Union 1948

Union College Cross Country 1948

Coach Wilford H Ketz

Captain Arthur R Belanger

letterman Bob Garlock, Don Wright, Newt Culver

Don Brightman, Fred Steigert, Abe Lakeshin (transfer from Champlain), T MacCoun

freshmen Nirdlinger, McCormick (from Australia), Robinson, Cohn

9 Oct @Vermont

16 Oct RPI +freshmen

23 Oct @Colgate

30 Oct Williams +freshmen

8 Nov Middlebury +freshmen

15 Nov ICAAAA

9 October 1948, Union 24, Vermont 35 @Burlington, 4 miles

1 Randall Vt 21:47

2 Bob Garlock U 21:51

4 Ray Belanger U

5 Don Wright U

6 Abe Lakeshin U

7 Newt Culver U

16 October 1948, Union 21, RPI 31 @Schenectady, 4.7 miles

1 Ray Belanger U

2 Bob Garlock U

3 Tony Diamond RPI was leading at 4 miles when went off course

5 Don Wright U

6 Newt Culver U

7 Abe Lakshin U

Culver stepped on a nail in practice the preceeding week.

23 October 1948, Union 15, Colgate 46 @Hamilton

=1 Ray Belanger, Bob Garlock, Don Wright, New Culver, Abe Lakshin U

7 Townsend McCoun U

10 Fred Steigert U

12 Don Brightman U

Union XC meets now scored with displacement rule.

30 October 1948, Union 24, Williams 33 @Schenectady 4.7 miles

1 Ray Belanger U 26:17 2nd fastest time by Union runner

2 Bill Kelton W 26:20 wrong turn

3 Bob Garlock U 26:28

4 Kevin Delany W 26:47

5 Don Wright U 26:53

6 Paul Cook W 26:57

7 New Culver U 27:20

8 Abe Lakshin U 27:21

9 George Dorian W 28:32

10 Fred Steigert U 28:36

11 T MacCoun U 29:12

12 George Hutton W 29:32

Only previous sub-27 minute Union runners: Bill Hawkes 26:15, Art Highland 26:19, Paul Santoro 26:29, Leahmon Nestle 26:34.

6 November 1948, Union 24, Middlebury 33 @Schenectady, 4.7 miles

1 Jim Newman M 26:35

2 Ray Belanger U

3 Bob Garlock U

5 Dave Dale M

7 Bob Gore M

8 Norm Bates M

12 Peter Perryman M

Union Freshmen 15, Middlebury 46

1 McCormick U

2 Nirdlinger U

3 Wright U

4 Brown U

5 Cohn U

15 November 1948, ICAAAA @Van Cortlandt Park, 5 miles

Michigan St 55, Penn St 125, Army 140, 17 RPI 445, 20 Union 468, 27 teams

1 Bob Black RI 25:00.4

2 Horace Ashenfelter Pa St 25:28

3 Browning Ross Vill 25:41

41 Tony Diamond RPI 27:16

42 Donald Wright Union 27:20

50 Elwood Frymire RPI 27:29

75 John A Kelley St Joe 27:56

Jake Andrews RPI

Dave Ilchert Col

Bob Garlock Union

95 Bob Parsons Pa St

Abe Lakshin Union

Bob Wightman Alf 28:24

Sam Holland MIT

Ray Belanger Union slowed by severe nervous indigestion

also Fred Steigert & Townsend McCoun. Union's scorring five: 40,85,91,94,158