Barton Williams
Barton Williams (born 20 September 1956 in Mare Island, California-) is a former American hurdler. He attended California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo) from 1975–1979. Williams is one of Cal Poly's all-time greatest track and field athletes.
Bart Williams was the cross country running coach at Vallejo High School in Vallejo, California for nine years. He has coached track at Contra Costa College in Richmond, CA for over twenty years. In 1979, Bart was one of few athletes to be All American in both NCAA Division I & II track and field events. In 1980, Barton Williams was the first athlete from Vallejo, CA to participate on an Olympic Team.[1] President Jimmy Carter decided to boycott the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, U.S.S.R. because the Soviet Union had invaded Afghanistan in December 1979. Barton Williams was an assistant coach for the U.S. World University Games team in China, in 2001. He coached the men's hurdles and the horizontal jumps.
Achievements
- Cal Poly Sport Hall of Fame: Inducted Oct 1998[2]
- Cal Poly Cross Country and Track & Field Hall of Fame : Inducted 12 Jan 1991[3]
- World & US Ranking from 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1987– Highest world Ranking 6th[4][5]
- Qualified for USA Olympic Team 1980[6]
- NCAA All American Ten times: 1976–1979
- West Coast Relay College Most Outstanding Athletes 1979 Fresno, CA
- Cal Poly Most Valuable- Barton Williams, Dan Aldridge, Jim Schankle 1979[3]
- Cal Poly Most Valuable- Barton Williams, Jim Schankle 1978[7]
School records
- Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo school records Holder in the 400 meter hurdles[3]
- 400m – 4x100m relay – 4x400m relay – 4x200m relay – distance medley relay[3]
- CCAA conference records Holder in the 400m, 200m, 4X100 RELAY, 4X400 RELAY, 1978[3]
- CCAA conference champion 400m ,200m 4x100 relay, 4x400 relay 1978& 1979[3]
- NCAA Division II champion and former recorder holder 400 meter hurdles, 1979[8]
- NCAA Division II champion, 4x100 relay 1979[8]
USA teams
- USA & Great Britain duel meet Team 1981 [London, England]]
- Pacific Conference Games 1981 Auckland, New Zealand
- United States Olympic Team Member, 1980 ,400IH Boycott Moscow, U.S.S.R
- Eight Nation Games 1979& 1980 Tokyo, Japan
- Pan- American Games Team Member 1979 San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Sparakiad Games 1979 Moscow, Russia
- World University Games Team Member 1979 Mexico City, Mexico
- PRE – Commonwealth Games Trial 1978 Edmonton, Canada
- Sport Festival West Team 1978 Colorado Springs, Colorado
References
- ^ www.gbrathletics.com
- ^ www.gopoly.com
- ^ a b c d e f Cal Poly Mustangs Track Guide 1983
- ^ www.trackandfieldnews.com/rankings/men/400husranking.pdf
- ^ www.trackandfieldnews.com/rankings/men/400hworldranking.pdf
- ^ The United States Olympic Trials for Track and Field 1908–1992 by Richard Hymans, ATFS
- ^ Cal Poly Mustangs Track Guide 1979
- ^ a b www.hickoksports.com
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