Union College Cross Country 1939
Coach Bill Ketz
Captain Frank Melewicz '40, Paul Santoro '41
M Gale Hoffman '40, Don Collins '41
sophs Jack Pearson, Dick Conly, Don Brockwehl, Bob Murphy
newcomers Fred Brand '41, Bernie O'Neal '42
freshmen Gordon Jacobs, Wilbur Lakin, Donald Klimkow, Walfrid Pirkanen, Gerhardt Leubner, Lyall Dean, James Purdy, Charles Snell, Warren Rixon, Robert Acker, Robert Marshall, Wilbur Stewart, David Davis, Wells Farnsworth, Joseph Stillato, Donald Regan, Paul Quinn
Sal Mauriello '41 declared ineligible
7 Oct @Vermont
14 Oct NYU
21 Oct @Middlebury
28 Oct RPI
4 Nov @Swarthmore
11 Nov @Williams
7 October 1939, Vermont 22, Union 33 @Burlington
1 Charley Webster Vt 24:49
2 Paul Santoro U 25:15
3 Fred Webster Vt 25:42
4 Frank Melewicz U 25:55
5 Twack Vt 26:04
6 Kichan Vt 26:09
7 Brossean Vt 26:17
8 Bill Johnson U 26:31
9 Clark Vt 26:34
10 Burgess Vt 27:01
11 Jack Pearson U
12 Don Collins U
13 Dick Conly U
15 Gale Hoffman U
17 Doc Maines U
14 October 1939, NYU 19, Union 36 @Schenectady, 4.7 miles
1 Leslie McMitchell NYU 25:59 cr (old mark 26:15 by Bill Hawkes, Union, 1936)
2 Paul Santoro U 26:34
3 Corbin Dixon NYU 26:59
=4 William Hulse & D'Anna NYU 27:42
6 Lewendon NYU 28:05
7 Frank Melewicz U 28:25
8 Bill Johnson U 28:25
9 Ken McNutt NYU 28:52
10 Dick Conly U 29:01
11 William Hanretta NYU 29:04
12 Don collins U 29:05
13 Doc Maines U 29:57
14 Jack Pearson U
Nott Terrace HS 15, Union Freshmen 40, 2.3 miles
=1 G Rocco, Newhouse, DeForest, Hartley NT 14:32
5 Brown NT 14:43.5
6 DePersis NT 14:43.6
7 Lewis NT 14:58
8 Cooke NT 15:02
9 Mastroianni NT 15:04
10 N Rocco NT 15:14
11 Gordon Jacobs U 15:22
12 Donald Klinkow U 15:28
13 James Purdy U 15:35
14 Lizzo ? 15:43
14 Charles Snell U 15:43
21 October 1939, Union 17, Middlebury 38 @Middlebury, 4.2 miles
1 Paul Santoro U 23:44
=2 Bill Johnson & Frank Meliewicz U 25:06
4 Bob Post M 25:34
5 Doc Maines U 25:59
=6 Don Collins, Dick Conly, Jack Pearson U 26:28
9 Schlieder M 26:48
=10 Mercure & Butler M 27:30
12 Hasbrouck M 28:00
13 Stanlis M 28:15
14 Flanders M 28:34
15 Swope M 29:12
16 Dave Smith M 30:56
17 Gus Root M 33:58
Clark dq for cutting course
4 November 1939, Union 18, Swarthmore 37 @Swarthmore, 4 1/2 miles
fast, dry course
1 Paul Santoro U 24:22 cr (old mark 24:45 by Elmer, Lehigh, 1939)
2 Frank Melewicz U 25:05
3 Dave Reed Sw 25:15
=4 Doc Maines & Bill Johnson U
6 Jack Pearson U
7 Chuck Rheams Sw
8 Mark Robinson Sw
9 Don Collins U
10 Walt Skallerup Sw
11 Dick Conly U
12 Powers Sw
13 Cleane Sw
14 Clymes Sw
11 November 1939, Williams 25, Union 30 @Taconic, 3.8 miles
1 Paul Santoro U 21:55.6
=2 Brew Chapman & Hadley Griffin W
4 Frank Melewicz U
5 Ted Wills W
6 Bill Johnson U
7 Tom Lena W
8 Johnny Gilman W
9 Doc Maines U
10 Jack Pearson U
12 Don Collins U
15 Dick Conly U
Union finished 2-4, worst record ever under Bill Ketz.
Williams Freshmen 17, Union 28, 2.5 miles
3 Paul Quinn U
4 Don Klinkow U
6 Stan Davis U
7 Jim Purdy U
8 Don Snell U
9 Gerhardt Leubner U
10 McCarthy U
11 Wilbur Lakin U