Union College Cross Country 1950
Coach Bill Ketz
Captain Abe Lakshin
veterans Dick Mechanic, Alec MacCormick, Gus Nirdlinger
sophs Dick Dolan, Bob Murray, John Larkin, Gerry Clough
soph newcomer Curt Bates
7 October 1950, Vermont 17, Union 41 @Burlington
1 Risley Vt
2 Hunter Vt
3 Porter Vt
4 Abe Lakshin U
7 Alex MacCormick U
9 Don Morrison U
10 Dick Mechanic U
11 Gus Nirdlinger U
13 Gerry Clough U
15 Bob Murray U slowed by stitch
16 Jack Larkin U
Dick Dolan dnr, out w/blood poisoning
Vermont Freshmen 23, Union 32
1 Robinson Vt 16:09
2 Dick Dyer U
4 Dick Van Patten U
also Kenneth Stein, Bill Lang, William Burns
#1 Alan MacKinnon dnr, bad cold developing into pneumonia
21 October 1950, Union def Hofstra @Schenectady
1 Abe Lakshin U cr
2 Ed Rochford H
Union took eight of the top ten places.
25 October 1950, Union 15, Champlain 40 @Plattsburg
1 Abe Lakshin U 17:27 cr
=2 Dick Dolan, Alex MacCormick, Gerry Clough, Bob Murray U
6 Gus Nirdlinger U
7 Don Morrison U
28 October 1950, RPI 23, Union 32 @Schenectady, 4.8 miles
1 Tony Diamond RPI 25:50 cr (old mark 26:33 by Lakshin)
2 Abe Lashkin U 26:28 slowed by stitch
3 Dick Dolan U
4 Ray Shanstrom RPI
5 Con Eastman RPI
6 Jim Morrill RPI
7 Van Maldeghem RPI
8 Alex MacCormick U
9 Gerry Clough U
10 Bob Murray U
RPI Freshmen 26, Union 32
1 Dick Dyer U
2 Dick Van Patten U
3 Tony Iacetony RPI
4 November 1950, Union 15, Hamilton 49 @Clinton
=1 Don Morrison, Alex MacCormick, Dick Dolan, Gerry Clough, Bob Murray, Abe Lakshin U
11 November 1950, Union 16, Middlebury 46 @Schenectady, 4.8 miles
course on paved roads, finished in football stadium at half-time
1 Abe Lakshin U 26:13
5 Roger May M
8 Pete Perryman M
Marseilles M
Peck M
Perrin M
Union finished 4-2.
Middlebury Freshmen 26, Union Fr 29
1 Dick Dyer U
2 Tom Beers M
3 Dick Van Patten U
4 Pilcher M
5 Dutton M
Union Freshmen finished 0-3.
20 November 1950, ICAAAA @Van Cortlandt Park, 5 miles
stiff wind, light rain
Penn St 44, Army 79, Manhattan 98, 13 RPI 394, =18 Union 480, 24 Hofstra 581, 27 teams
1 Dick Shea Army 25:21.4
2 William Ashenfelter PA St 26:00.6
3 Bill Lucas Man 26:07
27 Tony Diamond RPI 27:02
39 Ray Shanstrom RPI 27:14
51 James Hanlon Colg 27:26
Union's scorers placed: 71 90 97 104 118