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Lion Runners 12th
Deardorff Finishes
Special to the Collegian
EAST LANSING, Mich.,
Nov.26—Tom O’Hara, a junior
at Loyola of Chicago, captured
individual honors aWthe
NCAA Cross-Country Cham
pionships here by speeding
over the four-mile Michigan State
University course in 19:20.3
minutes
San Jose State,
one of the pre-
race favorites for
■team honors, did
just that by
scoring a low
total of 58 points
to continue
United
Slates’ domi-
of the na
tionals. Villano
va. Winner of the
IC4A race in I
New York City o«rs«rff
lari v,-.\ek, f mstird je, runner-up j
with 09 point?. 1
Penn Stole distance runner'
How-c ' JJeardorff. who crossed!
the finish line third at the IC4AS
run, climated his four year cross-,
eoun'ry. career by turning ,in his;
most impressive performance as;
a Nitlany Lion harrier. }
STATE team ‘captain
finished eighth, but not tr fore
forcing his rivals for individual
honors to sweat out the final 1
mile of the irace.
peardorff led the entire pack of
runners b’y . a ■ scant margin at
the end of three miles.but Wouldn't
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quite maintain hi* . torrid pace
over the final mile'of "the Akers
Golf Course tpail. His final time
was 18:49 minutes, called by
State track boss John Lucas, “the
fastest time ever recorded by a
Penn State athlete in the na
tionals.” . •.
As a team, the Nittanies fin
ished 12th. At- last week’s IC4A
event. State finished ninth. In the
3961 NCAA race, the Lions' con
cluded a 4-1 season with an eighth
place finish in the nationals.,,
Stale, runner Lionel Bassett
olaced 51st 120:51): Joe Nichols,
61st (21:03); Dick Lampman, 65th
(21:16), and Dick Tuft,' 70th
(21:25).-'-,.
ASIDE FROM
-showing, coach 'Lucas said he
war.n’l pleased with the rest of
the team "although they ran as
hard ,as they could.”
Lucas also called Deardorffs
performance '‘tremendous,” and
:aid the team missed Colin Grant
because, “he was one of our
leaders.” Grant suffered a severe
inflammation of the-'achilles^ten
ton in his right leg about three
weeks ago.
Finishing second in the NCAA
race v.-as Villanova’s Pat Traynor,
also the runner-up in the IC4A
championships.
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The Wildcats’ Vic Zwolak, the
ex-Marine who set a new record
on the Van Cortlandt Parle course
in the IC4A’s, ended up in fourth
place.
The top ten finishers in .today’s
NCAA run covered the course in
less than .20 minutes, probably
the fastest 10-man finish! in the
24-j;ear-old history of the : event.
INDIVIDUAL CHAMP O’Hara,
a former Chicago schoolboy, star,
succeeds Oregon State's Dale
Storey. Known for haying won
the 1961 NCAA crown by run
ning over the course bare-footed.
Storey did not finish among the
top 10 runners, however, because
of an injured foot
Defending jteam winner Oregon
State didn’t place among the top
five teams.
Dan Murphy', a sophomore-from
San Jose State, placed third in
19:32 minutes. Coach Lucas called
Murphy, running in ihe first race
he has ever-lost or-has-not set a
new, course record, "the greatest
iong distance prospect in Ameri
ca." "r
The evfent concluded the cross
country season for the Nittanv
distance runners who finished
with an unbeaten (4-0) record
during the regular dual-meet
season.
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Niltanies 9lh in AP Grid Standings;
Southern Cal Clings to Lead Spol
By The Associated Press j
Southern California’s unbeaten and yptied Trojans, seek
ing to bring the West Coast its first nationM football chan lpion
ship since 1939, clung to -the No. 1 spot yesterday in the major
college rankings of The Associated Press.
The hot Trojans, 14-3 come-from-behind victors Saturday
over UCLA, beat out their Jan. 1 Rose Bowl foej Wisconsin’s
Badgers, who climbed from third to second.’ Wisconsin wjon the
onship J Saturday jby nipping
Big Ten Conference champi
Minnesota 14-9. •
THE THOJANS picked up 19
of the 43 first place votes. Third
ranked Mississippi got 12, Wis
consin 9 and ninth-ranked Penn
State 3.
Mississippi, idle last week, tum
bled from second to third'after a
tight ballot battle with the Badg
ers. The undefeated Rebels col
lected 350 points.
■ Oklahoma's Sooners. who won
the Big Eight crown and an
Orange Bowl bid. with a 34-6
triumph over Nebraska, soared
two notches, rising from 10th to
eighth.
Texas and Perm State remained
right where they were a week ago
despite victories. The Longhorns,
who stung Texas A&M 13-3, were’
fourth, and the Nittany Lions,
who conquered Pitt 16-0, re
mained ninth.
Whether Southern California
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-LIEUTENANT JOHN MONTEFUSCO, HISTORY,MAJOR, CLASS
“If I had it to do over again,
would I take Army R.O.T.
My'wife and I are in Panama at the moment She
it. You know, Officers’ Club, dances—that sort of i
I like it, too. But whether I stay in the Army or no
question is: Would I take Army R.O.T.C. if I hac
do over again? Yes, I certainly would. In spac
didn’t realize how lucky I was. At the time I fig
Okay, so I’ll get my degree—get an Arnly commi
too, and pick up some extra money along the n
wasn’t the leadership type, I thought. I was wrong;
was I wrong! Looking back on it, -I wouldn’t trad
leadership training I ?',got for anything! Take myl
for It, leaders are made —not bom! Whether Is;
the Army or not, nobody can take away wha;
learned.. And let’s face it, where can anybody nr
step out of college and walk into a standard of livin
good? Look, if you have already invested two yi
college ROTC, take it from me: Stick it out! ]
one of the smartest things you ever. did. / say so.|
TUESDAY. /NOVEMBER 27. 1962
wins' tiie national j championship
undoubtedly will depend on what
happens in -the Trojans’ dame at
Los Apgeles Saturday with
vastly-improved Notre Dame. The
national championship will be
determined by next weekend’s
poll- ! ! I
Only', three other clubs
the top tea have unfinishi
ness. Mississippi faces Mil
State at .Oxford, Alabari
Auburn at Bii lingham aij
homa goes to Oklahoma Si
THE TOP TEN
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2. Wisconsin (9)
3. Mississippi (12)
4., Texas
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J 7. Louisiana State
8. Oklahoma
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10. Minnesota
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