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

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TRA TEAM 65111144 5 'Sl 4' 2 gnilimif is , -P 123 J: 1 N 5 .. F.Y Q S -Q wi N 1- D D ll is lm xr. X - Front Row: Captain John- Hand, Jack Mullane, Bill Krebs, Gerry Haggerty, Ralph Mackin, Art Cunningham, Donald Murphy. Buck Row: Coach Art O'Connor, John MacNeil, Tom XV ard, Tom Brennan, Paul Bopko, Pete Swiers, Bernie Condon, Brian Condon. . Coach Artie OfConnor's 1958 Track Squad is composed of practically the same personnel as last year except for the loss of Captain Ed McCuirk and Leo Riveria. However, Sophomores Brian Condon and Don Luisi have performed brilliantly as their replacements. As usual,' Coach O'Connor concentrated on the mile and the two mile relays. The mile relay consisted of: John Mullane, a Senior who handled' the diflicult lead OH leg, Paul Bopko, a Business School Junior whose best time for the 440 was 50.1, Brian Condon, a Soph who has' been timed in under forty-nine seconds for the 440, Tom Brennan, a Junior powerhouse who has run the 880 in 156.6 and is a potential forty-eight second 440 man, Bill Krebs, a member of the mile relay 'for three years, is 'a forty-seven second quarter miler and has run.the half in under 1:57. I V - Brennan and Krebs,. both versatile runners, alternate between the mile and two mile relays. The rest of the two mile relay is made up of: Tom XVard, a'Ser1ior in the College who has done the half mile in 1:54.4g Don Luisi, the tremen- dous Soph who also runs the mile and has been clocked in at '4:16g John Hand, Fordham's outstanding 880 man whose best time for the half mile is 1:53.2. Besides these two relays, the Rams have several standouts in the distance events. Art Cunningham and XValt Cooper are among the' better two milers in the East. Both have been clocked at 9:80 for this event. Tommy Kearns and John MacNeil are two more middle distance men on the squad. Other members' of the squad include Jerry Haggerty, Bernie Condon, Don Murphy, Bob Macken and Jim McCinty. The ,field events are handled by Bud'Opfinger. T E .T f -. ......,.. ss. ,Nsvm . is -Q aw ll

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C SS CCD TRY o Front Row: Don Luisi, Artie Cunningham, Tom Kearns, John Hand. Back Row: Wally Cooper, Pete Swiers, , ' John O'Brady, Tom Brennan. .. , Led by Captain A. Cunningham, the cross-country team enjoyed its greatest season, since the sport's innovation at 'Rose Hill. The team amassed a record of seven wins against three losses, in addition to winning the Met A.A.U. junior X-Country title, taking second place in the Met A.A.U. Senior X-Country run, third in the Met Intercollegiate meet and seventh in the IC4's. Beside Cunning- ham, those fashioning this formidable record were Tom VVard, Wally Cooper, Tom Kearns, Ed Larkin, J. C. 'MacNeil and Don Luisi, freshman IC4A record holder. . The first two meets saw the Maroon shutout Rhode Island and Seton Hall as Fordham 'copped the first Eve places in both meets. St. john's, undefeated in dual meet competition all season, handed the harriersd their first defeat by the score of 22-36. The only consola- tion was the fact that Don Luisi ran his unbeaten skein to fourteen straight victories. ' ' Fordham rebounded to defeat Manhattan and Connecticut in a triangular meet. Luisi and Cunningham tried for first 'place as Fordham defeated the Jaspers' for the Hrst time since 1952. In another triangular meet, the Rams lost to St. Ioe's of Philadelphia and' vanquished Princeton. . In -subsequent meets, Fordham outlasted Yale and Iona, but fell before the Orange of Syracuse, 24-31, ' The Rams had the tables turned on them in the Metropolitan In-tercollegiate meet in finishing third behind St. .I.ohn's and Man- hattan. lCunningham lowered his five mile school record to 25:09 as he was runner-up in this meet for the second year in a row. The IC4A meet saw Don Luisi capture fourth place and shatter Cunninghanfs record by some twenty-three seconds, his time being 24:46. The Maroon stood seventh in the over-all team score. It was the best team effort Fordham enjoyed, since its entrance into IC4A competition. ' Closing out the season, the Rose Hillers won the Iunior Met A.A.U. diadem and were runner-ups to the N.Y.A.C .national championship team in the Senior A.A.U. meet.