Union College Cross Country 1953
Coach Bill Ketz
Captain Don Stack '56
veterans Eliot Schechter, Al MacKinnon
also Wes LeMasaurier, Les Sobin, Bill Matthews, Frank Magliato
Ed Konis injured back and can not run
Frosh John Parillo, Al Schechter, Don Smullins, Bill Roemish, Doug Seholm
10 Oct Vermont
17 Oct @RPI
30 Oct Middlebury
7 Nov New York State @Buffalo
14 Nov Hamilton
16 Nov ICAAAA @New York
10 October 1953, Vermont 27, Union 31 @Schenectady
=1 Don Stack & Eliot Schechter U
6 Al MacKinnon U
17 October 1953, Union 27, RPI 30 @Troy, 4.8 miles
1 Don Stack U 25:07
2 Eliot Schechter U 25:49
3 Bob Gottschall RPI 25:57
4 Alan MacKinnon U 26:19
5 Bob Davies RPI 26:59
6 Joe Keating RPI 27:47
7 Tony Iacaponi RPI 28:07
8 Les Sobin U 28:19
9 Ruf RPI 28:37
10 Howie Warner RPI 29:42
11 Lew Iscol RPI 30:15
12 Bill Matthews U 32:13 slowed by knee injury
Frank Magliaton dnf; Wes Le Maurier dnr
RPI Freshmen 27, Cobleskill Aggies 29, Union 81, 2.6 miles
1 Rudy Swingart RPI 14:49
4 Bob Wyer RPI
5 Clint Beaven RPI
8 Wally Feltmate RPI
9 Bob Hogarty RPI
Ben Chapnick dnf, struck by truck while among leaders
John Parillo dnr because of illness
24 October 1953, RPI Freshmen 17, Union 43 @Schenectady, 3.0 miles
=1 Clint Beaven, Walt Feltmate, Bob Hogarty RPI 15:41
4 Al Schecter U 15:44
=5 Dave Murphy, Joe Daley, Mike Rappeport RPI 17:45
30 October 1953, Union 26, Middlebury 30 @Schenectady
1 Don Stack U
2 Elliot Schecter U
3 Al McKinnon U
8 Les Sobin U
12 Frank Magliato U
Union scratched from the New York State meet as Don Stack out w/mononucleosis and Frank Magliato injured.
14 October 1953, Union 25, Hamilton 30 @Schenectady, 4.7 miles
1 Eliot Schecter U 27:03
2 Shiller H
3 Al McKinnon U
=5 Don Stack & Lew Sobin U
10 Frank Magliato U
11 Bill Matthews U
16 November 1953, ICAAAA @Van Cortlandt Park, 5 miles
1 Johnny Kelley BU 24:51.7
2 John Joe Barry Vill 24:58
3 Bob Hollen Pa St 24:59
89 Eliot Schecter U 27:51
126 Alan MacKinnon Union 28:45
162 finishers