Williams Crosscountry 1940 Coach Tony Plansky Captain Tom Lena 19Oct @RPI 26Oct Middlebury 2Nov @Vt 9Nov @Union 14Nov Little 3 @Taconic 19 October 1940 @RPI, 4.3 miles RPI 25, Williams 30 1 Troup R 23:08 2 Bob Griggs W 23:20 3 Brew Chapman W 23:24 7 Ken Moore So W 8 Cpt Tom Lena W (hit by car) 10 Bill Van Loon W Art Richmond W Johnny Fuller So W Dave Maclay Sr W Mt Hermon 27, Williams Freshmen 28, 2.1 miles 1 John Neilson W 12:30.5 2 Churchill MH 3 Swayze W 5 Goodbody W 10 MacDonald W 26 October 1940 @Williams Williams 15, Middlebury 40 1 Chapman W 22:11.4 2 Griggs W 22:11.4 3 Moore W 22:11.4 4 Lena W 23:16 5 Fuller W 24:08 6 Pete Van Cott So W 7 Van Loon W 8 Cpt Fred Butler m 24:55 9 Jack Egbert m 25:02 10 Dave Smith m 25:10 11 Johnny Hubbard m 25:36 12 Art Richmond W 13 Paul Heppes W 14 Pete Stanlis m 26:34 Vt beat Williams
9 November 1940, Williams 18, Union 37 @Schenectady, 4.7 miles
1 Brew Chapman W 27:11
2 Bob Griggs W 27:30
3 Doc Maines U 27:44
4 Ken Moore W
5 Tom Lena W
6 Johnny Fuller W
7 Pete Van Cott W
8 Don Collins U 28:31
Union Freshmen 25, Williams 30
=1 Ken Sutherland & Dave Van Dyck U 15:51
3 Johnny Neilson W
4 Maurie Goodbody W
5 Herb Adams U
6 Tom Henderson W
7 Pete Swayze W
8 Henry Sturgis U
9 Brown U
10 Ed Blanchfield W 14 November 1940, Wesleyan 22, Williams 33, Amherst 65 @Taconic, 4 miles 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 Pete 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 11 Johnny Fuller Wm 12 Cpt Hank Prickitt A 23:02 13 Valentine A 14 Ashbaugh A 15 Bill Van Loon Wm 16 Seller A 17t Bill Tobey A 24:35 17t Palmer A Williams Freshmen 31, Amherst 38, Wesleyan 54 1 Johnny Neilson Wm 2 Tom Henderson Wm 3 Anderson A 4 Maurie Goodbody Wm 5 Roetter A 6 Bowman Ws 7 Neuffer Ws 8 Pete Swayze Wm 9 Dorman A =10 Bayles A =10 Morton A 16 Ross Macdonald Wm 17 Ed Blanchfield Wm
Ensign Peter Van Cott killed when the training plane he was piloting crashed at Fort Worth TX on 25 July 1942.