32:43

20 Steve Daniels Sw

23 John Blankfield Sw

31 Jim Rupert Sw

38 Tom Crochunis Sw

59 Rich Slattery Sw 48 seconds behind Daniels

Ursinus, F&M, 4 Swarthmore

4 Dave Kroninger F&M

8 Mike Moylett F&M

9 Pete Daifuku Sw

25 Tom Abernathy Sw

26 Eric Wasserman Sw

35 Dave Newcomer Sw

40 Chris Laszlo Sw

9 November 1977, Swarthmore 16, Haverford 43 @Crum Creek

=1 Luis Cifuentes & Steve Daniels Sw 26:06

3 Tom Crochunis Sw

4 John Blankfield Sw

6 Jim Rupert Sw

Swarthmore finished 6-6.