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