Williams Crosscountry 1954 Coach Tony Plansky Captain Ted Oviatt '55 Returning lettermen Sam Fortenbaugh, Jack Pratt 14 candidates for team including George Hagerman, Bruce Dayton, Mike Schirmer, Dave Kleinbard
and sophomores Jim Hecker, Brad Tipps, Ted McKee Horace Ports ran freshman XC at Gettysburg College in 1952 Nick Schroeder and Fred Johnson are getting in shape for skiing Twelve freshmen candidates: Bill Fox (Milwaukee Country Day School), Jack Talmadge (Needham, MA), Jim Murphy (Midwood, NY),
Steve Carrol (Caldwell, NJ), Dave Phillips (Stratford, CT), Tom Kellogg
(Haverford School, PA). Other frosh include Phil Wilcox, Jim Becket, Paul Watson,
Ted Tallmadge, Bob Wagner, Dick Clokey (Shaker Heights HS). time trial, 2 1/4 mile 1 Bill Fox Fr 12:38 2 Horace Ports Jr 12:40 =3 Jim Hecker So 12:55 =3 Ted Oviatt Sr 5 Dave Kleinbard Jr 13:12 6 George Hagerman 7 Sam Fortenbaugh Sr Brad Tips So, Bruce Dayton Jr, Mike Schirmer Jr 13 October 1954 Mt Hermon 22, Williams F 33 1 Fox Wm 12:22 2 Ted Johnson MH 12:28 5 Dick Clokey Wm 12:45 8 Steve Carroll Wm 9 Jim Murphy Wm 10 Dave Phillips Wm also Tom Kellogg, Jack Talmadge, Paul Watson, Jim Beckett 19 October 1954, Springfield 23, Williams 33 @Williamstown, 3.75 miles
1 Cameron Green Sp 21:30
2 Bob Falvo Sp 21:32
3 Hotz Ports Wm
4 Ted Oviatt Wm
5 Wally Graham Sp
6 John Fenning Sp
7 Al Newton Sp 29 October, New London, 3.9 miles Coast Guard 25, Williams 31
new course, muddy
1 Ed Murphy CG 23:28.2 cr 2 Oviatt Wm 23:35 3 Luther Mansfield CG 4 John Moorhead CG 5 Ports Wm 6 Hecker Wm 7 Dayton Wm 8 Gene Haugen CG 9 Bill Dion CG 10 Sam Babineau CG 11 Ed Hinckley CG 12 Fortenbaugh Wm fell 13 Schirmer Wm 2 November 1954, 2 3/4 mile Deerfield 22, Williams F 33 3 Clokey Wm 15:51 4 Carroll Wm 15:55 5 Bill Tripp Wm 15:56 7 Murphy Wm 8 Phillips Wm 12 Tom Kellogg Wm 13 Dave Watson Wm dnf Fox 6 November 1954 @Williams Wesleyan 21, Williams 36 1 Lew Thorgerson Sr Ws 21:20 2 Bill Young Ws 3 Herb Hinman So Ws 4 Ted Oviatt Sr Wm 21:30 5 Hotz Ports Jr Wm 22:09 7 Bruce Dayton Jr Wm 8 Jim Hecker So Wm 12 Mike Schirmer Jr Wm Williams F 24, Wesleyan F 31, 2.7 mile 1 Many Ws 15:26 2 Bill Fox Wm 15:45 3 Steve Carroll Wm 15:46 4 Dick Clokey Wm 15:47 5 Plank Ws 6 Turkington Ws 7 Dave Phillips Wm 8 Jim Murphy Wm 10 November, Taconic, 3.75 miles Williams 28, Middlebury 28 1 Roger Hagemeier M 21:13 cr 2 Oviatt W 21:15 5 Dayton W 6 Hecker W 7 Ports W 8 Fortenbaugh W 13 November 1954, @Amherst, 4 mile Amherst 24, Williams 31 1 Barry Brown Jr A 22:42.5 cr 2 Ron Waller A 3 Joe Morton A 4 Hotz Ports Wm 5 Ted Oviatt Wm 6 Bruce Dayton Wm 7 Jim Hecker Wm Williams F 25, Amherst F 30 1 Bill Warren A 11:30 2 Bill Fox Wm 3 Dick Clokey Wm 5 Steve Carroll Wm 7 Jim Murphy Wm 8 Dave Phillips Wm Bruce Dayton (Brooklyn, NY) and Hotz Ports (York, PA) elected as co-captains for the 1955 season.