Union College Cross Country 1947
Coach Bill Ketz
Captain Newt Culver
lettermen Don Brightman, Fred Steigart, Ray Bellanger
Byron George (lacrosse captain), Mattson, Don Wright, Bob Garlock, Hal Larkin, Maurel, MacCoun, Spear, Charles Lindstrom, Ketchum Sawyer, Walker, Personeus, Kelly, Moyer, Jim McAllister, Graydon Loomis
freshmen Mike Forte, John Newton, Townsend MacCoun, Vic Ottaviano, Bob Grindley, Herb Doetsch
11 October meet w/Vermont postponed as Vermont not yet begun classes
18 October 1947, Union 24, RPI 33 @Troy, 4.6 miles
1 Bob Garlock U 25:37.6
2 Jack MacLean RPI
3 Ralph Clapp RPI
4 Newt Culver U
5 Ray Bellanger U
6 Don Wright U
7 John Bundschuh RPI
8 Don Brightman U
9 Graydon Loomis U
10 Alan Oakley RPI
11 Steve Smith RPI
RPI Freshmen 15, Union 40, 2 1/2 miles
=1 Andrews, Diamond, Easterling, Coffin, Jamieson RPI 16:27.4
6 Borden RPI
7 Bob Grindley U
8 Gregory RPI
9 McCallister RPI
25 October 1947, Union 15, Brooklyn Polytechnic 40 @Schenectady, 4.7 miles
1 November 1947, Williams 23, Union 32 @Taconic 3.7 mile
1 Bill Kelton W 21:15.9
2 Kevin Delany W 21:24
3 Paul Cook W 21:35
4 Newt Culver U 22:01
5 Bob Garlock U
6 Ray Belanger U
7 Don Wright U 22:14
8 Phil Collins W 22:15
9 Herb Chisholm W 22:40
10 Don Brightman U 23:11
Graydon Loomis dnr because of illness
8 November 1947, Middlebury 27, Union 28 @Middlebury, 4.2 miles
heavy winds & cold rain
1 Jim Newman M 24:34
2 Ray Belanger U 24:56
3 Don Wright U 25:02
4 Bob Garlock U 25:07
5 Ed Gustafson M 25:18
=6 Bob Mason & Rafe Cushman M 25:29
8 Dave Dale M 25:41
9 Don Brightman U 25:43
10 Norm Bates M 26:02
11 Graydon Loomis U 26:14
12 Fred Steigert U 26:38
Newt Culver dnr due to a blister on his foot
15 November 1947, Union 16, Mohawk College 39 @Schenectady, 4.7 miles
1 Newt Culver U 27:02
four other Union runners broke 28 minutes.
Union finished 3-2.
17 November 1947, ICAAAA @Van Cortlandt Park
new coursea
Manhattan 86, Syracuse 107, Army 116, 20 Union 496, 26 teams
1 Bob Black RI 25:37.1
2 Horace Ashenfelter Pa St 25:46
3 Jack Milne NC 26:19
75 John Bates Pa St 28:32
84 Newton Culver U
85 Ray Belanger U
93 Bob Garlock U
Oestricher Y 29:24
125 Don Wright U
132 Graydon Loomis U
136 Don Brightman U
153 Fred Steigert U
~200 runners entered
The Concordiensis, 21 November 1947, p4
Ray Belanger '49 elected captain for the 1948 season.