1972 Cross Country Team

Things were heating up in the nation during this time.  The "plumbers" were breaking into the DNC headquarters in the Watergate Hotel.  The Dow closed above 1,000 for the very first time. The very last troops were withdrawn from Vietnam.  And gasoline prices rose to 55 cents/gallon!

Notable (at least to me!):

• Captains Matt Chadwick and Jim Allahand
• Howie Triebold
• Friends Jim Bray (another Podiatrist) and Steve Miller (York Countian)
• Charlie Maguire
• Bob Hillman
• Carl Bechdel
• Dixons and Pastors!
• George Christopher (PSU Marathon record holder)

Another Mile Post Along Memory Lane

Penn State Cross Country 1970!  Coach Groves had already had his film projector "borrowed" by Coach Paterno from the office next door, and never returned!  He related this story to me more than once, and I think it was one of the earliest occurances that cemented his non-love for the gridiron coach.

• Some of the athletes still look older than Coach Groves.
• Friend Steve Miller at his dorky best! (That's a compliment BTW).
• Murderers Row of Bruce McLanahan, Gary Gittings, Greg Fredericks and Bob Hillman in the second row.
• Youthful looking Jim Allahand and Charlie Maguire.
• Dick Geiger somehow looking smaller than usual!

Memory Lane: Part 2: Coach Groves And Greg Fredericks!

So, once Coach Groves settled in and began his second XC season at PSU, he finally had Greg Fredericks as a full-fledged runner and not just a "Freshman"!

My notes:

• Father Matt Chadwick OFM Conv. in the back row!
• Coach Groves still serious
• Greg Fredericks finally a full team member!
• Friend Steve Miller (back row) from the same high school as Dick Geiger (front row)!
• Jim Dixon, from a long line of State College Dixons.
• Jim Allahand and Bruce McLanahan  RIP (Dick Geiger relates that Ralph Kissel also recently passed away.)