Union College Cross Country 1928
Coach Bruce
Captain Leland Heath
letterman Henry Rothman
Gilbert Potter (lacrosse captain and letterman in basketball) out for team
Charles Aussicker, Harold Segal, Rosenstock, Tischler, Lyston, Ellwood S Hill, Cameron, Jesperson, Irish training w/top three
Charles Sawtelle did not return to college
44 Freshmen running under the direction of Francis B Stevens '26
Kalica, McMillan, Sawtelle, Wallace, Herr, Albright, Rushmeyer, Loder, Sutin doing well in practice
Potter lost to ill-health
Rosenstock & Tischler both w/possibly season-ending injuries
13 October 1928, Union 25, Colgate 30 @Schenectady, 6.1 miles
1 Cpt Heath U 35:20.8
2 Rothmann U 35:36
3 Cummings C 35:43
4 Dunbar C 36:15
5 Glennie C 36:40
6 Aussicker U 37:49.4
7 Segal U 37:49.4
8 Cpt Busher C 38:18
9 Victor Nigriny U 39:32
10 Brown U 40:08 slowed by side stiches
11 Pohlman C 40:45
12 Hill U 42:06
13 October 1928, Freshmen Time Trial
1 Sutin 14:24
2 Ruschmeyer 14:46
3 Markle 14:48
4 Cummings 14:49
5 McMillan 14:56
6 Herr 14:57
7 Campbell 14:59
8 Kalica 15:15
9 Annable 15:18
10 Lewis 15:23
20 October 1928, NYU 21, Union 34 @Schenectady, 6.1 miles
1 Lerner & Roth NYU 34:46
3 Rothmann U 36:01
4 Heath U 36:26 led until fell in the woods at 4 miles
5 Phillips NYU 37:06
6 Kestenbaum NYU 37:06
7 Wolfson NYU 37:10
8 Segal U 37:35
9 Nigriny U 38:32
10 O'Conner U 39:43
Phil Edwards (4th in Olympic 800 on 31 July) , NYU, dnf
Aussicker, Union, dnr w/leg injury
This was Union's first dual meet loss in the five years under Coach Bruce.
20 October 1928, Freshmen time trial
1 Sawtelle
2 Ruschmeyer
3 Kalica
4 Bradt
5 Markle
6 Sutin
7 Cumming
8 Wallace
9 Herr
10 McMillan
27 October 1928, Union 25, RPI 30 @Troy, 6 miles
1 Leland Heath U 35:45.6
2 Henry Rothman U 36:46
3 Day RPI
=4 Mac Smith & Ed Boice RPI
6 Harold Segal U
7 Nigriny U
8 Cy Mosher RPI
9 O'Connor U
10 Lewis RPI
11 Friday RPI
12 Warren RPI
13 Hill U
RPI Freshmen 20, Union 35, 2.6 miles
1 Fazio RPI 16:02
2 Markle U
3 DeVeuve RPI
4 Smith RPI
5 Lamoreux RPI
6 Bradt U
7 Lombardi RPI
8 Ruschmeyer U
9 Sutin U
10 Perry RPI
11 Tweed RPI
12 Gates U
13 Sawtelle U
3 November 1928, Union 19, Brown 36 @Schenectady, 6.1 miles
wet & slippery
1 Heath & Rothmann U 35:49
3 Segal U 36:48
4 Aldrich B 36:57
5 O'Connor U 36:59
6 Perley B 37:13
7 Cpt Shotton B 37:17
8 Nigriny U 37:45.4
9 DiIorio B 38:45
10 Holmes B 38:45
10 November 1928, Union 20, Johns Hopkins 35 @Schenectady, 6.1 miles
=1 Heath & Rothmann U 34:56.4
3 HM Schiebel JH 36:11
4 Segal U 36:21
5 Cpt RL Kelly JH 36:34
6 Nigriny U 37:07
7 O'Connor U 37:36
8 HN Emerson JH 37:40
9 AR Onorato JH 38:07
10 Watters JH 38:53.5
Union Freshmen 15, Albany School of Pharmacy 40
1 Sawtelle U 13:43
2 Markle U 13:43
3 Bradt U 13:48
4 Gates U 13:55
5 Wallace U 13:56
6 Avnet P 14:40
7 Dutcher P 14:40
8 Le Prell P 14:44
9 Bernstein P 15:45
10 Gibbons P 16:04
17 November 1928, 11th Middle Atlantic States @Van Cortlandt Park, 6 miles
Alfred 33, NYU 46, Lafayette 89, Union 104, Johns Hopkins 113, Rutgers 118, Lehigh 127
1 Nat Lerner NYU 31:18
2 Phil Edwards NYU 31:32
3 HM Schiebel JHU 31:42
4 Wilber Getz A 31:51
5 Emil Zscheigner A 32:04
6 Henry Rothman U 32:21
22 Harold Segal U 34:08
23 William Phillips NYU 34:14
24 Leland J Heath U 34:17 partially overcome by heat
29 Victor Nigriny U 34:53
42 Melvin S Hawley U 35:58
43 William L O'Connor U 36:05
47 Ellswood S Hill U 36:41
51 finishers
26 November 1928, ICAAAA @Van Cortlandt Park
20F
Freshmen, 3 miles
Penn 61, Syracuse 65, Penn St 83, 8 Union 236, 15 teams
=1 Daniel E Dean Penn 15:11
=1 William J McKniff Penn 15:11
=1 Roland C Ritchie Penn 15:11
34 Chester Sawtelle U 16:18 brother of Charles Sawtelle
42 Harry G Markle U 16:28
51 Harold Gates U 16:38
59 Richard T Kalica U 16:60
60 Robert Wallace U 16:51
66 George A Campbell U 16:57
102 Henry Rauschmeyer U 17:41
105 finishers