1976 Men's Cross Country - Year In Review

Coaching Staff
Dick Roberts, Head Coach

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1976 Florida State Signees/Newcomers

Rick Gilrane, 5-8, 140, Orlando

Dennis Heath, 5-9, 135, Fort Lauderdale

Tom Herron, 5-10, 140, Longwood

Brantley Overcash, 6-1, 150, Brandon

1976 Roster - By Name

L
T                                       PY
R Name                  Hgt   Wgt  Cl   Ltr  Hometown (Prior School)
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  Cliff Cook            6-1   170  So        Tampa (Chamberlain)
* Donnie Cook           5-8   125  Jr   **   Winter Park (Winter Park)
* Tommy Curtis          5-9   136  So   *    Tampa (Brandon)
  Rick Gilrane          5-8   140  Fr        Orlando (Evans)
* Dennis Heath          5-9   135  Fr        Fort Lauderdale (Saint Thomas Aquinas)
* Tom Herron            5-10  140  Fr        Longwood (Lyman)
  Glenn Kettenacker     5-9   140  Jr        Titusville (Astronaut)
* Ron Montgomery        5-11  155  Jr        College Park, Ga. (Seminole CC)
* Brantley Overcash     6-1   150  Fr        Brandon (Brandon)
* Perry Shaw            5-6   130  Sr-R *    Tallahassee (Leon/Pensacola JC)
  Shannon Sullivan      5-7   135  Sr-R      Lake Worth (John I. Leonard)

1976 Conference Awards

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Donnie Cook              Metro Conference - All-Conference

Ron Montgomery           Metro Conference - All-Conference

All-Conference -  2

1976 Schedule and Results

DATE	POST GAME	BOX SCORE	LOC	OPPONENT	SCORE
09/25	Postgame	Box	H	Valdosta State Coll	L 31-26
10/02	Postgame	Box	H	Florida State Invitational	4th Place
10/16	Postgame	Box	N	Azalea City Invitational Mobile, Ala.	4th Place
10/23	Postgame	Box	N	Florida Invitational Gainesville, Fla.	2nd Place
10/30	Postgame	Box	N	Metro Championship Saint Louis, Mo.	4th Place

EOY Stats Ref

                Overall   Home    Away   Neutral
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FSU record is    0- 1     0- 1     0- 0     0- 0

1976 Metro Conference Results
 1  Memphis State          43
 2  Georgia Tech           65
 3  Cincinnati             73
 4  Florida State          78
 5  Saint Louis            79
 6  Louisville            173

1976 EOY Stats
                             Team Overall
Name                 Races  Top 7  Top 10  Wins
===============================================
Donnie Cook             5      5      5      0
Perry Shaw              5      5      2      1
Tom Herron              5      5      2      0
Tommy Curtis            4      4      1      0
Brantley Overcash       3      3      0      0
Dennis Heath            3      2      0      0
Ron Montgomery          2      2      0      0
Cliff Cook              2      1      0      0
Shannon Sullivan        1      1      0      0
Glenn Kettenacker       1      0      0      0

Valdosta State Coll 26, Florida State 31
09/25/1976, Tallahassee, Fla.

MEN 5-Mile RACE
Place  Name                       Points   Time
=====  =========================  ======  ========
   1   Perry Shaw                     1   25:45   
   2   Donnie Cook                    2   25:47   
   7   Tom Herron                     7   26:22   
   9   Tommy Curtis                   9   26:59   
  14   Brantley Overcash             12   27:35   
  15   Ron Montgomery                13   27:51   
  16   Shannon Sullivan              14   28:43   
  17   Glenn Kettenacker            xxx   28:44   
  18   Dennis Heath                 xxx   28:56   
  19   Cliff Cook                   xxx   29:44

Florida State Invitational, 4th place
10/02/1976, Tallahassee, Fla.

                                                                                                                                                                                                   
1  Florida           45                                                                                                                                                                                 
2  Valdosta State    48                                                                                                                                                                                 
3  Troy State        77                                                                                                                                                                                 
4  Florida State     82                                                                                                                                                                                 
5  Georgia           87                                                                                                                                                                                 
6  South Alabama    157

MEN 5-Mile RACE
Place  Name                       Points   Time
=====  =========================  ======  ========
   5   Donnie Cook                    5   25:18   
  13   Perry Shaw                    13   25:58   
  17   Tom Herron                    17   26:18   
  19   Tommy Curtis                  19   26:25

Azalea City Invitational, 4th place
10/16/1976, Mobile, Ala.

                                                                                                                                                                                                   
1  Alabama         1  2  5 11 13   32                                                                                                                                                                   
2  Georgia         3  4  6 25 28   66                                                                                                                                                                   
3  Georgia Tech    8 17 18 22 24   89                                                                                                                                                                   
4  Florida State   9 12 15 23 33   92                                                                                                                                                                   
5  SE Louisiana    7 16 26 30 31  110                                                                                                                                                                   
6  Ms College     10 14 20 34 35  113                                                                                                                                                                   
7  South Alabama  19 21 29 46 47  162

MEN 5-Mile RACE
Place  Name                       Points   Time
=====  =========================  ======  ========
  10   Donnie Cook                    9   24:49   
  13   Perry Shaw                    12   24:56   
  18   Tommy Curtis                  15   25:14   
  29   Tom Herron                    23   25:38   
  42   Cliff Cook                    33   26:21   
  48   Brantley Overcash             36   26:51   
  50   Dennis Heath                  38   26:54

Florida Invitational, 2nd place
10/23/1976, Gainesville, Fla.

MEN 10K RACE
Place  Name                       Points   Time
=====  =========================  ======  ========
   4   Donnie Cook                    4   33:30   
   5   Perry Shaw                     5   33:42   
   6   Tom Herron                     6   34:43

Metro Championship, 4th place
10/30/1976, Saint Louis, Mo.

MEN 5-Mile RACE
Place  Name                       Points   Time
=====  =========================  ======  ========
   7   Donnie Cook                    7   25:30   
  11   Ron Montgomery                11   25:59   
  15   Tom Herron                    15   26:18   
  21   Tommy Curtis                  21   26:35   
  24   Perry Shaw                    24   26:43   
  31   Brantley Overcash             31   27:08   
  38   Dennis Heath                  38   29:20