The Men's track and cross country teams dominated the MIAA in the 1960's-winning six MIAA cross country titles in the decade.
Ed Schneider, one of the most decorated runners in Bulldog history, captured the individual national title with a time of 19:43.9 in 1964. He was a three time All-American (1962, 1963, 1964) and finished fifth and seventh in 1962 and 1963, respectively, before finishing first in 1964.
In just the third year of the program in 1960, the Bulldogs finished fourth nationally--up from 34th the year before.
As a team, Cross Country finished first in the MIAA each year from 1960-64, and also won the conference title in 1968. The team never finished below second during the decade. Moreover, the Bulldogs had eight individual champions at the conference meet:
1960: James McFadden, 20:56.7
1961: Floyd Waddle, 21:28.1
1962: Schneider, 19:38
1963: Schneider, 20:14.5
1964: Schneider, 19:50.6
1965: Ron Werling, 20:49.2
1966: Werling, 20:46.5
1967: Werling, 20:11
Here are all the top ten Cross Country individual finishers (MIAA meet):
1961
1. Floyd Waddle
2. Jim Shepard
4. John North
5. Ed Schneider
6. Terry Rohrdanz
10. Steve Thompson
1962
1. Ed Schneider
4. Jim Shepard
5. Floyd Waddle
6. John North
7. Steve Thompson
1963
1. Ed Schneider
2. Gerald Kusek
3. Floyd Waddle
4. Terry McDonald
7. Craig Guinn
8. Steve Thompson
1964
1. Ed Schneider
4. Terry McDonald
5. Gerald Kusek
6. Ron Werling
8. Craig Guinn
1965
1. Ron Werling
5. Gerald Kusek
8. Terry McDonald
1966
1. Ron Werling
6. Keith Allen
10. Gerald Kusek
1967
1. Ron Werling
10. Keith Allen
1968
2. Pat Sullivan
4. Keith Allen
7. Tom Logan
1969
2. Tom Logan
3. Keith Allen
6. Pat Sullivan
Over the decade, five Bulldogs took home ten total All-American honors:
Terry McDonald-1964
Jim McFadden-1960
Ed Schneider-1962, 63, 64
Floyd Waddle-1962, 63
Ron Werling-1965, 66, 67
