Union College Cross Country 1937
Coach Wilford Ketz
Captain Bill Hawkes
juniors Howard Sheffer, Frankie Myers, Ed Wells, Joe Annese
sophs Bill Johnson, Paul Santoro, Frank Melewicz, Gale Hoffman, John Fisher
Fisher and Annese currently ineligible
Ray Denton & Harry Myers are not running
freshmen Reid, Hastings, Mauriello, Murray, Collins, Ostrander, Hildreth, Simspon, Sern
9 October 1937, Vermont 27, Union 28 @Burlington
1 William H Hawkes U
2 Steele Vt
3 Paul Santoro U
4 Russell Vt
5 Bill Johnson U
6 Ketcham Vt
7 Peterson Vt
8 Vansom Vt
9 Frank Melowicz U lost shoe at 2 1/2 miles
10 Gale Hoffman U
12 Ed Wells U slowed by leg injury
Howard Sheffer U slowed by stomach trouble
Wells ran into a fire hydrant while training and bruised right leg.
13 October 1937, Time Trial, 3 miles
1 Bill Hawkes V 15:17.2
2 Santoro V 15:43.8
3 Johnson V 15:43.8
4 Melewicz V 15:57.2
5 Reed F 16:02.2
6 Wells V 16:18
7 Hastings F 16:21.2
8 Hoffman V 16:45
9 Moriello F 16:57
10 Collins F 18:07
11 Senn F 18:18
12 Murray F 18:27.4
16 October 1937, Williams 27, Union 28 @Taconic, 3.8 miles
1 Bill Hawkes U 21:10.6
2 Bill Collens W
3 Bay Kiliani Jr W
4 Paul Santoro U
5 Bill Johnson U
6 Don Brown W
7 Ted Wills So W
8 Ed Wells U
9 Hadley Griffin So W
10 Frank Melowicz U
11 Howard Sheffer U
12 Gale Hoffman U
16 October 1937, Nott Terrace HS B 15, Union Freshmen 40 @Schenectady, 3 miles
1 Mike Marotta NT 15:14 cr (old record 15:24 by Paul Santoro, Union, 1936)
2 Don Buell NT 15:19
6 Robert Reed U 15:53
11 Bradford Hastings U
12 Sal Mauriello U
17 Don Collins U
Leo Murray U
23 October 1937, Union 22, RPI 33 @Schenectady, 4.7 miles
pouring rain over muddy, slippery course
1 Bill Hawkes U 27:15.3
2 Harold Hitchcox RPI 27:50.3
3 Paul Santoro U 28:19.5
4 O'Rourke RPI 28:35
5 Ed Wells U 28:56.6
6 Frank Melewicz U 29:14
7 Bill Johnson U 29:16
8 Haver RPI 29:17
9 Howard Sheffer U 29:18
10 Frost RPI 29:59
11 Koopman RPI 30:14
12 Rockford RPI 30:19
13 Dugan RPI 30:25
14 Giesker RPI 30:29
15 Gale Hoffman U 30:30
RPI: Bailey dnf because of pulled leg, Muller dnf with sprained ankle, Conkling lost shoe at three miles
RPI Freshmen 21, Union 34, 3miles
1 Diamante RPI 16:30
2 Carmen RPI 16:30
3 Salvatore Mauriello U
4 Rob Reed U
9 Hastings U
Collins U
30 October 1937, Union 16, CCNY 39 @Schenectady, 4.7 miles
strong wind
1 Bill Hawkes U 26:46.5
2 Paul Santoro U 26:59
3 Ed Wells U
4 Bill Johnson U
5 Spaner CCNY
6 Frank Melewicz U
6 November 1937, Union 17, Middlebury 38 @Middlebury, 4.3 miles
1 Bill Hawkes U 24:12.6 cr (old mark 24:32 by Bill Collens, Williams, 1937)
2 Paul Santoro U 24:42
3 Ed Wells U 24:42
4 Bob Post M 24:47
5 Frank Melewicz U 24:50
6 Bill Johnson U 26:05
7 Henry Richardson M 25:12
10 November 1937, Union 24, Colgate 31 @Colgate
1 Richard Hancock C 24:33
2 Bill Hawkes U 25:58.2
3 Otto Becker C 26:33
4 Frank Melewicz U 26:35
5 Ed Wells U 26:48
6 Bill Johnson U 27:32
7 Howard Sheffer U 27:47
8 Gale Hoffman U 28:11
9 Donald DuBois C 28:18
10 Paul Santoro U 28:23
11 Clyde Mulhern C 29:25
12 Koehler C 32:00
15 November 1937, ICAAAA @Van Cortlandt Park, 5 miles
rain-soaked course
1 Howard W Welch Corn 26:54
2 Charles S Southard Syr 26:55
3 Jesse R Cavileer Syr 27:05
8 Richard O Hancock Colg 27:24
34 William H Hawkes Union 28:33
90 Otto A Becker Colg 30:20
105 George M Bonnett CCNY 30:48
112 Donald B Du Bois Colg 31:17
113 Frank X Kenny R 31:19
114 Fred Spaner CCNY 31:21
115 Richard S MacNeish Colg 31:24
127 finishers
Santoro dnf after 4 miles w/stomach problems
William Hawkes, Paul Santoro, Ed Wells, Bill Johnson, Frank Melewicz received block U awards.
Gale Hoffman and Howard Sheffer received aUa awards.
Donald Collins, Willim Hastings, Robert Reed, Salvatore Mauriello, Lee Murray awarded freshmen numberals.