Williams Cross Country 1952 Captain Bruce Banta '53 Banta ran 9:51 in the EICAA meet, the fastest two mile by a Williams man in twenty years. Pete Cosgriff, Mike Loening, Dan Harkins '53 Joe Rice, Ralph Smith, Joe Foote '54 Sam Fortenbaugh, George Hagerman, Jack West, Jim Colberg, Ted Oviatt '55 Top candidates for the freshmen team include: Bruce Dayton (Blair Academy), Gerald Papin (Burroughs School, St Louis), Mike Schrimer (Lawrenceville), Dave Klienbard (Abington HS, PA) 10 October 1952 Springfield 20, Williams 39 @Taconic 1 Bill Hillman Sp 20:39
2 Bruce Banta Sr W 20:57
3 Bob Bartlett Sp
4 Cammy Greene Sp
5 Bill Coughlin Sp
6 Bill Redman Jr W
7 Art Farnham Sp
8 John Fenning Sp
9 Ted Oviatt So W
10 Pete Cosgriff Sr W
11 Dave Blinco Sp 12 Joe Foote Jr W Redman, a transfer from Whitman College, sat out 1951. Joe Rice is out with an ankle injury incurred in practice. 21 October 1952 Coast Guard 25, Williams 30 @New London 4.1 miles 1 Banta W 22:18 2 Redman W 8 Cosgriff W 9 Oviatt W 10 Sam Fortenbaugh So W George Hagerman So W Foote 24 October 1952, UMass 18, Williams 40 @Amherst 4.5 miles =1 Harry Aldrich Ma 23:20
=1 Hank Knapp Ma 23:20
3 Bruce Banta W
4 Joe Kelsey Ma
=5 Cpt George Goding Ma
=5 Bob Steere Ma
7 Redman W
8 Pio Angelini Ma
9 Joe Rice Jr W (injured leg)
10 Fortenbaugh W
11 Foote W
12 Ralph Smith Jr W
13 Cosgriff W
14 Oviatt W
15 Paul MacInnis Ma
16 Hagerman W UMass Freshmen 15, Williams Freshmen 50 =1 Wil Lepkowski, Bob Horn, Bill Hoss, Lou Alaconis, Don Frizzel, John Newell Ma
7 Power Ma
8 Mike Schirmer W
9 Conway Ma
=10 Kenny, Rikert, Gould Ma
13 Dave Kleinbard W
14 Dick Call W
15 Bob Coe W
16 George Madsen W
17 Colie Jameson W 28 October 1952 @Williams Deerfield def Williams Freshmen 1 November 1952 @Taconic Wesleyan 17 Williams 57 Amherst 64 1 Lew Thorgerson So Ws 2 Ogden Locke Ws 3 Vic Glazier Jr Ws 4 Bruce Banta Wm 10 Bill Redman Wm 12 Joe Foote Wm 14 Joe Rice Wm 16 Pete Cosgriff Wm Wesleyan Freshmen 27, Amherst F 29, Williams F 60 1 Barry Brown A 12:15.5 2 Robbin Koch Ws 3 Dick Bauer Ws 4 Mik Schirmer Wm 13:05 5 Len Irwin Ws 8 Dick Call Wm 14 Jerry Papin Wm 16 Boe Coe Wm 18 Colie Jameson Wm Dave Kleinbard out with foot injury. 4 November 1952 @Williams Mt Hermon 19, Williams Freshmen 36 1 Dixon MH 12:12 2 Schirmer Wm 12:22 10 Dick Call wm 13:05 7 November 1952, Middlebury 19, Williams 36 @Taconic 2 Banta Wm Race run in a blinding snow storm. 10 November 1952, NEICAA @Franklin Park, 4.2 miles 1 Rhode Island 86 3 Wesleyan 142 7 UMass 1?8 13 Coast Guard 299 14 Springfield 323 15 Williams 349 17 teams 1 Walter Molineaux Brown 21:27.5 5 Aldrich UMass