Trinity Cross Country 1940
Coach Ray Oosting
Captain Jim Caffrey '41
Ed Rosen #2, Bob Smellie #3, Ivan Bennett '41 and Bob Elleric 4/5
lack of candidates
12 October 1940, Trinity 25, WPI 29 @Worcester, 4.1 miles
1 Ed Rosen Tr 20:57
2 Hunt WPI
3 Bob Smellie Tr
4 Jim Caffrey Tr slowed by lame leg
5 Houlihan WPI
6 Kinne WPI
7 Brown WPI
8 Bennett Tr
9 Fernane WPI
10 Gulliver Tr
11 Wheeler WPI
12 Elrick Tr
final trials held for freshmen to determine team to run at Springfield
varsity course 3 1/2 miles, freshmen 2 1/2
17 October 1940, Trinity 28, Springfield 29 @Springfield, 4.2 miles
fairly level, but complicated route
=1 Rosen & Caffrey Tr 24:27.5
3 Bill Booth So Sp 24:31
4 Smellie Tr
5 Chuck Christy Sp
6 Ned Badrow Sp
7 Phil Swettman Sp
8 Bud Schuman Sp
9 Irv Adams Sp
10 Bennett Tr
11 Gulliver Tr
12 Elrick Tr
26 October 1940, Coast Guard 18, Trinity 37 @New London, 3.8 miles
fairly hilly course
1 Bill Rea CG 21:45
2 Jim Moreau CG
3 Ed Rosen Tr 21:55
4 McGary CG
5 Bill Jenkins CG
6 Yaramich CG
7 Smellie Tr
8 John Rea CG
9 Starr CG
10 Jim Caffrey Tr troubled by sore ankle from the start
11 Bennett Tr
12 Gulliver Tr
13 Elrick Tr
only top five scored (no displacement)
1 November 1940, Wesleyan 21, Trinity 37 @Hartford, 3 1/2 miles
=1 Holmes, Gieza, Davis Ws 17:41.4
4 Jim Caffrey Tr 18:00
5 Bob Smellie Tr
6 Ed Rosen Tr
7 Billard Ws
8 Steward Ws
9 Jacobus Ws
10 Bennett Tr
11 Pack Ws
12 Gulliver Tr
13 Elrick Tr
Holmes slowed to allow his teammates to finish with him.
Wesleyan Freshmen 23, Trinity 32 @Hartford, 2 1/2 miles
1 Bowman Ws 13:17
=2 Newffer & Stone Ws 14:17
4 Hayward Tr 14:45
5 Farnsworth Tr 14:45
Third stright defeat for the Trinity frosh.
5 November 1940, Connecticut Valley @Wesleyan, 4.6 miles
UConn 15, Springfield 79, Mass St 89, Wesleyan 93, Coast Guard 116, Amherst 142, Trinity 161
1 Bob Wheaton CT 23:59.9 cr
15 November 1940, Mass St 15, Trinity 47 @Amherst
1 Chet Putney Mass 21:26
2 Bill Kimball Mass
3 Russ McDonald Mass
4 Dave Morrill Mass
5 Brad Greene Mass
6 Ed Rosen Tr
7 Mosher Mass
8 Caffrey Tr
9 Dick Hayward Mass
10 Smellie Tr
11 Ivan Bennett Tr
12 Gulliver Tr
13 Elrick Tr
Caffrey, Rosen, and Smellie ran with the Mass St leaders for the first mile, Caffrey turned his ankle in the orchard while Rosen and Smellie weakened after the fast start
Mass State Freshmen 15, Trinity 44
=1 Caldwell, Hollis, Newton, Smith Ma 16:37.2
5 Fitzpatrick Ma
6 Smith Tr
7 Rogers Ma
8 Hayward Tr
9 Farnsworth Tr
10 Cochran Tr
13 Bornstein Ma
14 Finn Tr
Trinity finished the season 3-3.
Letters awarded to:
Ed Rosen, Jim Caffrey, Bob Smellie, IF Bennett, RP Gulliver