1962 Cross Country

Head Coach: Chuck Rohe
Regular Season: 3 Wins, 5 Losses
SEC: 5th
Members of Tennessee’s 1962 varsity cross country team were Bill Beall, Rick Fowler, Ronnie Hart, Bill Lawkins, Winston Russell, Tom Scott, and Joe Spann.
Tom Scott remembers the 1962 cross country season:
I well remember the start of cross country practice in the fall. It coincided with the peak of hay fever season, and so, between sneezes, I was trying to do the hardest workouts that I could imagine. They were hard on my feet too. Within a few days I could count some 22 blisters strategically placed about everywhere. I'll have to admit I was briefly tempted to quit. But the truth is I was having too much fun to let a little pain get in the way. Coach Rohe, of course, was a fabulous recruiter, and it was a privilege to run alongside so many great athletes. No one doubted we were going to be really good when all the Rohe recruits were eligible to compete on the varsity.
​The Vols ended the regular season with wins over Tennessee Tech, Alabama, and Berea, and losses to Cumberland, Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, and Furman. They ended the cross country season with a fifth place finish in the 1962 SEC Cross Country Championships.
 
The SEC cross country meet was held in Atlanta, Georgia. Tennessee’s first five finishers over the 4.4 mile course were as follows:
1962 CROSS COUNTRY
Place Name Time
9 Tom Scott 21:38
13 Bill Beall 22:23
17 Bill Lawkins 22:43
39 Joe Spann 24:36
42 Rick Fowler 25:26
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