Union College Cross Country 1971
Coach Chris Gentile (1st year)
Captain Tim McCabe, Bryant Moeckel, Dave Rice
sophs Bob Nesbitt, Ed Wayner
senior Wayne Roe
5 October 1971, Williams 23, Union 33 @Williams 4.8 miles
1 Jay Haug Jr W 26:45
2 Tom Cleaver Jr W
3 Peter Farwell Jr W
4 Bryant Moeckel U 27:07 fell in stream
5 John Kearney Fr U 27:25
6 Chris Potter So W
7 Dave Rice U 27:52
8 Jim Johnson Fr U 27:57
9 Jim Smith U 28:15
10 Tim McCabe U 28:21
11 Dick Easton Sr W
Bob Nesbitt finished as 9th man.
9 October 1971, Union 15, Trinity 49, Schenectady, 5.57 miles
new course
1 John Kearney U 29:39 cr
2 Bryant Moeckel U 30:08
3 Tim McCabe U 30:09
4 Dave Rice U 30:15
5 Jim Johnson U 30:26
6 Jim Smith U 30:59
7 Bobby Haff Tr
8 Bob Nesbitt U
9 Larry Heron U
10 Bill Galarneau U
11 Mark Slavin U
12 Scott Kalina U
13 Wayne Roe U
14 Dave Brown Tr
Greg Bartlett Tr
16 October 1971, Union 24, RPI 31 @Troy, 4.7 miles
1 Bryant Moeckel U 24:48
2 John Kearney U 24:59
3 Al Swierczek RPI
4 Bob Feuerriegel RPI
5 Jim Johnson U
7 Tim McCabe U forced early pace
9 Dave Rice U
11 Bob Nesbitt U
12 Jim Smith U
Union won the dual meet with RPI for the first time since 1959.
19 October 1971, Union 25, Middlebury 33; Union 15, Norwich 50 @Middlebury
Middlebury 15, Norwich 50
1 Joe McNulty M 25:39
2 Gary Johnson M
3 John Kearney U 26:29
4 Bryant Moeckel U 26:52
5 Tim McCabe U 27:08
6 Bob Nesbitt U 27:25
7 Jim Johnson U 27:26
8 Dag Berntsen M
10 John Hird M
12 Rod Francett M
Coach Gentile in the hospital.
22 October 1971, Hamilton 24, Union 33 @Schenectady
1 Ken Judsen H 28:45 cr (old mark 29:39 by Kearney, 1971)
2 Marc Peiron H 28:55
3 Bryant Moeckel U 29:08
6 Tim McCabe U 29:34
7 John Kearney U 29:45 battled Judsen & Peiron much of the way
Dave Rice U 29:51
Jim Johnson U 30:20
Jim Smith U 30:33
Larry Heron Fr U 30:49
Bob Nesbitt dnf after aggravating old knee injury
27 October 1971, Union 20, Oneonta 39 @Schenectady
2 John Kearney U 29:19
3 Bryant Moeckel U
4 Tim McCabe U
5 Jim Johnson U
6 Dave Rice U
8 Jim Smith U
11 Mark Slavin U
13 Larry Heron U
Bob Nesbitt lost for the year w/bad knee and a hernia operation.
30 October 1971, Albany St Inv, 5 miles
Syracuse 46, Central Conn 87, Colgate, Albany St 106, Springfield, 7 Union, 9 RPI, 18 teams
1 Bruce Fischer Syr 25:04.3
2 Brian Quinn Alb 25:11
5 John Jeffery Colg 25:53
26 Tim McCabe U
29 Dave Rice U
32 Bryant Moeckel U
39 Charlie Herne RPI 27:26
53 Jim Smith U
56 Bob Feuerriegel RPI 27:50
62 Jim Johnson U lost shoe early in race
John Kearney dnf w/illness, was in 25th
3 November 1971, Union 20, Siena 39 @Schenectady
1 Joe Rukanshagiza S 29:09
=2 Kearney, McCabe, Moeckel U 29:30
5 Rice U 30:02
6 Johnson U 30:21
7 Mark Slavin U 31:10
8 Smith U 32:12
Union took 2nd-12th. Larry Heron wiped out in the last mile while running 7th and was sent to the hospital for examination.
Union finished 6-2.
6 November 1971, New York State @Frear Park GC, Troy, 4.63 miles
45F, cold wind; course soft due to rain over the past week
Hamilton 85, Union 94, Rochester 128, Fredonia 131, Oswego 147, 7 LeMoyne, 11 RPI 225, 13 Alfred 290, 14 St Lawrence 349, 15 teams
1 Fran Verdoliva Oswego 24:41.7 cr (old mark 25:11.0 by Lee Pollock, St Lawrence, 1970)
2 Jim McClurkin Buf St 24:46
3 Bill Fox Fredonia 24:52
4 John Kearney Union 25:31
5 Bryant Moeckel Union 25:33
6 Marc Peuron Ham 25:35
9 Ken Judson Ham 25:46
10 Lee Pollock StL 25:47
20 Tim McCabe Union 26:14
31 Dave Rice Union 26:39
34 Jim Johnson Union 26:49