Fordham University School of Business - Aries Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Cross Country The i956 version ot Coach Art O'Connor's cross- country team was indeed one that Fordham can be proud of. Although their initial setback, the loss ot Captain-elect Ed Kilkelly through injuries, occurred prior to the opener with Columbia, the harriers re- bounded to beat the Lions. Decisive victories over N. Y. U. and Seton Hall enabled the Rams to extend their skein. Junior Art Cunningham led the squad in both of these triumphs as he set a new school standard of 26 min. and 2 sec. tor the rugged tive mile course. This erased the old mark ot 26:l l set by Don Ander- son in l952. Senior Ed McGuirk, Juniors Tom Ward and Jack Flynn, and Soph star Dick Kraus backed up Cunningham's fine performance as they scored for the Maroon. The Fordham streak was halted as they met three championship teams in a row. St. Joseph's, the Middle Atlantic Champs, St. John's, the Met loop kings and Cunningham wins again. Yale, the Big Three title-holder, all topped the Rams. Art Cunningham again starred as he lowered his own school mark to 25158 and then to 25:45 in winning both the Redmen and the Eli meets. The O'Connormen did, however, regain their win- ning ways in their next meet against lona, as they shut-out the Gaels, Every Fordham runner crossed the finish line before lona's first man. The next toe was Syracuse University. The upstaters' balance proved too much tor the harriers, with the Orange win- ning l7-34. Election Day saw Fordham cop third place in the team standing and Art Cunningham notch second place individually with the fast clocking Front Row: W. Bryant, J. McGinty, A. Cunningham, D. Kraus, E. McGuirk. Back Row: Captain E. Kilkelly, J. Flynn, T. Ward, N. Holden, J. Hand, D, Murphy, T. lmhot. 2

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,Qt ,..,. b I , Q ,, ,L F F' fir' 4-rr' 'VJ FRESHMAN TEAM Front Row: W. Cooper, E. Winrow, T. Kearns, A, Merkle. Back Row: A. O'Connor, Coach, P Swires of 25232 in the Metropolitan Championships at Van Cortlandt Park. Following a loss to Manhattan, the hill and dalers came back to trounce the Rhode lsland University Rams. Again Cunningham provided the highlight, this time with the sensational clocking of 25:14, which now stands as an all-time Fordham mark. Although the lC4A's, in which they captured seventeenth place, capped the collegiate season, the Rams came back to vnotch third place in the Junior Met AAU Champion- ships asArt Cunningham won the title. Wally Bryant, D. Luisi, G. Arzoomanian, B. Flynn. Norm Holden, Jack Flynn, Jim McGinty and Don Murphy did the scoring for the Maroon in this finale. Senior John Curran, Junior Jack Hand and Soph John O'Grady provided the reserve strength for the har- riers, while Tony lmhof was the manager. The yearling club proved itself the best Fordham frosh team ever. With its unbeaten ace Don l.uisi, both Met and lC4A king, running the fastest three miles ever recorded at Van Cortlandt Park ll4:28l the squad captured seven of its eight meets and a lofty runner-up spot in both the Mets and the lC4A's. Ward recovers after a long grind, , lC4A record holder Don Luisi talks with the coach. 236