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Cross Country

A t C oach H o w e’s call fo r cross country m en th e fo llo w in g
runners rep orted : C apt. W ild , Syren, G raeff, Pierce, A rn old ,
Schw arz, M erritt, M cC o n n ell, W illia m s, and M oore. T h e season
was quite successful, as th e team w on tw o out o f th ree dual m eets
and placed second in a trian g u lar m eet.
T h e season opened w ith a victory over W a rw ick H ig h .
W h e e le r o f W arw ick w on th e race, but W ild , Syren, and G raeff
finished close behind h im in that order. P ierce, our only new m an
to place, finished in fou rteen th place, and was follow ed by A rn old ,
w ho placed fifteenth .
T h e next m eet was a trian g u lar one w ith D ean A cadem y and
C en tral H ig h at R o g er W illia m s Park. T h e final score was C en ­
tral 20 , M oses B row n 4 6 , D ean 6 4 . D eG o m ar o f D ean w on the
race, but the C en tral team , led by A llen , finished in good places
and easily w on. W ild , our first m an to place, took seventh. N e x t o f our m en cam e Syren
in nin th place. H e was follow ed by G raeff, P ierce, and Schw arz in th at order.
A s C ran ston defeated our cross country team by one p o in t last year, our runners w ere
out to w in this year. T h e m eet was closely contested and in terestin g , and ended w ith th e
score 2 6 -2 9 in our favor. W ild w on the race, w ith a C ran ston m an som e d istance behind
him . A s a C ranston ru nner was seen to cut across th e fo o tb all field, G raeff, w ho ran a
fine race, was aw arded th ird place. M erritt, P ierce, and Syren cam e in to finish our
scoring.
T h e cross country season closed w ith a defeat at th e hands o f L aSalle, w hich alw ays
has one o f th e best d istance team s in th e state. A lth ou g h the
score o f 1 8 -4 2 was not very close, W ild and G raeff m ade th e
finish interesting . M o llo y o f L aSalle easily w on, bu t another
L a Sa lle m an barely nosed out W ild fo r second place. T h e m ost
in terestin g part o f th e race was near th e finish w hen G raeff
sprinted around th e track close beh in d five L aSalle runners. H e
m anaged to nose out tw o o f his op p onen ts fo r seventh place.
P ierce was our next m an to finish and crossed th e lin e to take
eleven th . O u r last scorers w ere Syren and M erritt, w ho finished
fou rteen th and fifteenth respectively. C lose behind them w ere
M cC o n n ell and Schw arz.
A ll th rou gh th e season W ild , G raeff, Syren, Pierce, and
M erritt did very w ell. T h e prospects fo r next year’s team seem
very good . A ll o f this year’s m em bers excep t M erritt w ill run on
th e 1 9 3 3 team .

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