Union College Cross Country 1949
Coach Bill Ketz
veterans Abe Lakshin, Townsend McCoun
sophs Arnie Nirdlinger, Alex McCormick, Dave Brown, Steve Engquist, Dick Mechanic
also Bob Kline, Jan Walker, John Pape (440 man), Bill Wright
frosh Dick Dolan, Bob Murray, John Larkin
Don Brightman coming back from illness
captain-elect Don Wright transferred to Rochester
8 Oct Vermont & Amherst
15 Oct @RPI
22 Oct Colgate
29 Oct @Williams
5 Nov @Middlebury
12 Nov Champlain & Hamilton
19 Nov ICAAAA
course altered to 4.65 miles in going around housing project in the path of the old course
8 October 1949, Vermont 22, Union 43, Amherst 66 @Schenectady, 4.65 miles
(Concordiensis says Vt 26, U 48, A 66; Vt 21, U 37; Vt 20, A 42; U 21, A39
1 Abe Lakshin U 25:35 cr (new course)
2 Don Bozarth A
4 Randall Vt
Valentine dnf w/stitch
Abe Lakshin elected Captain.
15 October 1949, RPI 18, Union 42 @Troy, 4.2 miles
1 Elwood Frymire RPI 22:27
2 Tony Diamond RPI 22:36
3 Abe Lakshin U 22:45
4 Pete Easterling RPI 22:49
5 Jake Andrews RPI 22:56
6 Ray Shanstrom RPI 23:06
7 Alex McCormick U 23:18
8 Connie Eastman RPI 23:25
9 Dave Brown U 23:42
10 Dick Hoffman RPI 23:56
11 Dick Mechanic U 24:06
12 Townsend McCoun U 24:58
Union Freshmen 25, RPI 30, 2.8 miles
1 Dick Dolan U 14:48
3 John Larkins U
4 Bob Murray U
8 Bob Kline U
9 Jan Walker U
22 October 1949, Colgate 22, Union 33 @Schenectady, 4.65 miles
1 Hanlon C 26:38
2 Abe Lakshin U 26:45
3 Stultz C
4 Alex McCormick U
5 C
Union Freshmen 15, Paul Smith College ??, 3 miles
1 Dick Dolan U 15:12.6 fr (old mark 15:24 by Paul Santoro, 1937)
=2 Bob Murray & John Larkin U 16:05.6
4 Bob Kline U 16:54.4
5 Jan Walker U 17:24.2
G Brice PS 18:02
29 October 1949, Williams 17, Union 44 @Taconic 3.7 miles
1 Bill Kelton W 21:05 (Concordiensis says 21:42)
=2 Doug Wilson & Kevin Delaney W
4 Cpt Abe Lakshin U
5 Jim Haskell W
6 Harry Ess W
7 George Dorian W
11 Phil Collins W
Union Freshmen 22, Wiliams 34
1 Dick Dolan U 11:51 cr (old mark 12:01)
2 Bob Murray U
3 John Larkins U
4 Bruce Banta W
5 November 1949, Union 23, Middlebury 34 @Middlebury, 4.2 miles
snow storm on the coldest day of the fall
1 Jim Newman M 23:50.7
=2 Abe Lakshin, Alex McCormick, Dave Brown U 25:05
5 Dave Dale M 25:35
6 Dick Mechanic U 25:51
7 Pete Perryman M 26:00
8 Townsend McCoun U 26:13
9 Arnie Nirdlinger U 26:18
10 George Rapp So M 26:31
Union Freshmen 25 ½, Middlebury Fr 29 ½, 2.6 miles
1 Dick Dolan U 13:13.5 fr (old mark 13:30 by Hickcox)
2 Bob Murray U
=3 Ed Hickcox M
=3 John Larkin U
5 Neil Sheehan M
6 Roger May M
7 George Peck M
8 John Nash M
12 November 1949, Union 15, Champlain 52, Hamilton 76 @Schenectady, 4.65 miles
1 Abe Lakshin U 24:58.9 cr (broke own mark of 25:35)
2 Dave Brown U 25:47.4
3 Alex MacCormick U 25:47.4
4 Dick Mechanic U 26:11
5 Townsend MacCoun U 26:40.8
6 Burns C 26:52
7 Jim Morrison U
8 Demaine H
9 Gus Nirdlinger U
10 Leggett C
21 November 1949, ICAAAA @Van Cortlandt Park, 5 miles
1 Dick Shea Army 25:14.7
2 Browning Ross Vill 25:29
3 Dick Lewandowski Army 25:32
58 Abraham Lakshin Union 27:15
Lakshin finished ahead of Hanlon, Colgate, and all of the RPI runners.
Freshmen, 3 miles
1 Carl Joyce Geo 15:33.8
2 Tom Voorhees Geo 15:34
3 William Albers Corn 15:35
47 Dick Dolan Union
107 runners