Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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1947-48 Coach GEORGE EASTMENT Ass ' t Coach NATE CARTMELL Caplaiii . JOHN QUIGLEY Mainioev . COCHRANE o Indoor Track 246

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Carolina, Jack Dianetti of Michigan State and Tom Strider of- Army. Then Manhattan ' s men began to finish with Nate Rienzo, ninth; Phil O ' Conneil, twelfth; Jack Moran, fifteenth; Tom Comer- ford, twentieth; and Paul Tiernan, thirty- first. Upon the finish of the race the judges retired to the held house in the Park Stadium while anxious throntrs milled about outside awaiting the announcement of the winner. At last the official announcement came of the team standings. The over-joyed Jasper rooters discovered that their heroes were varsity as well as freshmen cross-country champions of the nation. The final point- tabulation was Manhattan, 86; Syracuse, 107; Army, 116; Penn State, 116; followed by twenty-two other teams. Following the IC4-A meet by a week was the National Collegiate Athletic Association championships at East Lansing, Michigan. But due to Manhattan ' s annual retreat at the same time the Jasper squad could not make the trip despite a student rally, the likes of which Manhattan has never seen, which all but put the runners on the train to the Mich- igan capital. However, the President ruled against the trip and that ended the affair. Ironically enough the team winner at the NCAA ' s was Syracuse who linished runner- up to the Green the week before in the IC ' s. Although disappointed, the Manhattan squad hung up its cross-country togs for another year confident of the fact that it could have been national champ. Nevertheless, it was still a job well done! Frosh Cross Country Squad 245

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. . . Warming up on the new hoard track TNDOOR TRACK, always one of the most - ■ notable sports by which Manhattan has become known, came in for its share of glorv in 1947-48 as the Jasper squad bagged two titles and finished third m both the Senior Mets and the IC4-A ' s. Outstanding individual for the second straight year was little Joe Cianciabella, the best sprinter ever to sport the colors of the college. Crowning touch for the pint-sized dynamo came in the Intercollegiates where he retained his 60-yard title. Earlier in the season, Joe equalled the world ' s record for the 80-yard dash in taking a sprint series from some of the best dash men in the coun- try at the Washington (D.C.) Evening-Star fixture. Leading off with the newly created indoor junior Metropolitan AAU meet, the Kelly- . Green, under the leadership of George East- ment for the second year, took the team crown but only after the record snowstorm 247