Union College Cross Country 1956
Coach Bill Ketz
lettermen John Parillo, Tom Lawrence, Bill Wintersteen, Bill Smullens, Tom & Jim Cavender
sophs Matt Wagner, Dick Ruquist, Joe Dinocenzo
newcomers Bob McDowell, Fred Carpentier
freshmen Thomas Hoffman, Theodore Totman, Dave Meager, Blaize Cook, Jerry Leiken, Peter Schmidt, Martin Cohen, Peter Hess
last week, Union Freshmen 15, Sienna 48
13 October 1956, Union 23, Vermont 35 @Burlington
1 John Parillo U cr 24:07.7 (old mark 24:08.9)
2 Tom Lawrence U
5 Dick Ruquist U
7 Jim Cavender U
Vermont Freshmen 23, Union 36. 2 miles
Tom Hoffman U 15:45.8
20 October 1956, Union 21, RPI 38 @Schenectady, 4.8 miles
1 John Parillo U 25:28.1 cr (old mark 25:49 by Dick Dolan, Union, 195
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2 Tom Lawrence U 26:16
3 Fred Best RPI 26:3?
4 Dick Ruquist U
5 Dick Harwood RPI 27:27
6 Tom Cavender U
7 Bob Wyer RPI
8 Jim Cavender U
9 Joe D'Innocenzo U
10 Bill Wintersteen U
11 Matt Wagner U
12 Harry Zimmer RPI
Rudy Swigart & Gene Van Maldeghem tied for RPI's 5th spot
Van Maldeghem ran for RPI in 1950 before going into the armed services
soph John Walker dnr
Union Freshmen 24, RPI 31, 3 miles
1 Tom Hoffman U 14:42.4 cr (old mark 15:12.4 by Dolan, 1950)
2 Theodore Totman U 16:13.8
3 Dick Holmberg RPI 17:15
4 Blaize Cooke U 17:18
5 Dick Cook RPI 17:22
6 Tom Johnson RPI 17:38 went off course
7 Dave Meager U 17:44
8 Fred Hohn RPI 17:58
9 Bob Berger RPI 18:05
10 Peter Hess U 18:11
Danny Heyman & Kevin O'Reilly were running 3-4 when they went off course midway through the race
27 October 1956, Union 28, Colgate 35
1 John Parillo U cr
Delhi 24, Union Freshmen 31
1 Tom Hoffman U fr
3 November 1956, Alfred 25, Union 32 @Schnectady, 4.8 miles
1 John Parillo U 24:54.8 cr (broke own mark of 25:28.1)
2 Frank Finnerty A 25:25.3
3 Tom Lawrence U
4 Larry Sweet A
5 Dave Wilcox A
6 Joe DeCamilo A
7 U
8 Frank Gilbert A
9 Carl Blanchard A
10 Bill Wintersteen U
10 November 1956, New York State @Hamilton, 4.9 miles
Alfred 58, Buffalo St 82, Union 89, Hamilton 99, U Buffalo 141, Cortland, Oswego, Roberts Wesleyan, RPI, Harpur, Brockport
snow in the morning which lingered on the golf course
1 Frank Finnerty A 23:13 cr (old mark 23:58.1 by Al Shaler, Hamilton)
2 John Parillo U
3 Al Shaler Ham
4 Larry Sweet Fr A 24:05
5 Fred Best RPI 24:06
63 finishers
12 November 1956, Union 18, Amherst 46; Union 15, WPI 50 @Amherst
1 John Parillo U 22:54 cr (old mark 23:13)
2 Tom Lawrence U
3 A
4-9 U
10 WPI
17 November 1956, Union 25, Hamilton 36
Union finished 7-1
19 November 1956, 49th ICAAAA XC @Van Cortlandt Park, 5 miles
Michigan St 34, St Joseph's 148, Penn St 158, 18 Union 456, 26 teams
1 Henry Kennedy Mi St 24:01.8 mr (old mark 24:30.2, Charley Capozolli, Georgetown, 1952)
2 Lewis Stieglitz Conn 24:24
3 Vince Timon Pitt 24:28
14 Frank Finnerty Alf 25:11
18 John J Parillo U 25:17
84 Thomas G Lawrence U 26:45
111 Richard D Ruquist U
130 William B Wintersteen U
156 Matthew M Wagner U
157 Ted Cavender U
158 James G Cavender U
191 finishers
Freshmen, 3 miles
1 Don Luisi Ford 14:28.9 mr
2 Thomas M Tomasian NE 14:34
3 Harold Johnson Vill 14:40
9 Thomas G Hoffman Union 15:07 was leading at 1 1/2 miles
15 Larrie H Sweet Alf 15:17
16 Joseph A DiCamillo Alf 15:18
26 November 1956, NCAA @East Lansing MI, 4 miles
27F, 3" of snow on the ground
1 Walter McNew Texas 19:55.7
2 James Beatty UNC 20:09
3 Henry Kennedy MI St 20:10
24 John Parillo Union 20:54.1
25 Lewis Stieglitz Conn 20:54.2
31 Frank Finnerty Alfred 21:07
115 finishers
The Concordiensis, 30 Nov 1956, p3
Tom Lawrence elected captain for the 1957 team.