Philadelphia
High School Cross Country
Boys
City Title Meets, 1945-79
(compiled by Ted Silary)
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The original City Title meets were held
from 1945 through 1979. They
matched the Catholic League
champion vs. the Public League champion.
Because the leagues used different scoring systems, the CT scoring format
went back and forth. In
odd numbered years, the CL system was used --
five scorers per team. In even numbered years, the
PL system was used --
eight scorers per team.
The CL won 30 outright championships. The PL won four.
There was one tie (in 1962).
Note: In 1947, the AAU scoring system was used. Only the first five
runners for Central were
counted. Though a Central runner finished ninth,
North Catholic's final two scorers were moved up
from 10th and 11th to
ninth and 10th, enabling NC to win the championship.
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*record performance
Courses . . .
SM -- Strawberry Mansion, 33rd & Dauphin, Fairmount Park, 2.33
miles.
BP1 -- Belmont Plateau, Fairmount Park, 2.5 miles.
BP2 -- Belmont Plateau, Fairmount Park, 2.9 miles.
| Year | Teams | Pts | Scorers for Champ | Place | Winner | School | Time |
| 1979 | Overbrook |
27 |
Calvin Dunning | 2nd | Marty Loscalzo | Wood | 14:42 |
| BP2 | Wood | 29 | Anthony Sullivan | 3rd | |||
| Steve Dickens | 5th | ||||||
| Roy Gilliam | 6th | ||||||
| Jerry Lawson | 11th | ||||||
| 1978 | Ryan |
58 |
Tim Naylor | 1st | Tim Naylor | Ryan | 15:08.4 |
| BP2 | Central | 86 | Jim Trusdell | 4th | |||
| Jamie Hennessy | 6th | ||||||
| Joe Costick | 7th | ||||||
| Jim McGee | 8th | ||||||
| Mike Meistering | 9th | ||||||
| Joe Mooney | 10th | ||||||
| Bill Beahr | 13th | ||||||
| 1977 | Ryan |
16 |
Tim Naylor | 1st | Tim Naylor | Ryan | 14:54 |
| BP2 | Central | 48 | Walt Smith | 2nd | |||
| Tim Kelly | 3rd | ||||||
| Jim Mooney | 4th | ||||||
| Mike Meistering | 6th | ||||||
| 1976 | Ryan | 50 | Keith Davies | T-1st | T-Keith Davies | Ryan | 15:25.8 |
| BP2 | Overbrook | 89 | Tim Naylor | T-1st | T-Tim Naylor | Ryan | |
| Brian Boyle | T-1st | T-Brian Boyle | Ryan | ||||
| Bob Malkowski | 6th | ||||||
| Jim Oerth | 7th | ||||||
| Jamie Hennessy | 8th | ||||||
| Ray Trusdell | 10th | ||||||
| Walt Smith | 13th | ||||||
| 1975 | Ryan | 15 | Mike Thom | 1st | Mike Thom | Ryan | *14:34.6 |
| BP2 | Overbrook | 48 | George Petrick | 2nd | |||
| Brian Boyle | 3rd | ||||||
| Ray Trusdell | 4th | ||||||
| Tim Naylor | 5th | ||||||
| 1974 | Bonner | 48 | Tom Weber | T-1st | T-Tom Weber | Bonner | 12:01.8 |
| SM | Dobbins | 101 | Joe Genther | T-1st | T-Joe Genther | Bonner | |
| John Nicholson | T-1st | T-John Nicholson | Bonner | ||||
| Charlie McGinnis | 5th | ||||||
| Mike Callahan | 7th | ||||||
| Steve Austin | 9th | ||||||
| Tom McCaney | 10th | ||||||
| Steve Black | 11th | ||||||
| 1973 | Ryan | 18 | Mike Thom | 1st | Mike Thom | Ryan | *15:17.4 |
| BP2 | Overbrook | 41 | Al Cicchitti | 2nd | |||
| Rick Steinberg | 4th | ||||||
| George Petrick | 5th | ||||||
| Jack Kuhar | 6th | ||||||
| 1972 | La Salle | 44 | Mike Magarity | 1st | Mike Magarity | La Salle | 12:01.7 |
| SM | Overbrook | 95 | John Burns | 2nd | |||
| Rich Landers | 3rd | ||||||
| Mark Daniele | 4th | ||||||
| Rich Biddle | 5th | ||||||
| Mike Sommar | 6th | ||||||
| John Maloney | 11th | ||||||
| John Li | 12th | ||||||
| 1971 | La Salle | 15 | Mike McMonagle | T-1st | T-Mike McMonagle | La Salle | 13:37 |
| BP1 | Overbrook | 55 | Pat Hannon | T-1st | T-Pat Hannon | ||
| Jim Zorbach | T-1st | T-Jim Zorbach | |||||
| Dave McKee | T-1st | T-Dave McKee | |||||
| Mark Daniele | T-1st | T-Mark Daniele | |||||
| 1970 | McDevitt | 53 | Mark Gilman | 1st | Mark Gilman | McDevitt | *11:35.1 |
| SM | Overbrook | 83 | John Quinn | 2nd | |||
| Phil Jeronis | 4th | ||||||
| Pete Heeson | 5th | ||||||
| George Barton | 6th | ||||||
| John Rapp | 7th | ||||||
| Ed Fox | 12th | ||||||
| Tim Brady | 16th | ||||||
| 1969 | Wood | 19 | Steve Landis | 1st | Steve Landis | Wood | 13:32.8 |
| BP1 | Overbrook | 45 | Mike Patterson | 2nd | |||
| Bob Brewer | 4th | ||||||
| Mike Kleinot | 5th | ||||||
| Joe Law | 7th | ||||||
| 1968 | Bonner | 49 | Phil Genther | 1st | Phil Genther | Bonner | 12:04.6 |
| SM | Bartram | 109 | Rich DiSebastian | 3rd | |||
| Fran Klick | 4th | ||||||
| Joe Murray | 6th | ||||||
| Bill McKeown | 7th | ||||||
| Paul "Dixie" Dunbar | 8th | ||||||
| Lou Leone | 9th | ||||||
| Joe O'Loughlin | 11th | ||||||
| 1967 | Dougherty | 15 | Frank Krieger | 1st | Frank Krieger | Dougherty | *13:20.5 |
| BP1 | Overbrook | 55 | Joe Smith | 2nd | |||
| Jim Burns | 3rd | ||||||
| Mark Connelly | 4th | ||||||
| Jack Marko | 5th | ||||||
| 1966 | McDevitt | 38 | Pat McKenna | 1st | Pat McKenna | McDevitt | *11:36.5 |
| SM | Overbrook | 134 | John Devlin | 2nd | |||
| Joe Brady | 3rd | ||||||
| Tom Nelson | 4th | ||||||
| Pete Ebert | 5th | ||||||
| Frank Jamison | 6th | ||||||
| Dave Bennis | 8th | ||||||
| Thom Toole | 9th | ||||||
| 1965 | Dougherty | 19 | Juan D'Estrada | 1st | Juan D'Estrada | Dougherty | 11:59.6 |
| SM | Overbrook | 42 | Bob Donnelly | 2nd | |||
| Kevin O'Rourke | 4th | ||||||
| Frank Krieger | 5th | ||||||
| John Sheridan | 7th | ||||||
| 1964 | Dougherty | 46 | Joe Ryan | 1st | Joe Ryan | Dougherty | 11:51.8 |
| SM | Overbrook | 90 | Joe Connelly | 2nd | |||
| Juan D'Estrada | 3rd | ||||||
| Kevin O'Rourke | 4th | ||||||
| Mike DeBlasi | 5th | ||||||
| John Sheridan | 7th | ||||||
| George Edwards | 10th | ||||||
| Pat Funston | 14th | ||||||
| 1963 | Dougherty | 21 | Don Campbell | 2nd | Ken Davis | Overbrook | 11:58.8 |
| SM | Overbrook | 35 | Joe Connelly | 3rd | |||
| Kevin O'Rourke | 4th | ||||||
| Joe Ryan | 5th | ||||||
| Chris Tatreau | 7th | ||||||
| 1962 | Dougherty | 69 | Hal Spiro | 1st | Hal Spiro | Dougherty | 12:06.5 |
| SM | Overbrook | 69 | Dave Kelley | 3rd | |||
| (tie) | Don Campbell | 6th | |||||
| Paul "Rocky" Grevy | 9th | ||||||
| Frankie Tate | 11th | ||||||
| Joe Connelly | 12th | ||||||
| Joe Ryan | 13th | ||||||
| Chris Tatreau | 14th | ||||||
| Overbrook | Ken Davis | 2nd | |||||
| Ron Brodie | 4th | ||||||
| Ron Moore | 5th | ||||||
| Jerry Wicker | 7th | ||||||
| Eldridge Johnson | 8th | ||||||
| Franklin Pringle | 10th | ||||||
| Ernest Staten | 16th | ||||||
| David Moore | 17th | ||||||
| 1961 | Dougherty | 24 | Mike Coffey | 1st | Mike Coffey | Dougherty | *11.37.7 |
| SM | Overbrook | 31 | Larry Bolger | 2nd | |||
| Pete Dougherty | 4th | ||||||
| Bob Giordano | 8th | ||||||
| Tom Kelly | 9th | ||||||
| 1960 | West Cath. | 66 | Tom Stubblebine | 2nd | Josh Brown | Overbrook | 11:49.6 |
| SM | Overbrook | 70 | Marty McGehean | 4th | |||
| Pat Ward | 6th | ||||||
| Mike Myrtetus | 7th | ||||||
| Gene Avella | 8th | ||||||
| Rich Daly | 11th | ||||||
| Jim Andrews | 12th | ||||||
| Tom Cotton | 16th | ||||||
| 1959 | Dougherty | 22 | Francis Carver | 2nd | Fred Anderson | Overbrook | *11:38.8 |
| SM | Overbrook | 33 | Tom McDonnell | 3rd | |||
| Paul Minehan | 4th | ||||||
| Bill Clark | 6th | ||||||
| Lou Campi | 7th | ||||||
| 1958 | Dougherty | 67 | Owen McGuire | 3rd | Roger Harmon | West Phila. | *11:48.0 |
| SM | West Phila. | 70 | Tom McDonnell | 4th | |||
| Francis Carver | 5th | ||||||
| Lou Campi | 6th | ||||||
| Charles Kearns | 8th | ||||||
| Jim Martin | 10th | ||||||
| Fernando Woodley | 14th | ||||||
| Joe McQuillan | 17th | ||||||
| 1957 | Overbrook | 25 | Frank Smith | 2nd | Angelo Sivieri | West Cath. | *11:55.6 |
| SM | West Cath. | 30 | Carroll Anderson | 3rd | |||
| Alan Stokes | 5th | ||||||
| Fred Anderson | 7th | ||||||
| Leon Glover | 8th | ||||||
| 1956 | West Cath. | 67 | Angelo Sivieri | 3rd | Dennis Johnson | West Phila. | 11:57.8 |
| SM | West Phila. | 73 | Walt Thompson | 5th | |||
| Robert Madden | 6th | ||||||
| George Light | 7th | ||||||
| John Holbrook | 8th | ||||||
| Ed Courtney | 11th | ||||||
| Bob Shea | 12th | ||||||
| Joe Stubblebine | 15th | ||||||
| 1955 | West Phila. | 20 | John Stokes | 1st | John Stokes | West Phila. | 12:08.0 |
| SM | West Cath. | 35 | Ronald Sullivan | 2nd | |||
| Ron Merriweather | 3rd | ||||||
| Joseph Barnett | 5th | ||||||
| Dennis Johnson | 9th | ||||||
| 1954 | West Cath. | 42 | Jim Baldwin | 1st | Jim Baldwin | West Cath. | 11:56.7 |
| SM | Overbrook | 108 | Jim Shields | 2nd | |||
| Joe McGinn | 3rd | ||||||
| Gerald Keegan | 4th | ||||||
| Harry Reid | 5th | ||||||
| John McFadden | 7th | ||||||
| Bill Rahn | 9th | ||||||
| Al Carlin | 11th | ||||||
| 1953 | West Cath. | 20 | Bob Farrell | 1st | Bob Farrell | West Cath. | *11:49.0 |
| SM | Overbrook | 35 | Jim Shields | 3rd | |||
| Jim Baldwin | 4th | ||||||
| Joe McGinn | 5th | ||||||
| Gerald Butler | 7th | ||||||
| 1952 | West Cath. | 59 | Bob Davis | 3rd | Gene Brodie | Overbrook | 12:02.0 |
| SM | Overbrook | 93 | Bob Farrell | 4th | |||
| Jim Shields | 5th | ||||||
| Mike Flaherty | 7th | ||||||
| John Dolan | 8th | ||||||
| Gerald Butler | 9th | ||||||
| Jim Baldwin | 11th | ||||||
| Joe Stacy | 12th | ||||||
| 1951 | West Cath. | 22 | Bill Farrell | 2nd | Gene Brodie | Overbrook | 12:34.0 |
| SM | Overbrook | 33 | Gerry McGinn | 3rd | |||
| John Dolan | 4th | ||||||
| John Amlaner | 6th | ||||||
| Henry Nealis | 7th | ||||||
| 1950 | Overbrook | 44 | Bill Griggs | 1st | Bill Griggs | Overbrook | 12:01.3 |
| SM | West Cath. | 121 | Gene Brodie | 2nd | |||
| Herb Bruce | 3rd | ||||||
| Al Entriken | 4th | ||||||
| Gilbert Laws | 7th | ||||||
| James Montague | 8th | ||||||
| Dan Johnson | 9th | ||||||
| Herbert Rogers | 10th | ||||||
| 1949 | West Cath. | 22 | Joe Atmuff | 1st | Joe Watmuff | West Cath. | *11:56.2 |
| SM | Overbrook | 23 | Joe Merkins | 3rd | |||
| Phil McCloskey | 5th | ||||||
| Charles Timko | 6th | ||||||
| Francis Manion | 7th | ||||||
| 1948 | West Cath. | 57 | Joe Watmuff | 2nd | Robert Walton | Overbrook | 12:17.3 |
| SM | Overbrook | 86 | Joe Martin | 3rd | |||
| John Luttrell | 5th | ||||||
| Jim Rodgers | 7th | ||||||
| Jim Kelly | 8th | ||||||
| Bill McGinn | 9th | ||||||
| Joe Merkins | 11th | ||||||
| Francis Manion | 12th | ||||||
| 1947 | North Cath. | 27 | Tom McKenzie | 1st | Tom McKenzie | North Cath. | 12:47.0 |
| SM | Central | 28 | Charles O'Neill | 2nd | |||
| Tom Higginbotham | 5th | ||||||
| (9th) by AAU | Jim Fraties | 10th | |||||
| (10th) system | George Schrader | 11th | |||||
| 1946 | North Cath. | 62 | Al Erbrick | 1st | Al Erbrick | North Cath. | *12:16.0 |
| SM | Overbrook | 76 | Charles Beatty | 4th | |||
| Charles Canally | 5th | ||||||
| Bill Hanley | 7th | ||||||
| Charles O'Neill | 8th | ||||||
| Ed Yeakel | 11th | ||||||
| Robert Cameron | 12th | ||||||
| George Schrader | 14th | ||||||
| 1945 | West Cath. | 21 | Jim Kennedy | 1st | Jim Kennedy | West Cath. | *12:37.9 |
| SM | Central | 35 | Frank Trainer | 2nd | |||
| Paul McSorley | 3rd | ||||||
| Lawson Fowler | 6th | ||||||
| Patrick Anderson | 9th |