Watermelon Run
Watermelon Run
Sept 20, 1968
Distance: 5105 yards (2.9 miles)
PlaceName Time
1 Skinner, Paul 17:02
2 Smith, Robert 17:20
3 Roten, Randy 17:42
4 Hawk, Joel 17:54
5 Beeman, Tony 17:55
6 Stock, Bert 18:09
7 Kaplan, Jay 18:09
8 Vanderhurst, Lee 18:11
9 Coleman, Joe 18:12
10 Kachur, James 18:19
11 Dearing, Bert 18:45
12 Thomas, Vic 18:47
13 Alfred, Mike 18:56
14 DeSelms, Kevin 19:00
15 Beach, Randy 19:00
16 Kalmeta, Randy 19:05
17 Rebholz, Mark 19:27
18 Silva, Ken 19:31
19 Bahr, Dennis 19:31
20 Hansen, Steve 19:32
21 Guyang, Mark 19:32
22 Hall, Steven 19:36
23 Ignatowicz, Greg 19:40
Team Scores
1 Sophs 20 Easy win for sophomores as everyone had predicted.
2 Jun-Seniors 56
Top Frosh Tom Grady
Top Soph Paul Skinner
Top Junior Rober Smith
Most Improved:
Skinner & Kachur (they were the only 2 of top 10 runners who ran last year)
Greatest Surprises:
Smith, Roten, Beaman, Cleman, Kachur & Thomas
FROSH:
Grady, Tom 12:34
Johnson, Larry 12:41
Ignatowicz: ran too fast the first 1320 and then fell apart
Smith: ran too fast the first mile, but hung tough
Vanderhurst: ran too slow the first 1320 and too fast the last 220
DeSelms: looked like he was loafing the entire way
Beaman: wanted to run and did good job
Alfred, Silva, Bahr,
Hansen, Quyang: too mush finish kick