Union College Cross Country 1936
Coach Wilford H Ketz
Captain Bill Hawkes '38
Harry Myers, Bob Everest, Sam Hewitt, Ray Denton, George Burd return
sophs Don Thomson, Ed Wells, Frank Myers, Ralph Denton
also Joe Annese, Howard Sheffer, Bob Shepard
frosh R Ross, D Murray, CE Smith, C Trumbull, WL Johnson, P Santora, J Fischer, Becker, E Gagen, G Hoffman, D Campbell, Melawicz
25 September 1936, Time Trial, 4.7 miles
1 Bill Hawkes 28:09
2 Don Thomson 28:49
3 Ed Wells 28:51.4
4 Frankie Myers 29:05.8
5 Howard Sheffer
6 Ray Denton
7 Ralph Denton
30 September 1936, Varsity 19 1/2, Freshmen 35 1/2, 3 miles
1 Bill Hawkes V 15:35
2 Joe Annese V 16:06
3 Santora F 16:08
4 Ed Wells V 16:17
5 Hoffman F 16:20
6 Sheffer V 16:20
7 Ralph Denton V 16:23
8 Frank Myers V 16:33
9 Melewicz F 16:35
10 Johnson F 16:37
10 October 1936, Vermont 24, Union 31 @Schenectady, 4.7 miles
rain
1 Bill Hawkes U 27:37
=2 Lamson + 2 others Vt
5 Ed Wells U
6 Lehrer Vt
7 Howard Sheffer U
8 Ralph Denton U
9 Hathaway Vt
11 Joe Annese U
17 October 1936, Union 15, Middlebury 40 @Schenectady, 4.7 miles
course rough w/steep grades; soppy ground, continual cloud burst
1 Bill Hawkes U 27:42
2 Ed Wells U a minute behind
3 Howard Sheffer U
4 Frank Myers U
5 Ralph Denton U
6 Brooker M
7 Joe Annese U
8 Don Thomson U
9 Ray Denton U
Richardson M
Galassi M
Stoops M
Brainerd M
Ellison M
Macomber M
Hard M
Union Freshmen def Notts Terrace HS
4 October 1936, RPI 20, Union 35 @Troy, 4.6 miles
ideal weather conditions
1 Harold Hitchcox RPI 24:28.4 cr (broke course record of 24:58 by Cappell, Union 1932, and RPI mark of 25:11)
2 Bill Hawkes U 24:55
3 Dugan RPI 25:08
4 O'Rourke RPI 25:56
5 Larry Toole RPI
6 Bill Giesker RPI 25:57
7 Ed Wells U 26:16
8 Koopman RPI 26:26
9 Joe Annese U 26:30
10 Haver RPI 26:40
11 Howard Sheffer U
12 Mitchell RPI
13 Don Thomson U
14 Harry Myers U
Frank Myers and the Denton brothers ineligible because of scholarship warnings
Union Freshmen 20, RPI 35
course sloppy and slow due to rain before the meet
1 Paul Santoro U 15:28
2 Johnson U 15:45
3 Jack Fisher U 15:45
4 Head RPI 16:00
5 Melewicz U 16:06
6 Frost RPI 16:08
7 Bailey RPI 16:36
8 Conkery RPI 17:00
9 Murray RPI 17:10
10 Hoffman U 17:58 hampered by infected toe
31 October 1936, Union 23, Williams 32 @Schenectady, 4.7 miles
1 Cpt Bill Hawkes U 26:15 cr (old mark 26:36 by Leahmon Nestle, Union, 1934)
=2 Bay Kiliani & Bill Collens W 27:08
4 Denton U 27:46
5 Frank Myers U 27:58
6 Howard Sheffer U 28:05
7 Don Thomson U 28:14
8 Louis Brooks W 28:19
9 Johnny Marshall W 28:20
10 Ed Wells U 28:28 slowed by side stitch
11 Joe Annese U 28:32
12 Art Stanwood W 29:01
dnf Ken Rood, Jim Gregory So W
Union Freshmen 25, Williams 30
1 Paul Santoro U 15:24 cr
2 Hadley Griffin W 15:44
3 Ted Wills W 15:44
4 Johnson U 15:52
5 Chapley W 16:22
7 Melewicz U 16:32
8 Hoffman U 16:48
9 Murray U 17:00
10 Ross U 17:00
11 Overton W 17:55
12 Mark Wellington W 17:59
13 Lord U 18:45
14 Cave W 18:21 (sic)
7 November 1936, Union 24, Rochester 31 @Rochester, 4.3 miles
snow-covered course
1 Bill Hawkes U 28:15
2 Walt Erskine R
3 Ed Wells U
4 Walt Bond R
5 Howard Sheffer U
6 Lew Delaney R
7 Harry Myers U
8 Don thompson U
9 Joe West R
10 Joe Annese U
11 Don McPherson U
Union finished 3-2.
Rochester decided to drop cross country for 1937.
7 November 1936, Union Freshmen 18, Troy HS 37 @Schenectady, 3 miles
1 Paul Santoro U 15:28
2 Johnson U
3 Carey T
4 Melewicz U
5 Hoffman U
6 Fisher U
The Freshmen finished 4-0.
16 November 1936, ICAAAA @Van Cortlandt Park, 5 miles
new course
1 Kenneth Waite Mi St 26:26.3
2 Peter Olexy Pa St 26:46
3 Howard Welch Corn 26:52
44 William N Hawkes U 28:07
121 finishers
Freshmen, 3 miles
1 Richard Frey Mi St 15:32
2 Dick Hawkes D 15:52
3 Tom Tynan Man 15:58
39 Paul Santoro U 17:30
78 finishers