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
JV
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.