Union College Cross Country 1955
Coach Bill Ketz
Captain John Parillo
sophs Tom Lawrence, Bud Shaw, Bill Wintersteen
George Riley, Jim & Ted Cavender, Joe Urban, Bob Smullens
freshmen Joe D'Innocenzo, Richard Lewis, Dick Ruquist, Geoffrey Pietsch, Matt Wagner, Gus Davis, Jim Sweet
8 Oct Vermont
12 Oct Delhi (freshmen)
15 Oct @RPI + freshmen
26 Oct @Cobleskill (freshmen)
28 Oct Colgate
5 Nov New York State
12 Nov Hamilton
14 Nov ICAAAA
8 October 1955, Union 24, Vermont 32 @Schenectady
1 John Parillo U 26:07
Dick Ruquist f 26:35
2 Don Grady Vt
Joe D'Innocenzo f 26:56
3 Tom Lawrence U 27:00
4 Nelson Slack Vt 27:00
5 Bill Wintersteen U
The freshmen did not figure in the scoring.
12 October 1955, Union Freshmen 17, Delhi 38 @Schenectady, 3 miles
1 Joe D'Innocenzo U 15:29
2 Dick Lewis U 15:39
3 Dick Ruquist U 15:46
4 Matt Wagner U 16:00
15 October 1955, Union 22, RPI 36 @Frear Park, 4.4 miles
1 John Parillo U 24:43 cr
2 Bob Wyer RPI 26:13
3 Tom Lawrence U 26:20
4 Fred Best RPI 26:25
5 Bill Wintersteen U 26:35
6 Bob Smullens U 26:43
7 Ted Cavender U 26:56
8 Jim Cavender U 27:15
9 Rudy Swigart RPI 27:20
10 John Hudson RPI 27:33
11 Harry Zimmer RPI 27:58 (Concordiensis says Zimmer)
Union Freshmen 15, RPI 44, Castleton 61, 2.4 miles
=1 Jeff Pietsh, Joe D'Innecenzo, Dick Lewis, Dick Ruquist U 14:34.5
5 Matt Wagner U 14:47
6 Langlors RPI 14:53
7 Kroemer RPI 14:59
8 Jurevics RPI 15:25
9 Jim Sweet U
9 Pritchard C 16:19
10 Ko C 16:22
11 Jon Wilson RPI 16:25
12 Kulakowski RPI 16:25
13 Mortensern C 17:52
14 Freeman C 18:33
15 Gus Davis U
15 Nubent C 18:44
27 October 1955, Union Freshmen 17, Cobleskill 40 @Cobleskill, 3.2 miles
=1 Joe D'Innocenzo, Dick Ruquist, Dick Lewis U 16:51
4 Jeff Pietsch U 16:56
7 Matt Wagner U 17:36
9 Jim Sweet U
28 October 1955, Union 15, Colgate 49 @Schenectady, 4.7 miles
1 John Parillo U 26:45.5
2 Bob Smullens U 27:54
=3 Tom Lawrence, Bill Wintersteen, Ted & Jim Cavender U 28:07.5
10 Bud Shaw U
11 George Riley U
5 November 1955, New York State @Harpur College, Endicott, 4.4 miles
Buffalo St 49, Hamilton 58, Alfred 62, Union 111, Roberts Wesleyan 167, U Buffalo, Brockport St, RPI 194, Cortland St, Hartwick, Oswego St, Harpur
1 John Parillo U 21:09
2 Al Shaler Ham 21:19
3 Frank Finnerty Fr A 21:30
4 Bessell Bu
5 Gagon Bu
6 Frank Gilbert A
10 Tom Lawrence U
79 runners
also Bill wintersteen, Bob Smullens, Jim & Ted Cavender, Bud Shaw
12 November 1955, Union 25, Hamilton 30 @Schenectady
1 John Parillo U 26:04
2 Al Shaler H 26:11
4 Tom Lawrence U
5 U
6 U
9 U
14 November 1955, ICAAAA @Van Cortlandt Park, 5 miles
unseasonably warm weather
Pittsburgh 90, Michigan St 114, St Joseph's 123, 20 Union 493, 24 teams
1 Henry Kennedy Mi St 24:30.3
2 Ron Delaney Vill 24:53
3 Arnie Sowell Pitt 24:58
59 Johnny Parillo U 27:17
102 Tom Lawrence U 28:28
122 Bill Wintersteen U 29:02
124 Bill Cavender U 29:04
131 Ted Cavender U 29:16
147 Bob Smullens U 29:52
171 finishers
Freshmen, 3 miles
St John's 54, Penn St 76, Manhattan 118, 10 Union 247, 16 teams
1 Peter Close St John 15:07.6
2 Ed McAllister Man 15:09
3 Eugene Martin Man 15:18
20 Dick Lewis Union 16:01
48 Dick Ruquist U 16:40
63 James Sweet U 16:56
65 Matt Wagner U 16:58
81 Joe D'Innecenzo U 17:15
120 finishers