Wesleyan Cross Country 1940
Coach: J. Fred Martin
Captain Johnny Holmes '42
Aldrich, Bernie Giza '43, Don Steward '42, Ralph Davis '43, Richard D Wade '42, Bob Jacobson '43, Dick Billard '43, Dick Ferguson '43
David T Peck '42
Freshmen Roy B Bowman, Richard A Neuffer, Charles M Stone
11 October 1940, Yale 25, Wesleyan 30 @New Haven, 5 miles
1 Holmes Ws 28:07
2 Bill Bird Y lost shoe with two miles to go
3 Wes Shapleigh Y
5 Cpt Mal Main Y
7 Johnny Ashton Y
8 Walt Mann Y
Davis Ws
Steward Ws
Billard Ws
Yale Freshmen 15, Wesleyan 40, 3 miles
1 LeRoy Schwartzkopf Y 17:18
2 Castles Y
3 Coffin Y
4 Cleaver Y
5 Gardiner Y
18 October 1940, Wesleyan 26, Tufts 30 @Medford
1 Johnny Holmes Ws
2 Bernie Giza Ws
28 October 1940, Wesleyan 26, Springfield 29 @Middletown
1 Johnny Holmes Ws
2 Ned Badrow Sp
3 Bill Booth Sp
4 Bernie Giza Ws
5 Davis Ws
6 Phil Swettman Sp
7 Billard Ws
8 Chuck Christy Sp
9 Steward Ws
10 Roy Lang Sp
1 November 1940, Wesleyan 21, Trinity 37 @Hartford, 3 1/2 miles
=1 Holmes, Gieza, Davis Ws 17:41.4
4 Jim Caffrey Tr 18:00
5 Bob Smellie Tr
6 Ed Rosen Tr
7 Billard Ws
8 Steward Ws
9 Jacobus Ws
10 Bennett Tr
11 Pack Ws
12 Gulliver Tr
13 Elrick Tr
Holmes slowed to allow his teammates to finish with him.
Wesleyan Freshmen 23, Trinity 32 @Hartford, 2 1/2 miles
1 Bowman Ws 13:17
=2 Newffer & Stone Ws 14:17
4 Hayward Tr 14:45
5 Farnsworth Tr 14:45
5 November 1940, Connecticut Valley @Wesleyan, 4.6 miles
UConn 15, Springfield 79, Mass St 89, Wesleyan 93, Coast Guard 116, Amherst 142, Trinity 161
1 Robert Wheaton Ct 23:59.9 cr
2 Charley Robbins Ct
3 Lou Brunetti Ct
4-6 Ct
7 Johnny Holmes Ws
8 Bernie Giza Ws
19 Ralph Davis Ws
25 Don Steward Ws
34 Bob Jacobson Ws
42 Dick Billard Ws
8 November 1940, Wesleyan 22, Coast Guard 34 @Middletown
=1 Holmes, Giza, Davis Ws
Steward Ws
Billard Ws
14 November 1940, Little Three @Williamstown, 4 miles
Wesleyan 22, Williams 33, Amherst 65
1 Cpt Johnny Holmes Ws 20:57
2 Giza Ws 21:16
3 Brew Chapman Wm 21:44
4 Ralph Davis Ws 21:58
5 Van Cott Wm
6 Bob Griggs Wm
7 Ferguson Ws
8 Don Seward Ws 22:19
9 Tom Lena Wm 22:25
10 Ken Moore Wm 22:32
13 Dick Billard Ws
18 Bob Jacobson Ws
Williams Freshmen 31, Amherst 38, Wesleyan 54
1 Johnny Neilson Wm
2 Tom Henderson Wm
3 Anderson A
4 Maurie Goodbody Wm
5 Dietrich Roetter A
6 Bowman Ws
7 Neuffer Ws
8 Pete Swayze Wm
9 Parker Dorman A
Frosh team won only against Trinity, losing to Yale, Springfield, Norwich; last in Little Three and fourth in Connecticut Valley.
Holmes re-elected as Captain for the 1941 team.