Barton Williams

Barton Williams (born September 20, 1956 in Mare Island, California) is an American former 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.

Career

Barton Williams is a member of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association NCAA Division II Track & Field Athlete Hall of Fame. Bart Williams represented the U.S. in 10 international competitions, held several CAL POLY School records, including one NCAA Division II 400IH record. He also was recipient of the 2005 Distinguished alumnus Cal Poly Track & Field Award and California State Assembly Resolution Award For Outstanding Athlete 1979. Williams was the cross country running coach at Vallejo High School in Vallejo, California. He has coached track at Contra Costa College in Richmond, CA.

In 1979, Bart was one of only a few athletes to be All American in both NCAA Division I & II track and field events. Barton Williams was the first athlete from Vallejo, CA to participate on an Olympic Team.[1] when he qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team. He was unable to compete due to President Jimmy Carter's decision 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. In 2007, he received one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes.[2]

Achievements
  • Cal Poly Sport Hall of Fame: Inducted Oct 1998[3]
  • Cal Poly Cross Country and Track & Field Hall of Fame : Inducted January 12, 1991[4]
  • World & US Ranking from 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1987– Highest world Ranking 6th[5][6]
  • Qualified for USA Olympic Team 1980[7]
  • 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[4]
  • Cal Poly Most Valuable- Barton Williams, Jim Schankle 1978[8]

School records
  • Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo school records Holder in the 400 meter hurdles[4]
  • 400m – 4 × 100 m relay – 4 × 400 m relay – 4 × 200 m relay – distance medley relay[4]
  • CCAA conference records Holder in the 400m, 200m, 4X100 RELAY, 4X400 RELAY, 1978[4]
  • CCAA conference champion 400m, 200m 4x100 relay, 4x400 relay 1978& 1979[4]
  • NCAA Division II champion and former recorder holder 400 meter hurdles, 1979[9]
  • NCAA Division II champion, 4x100 relay 1979[9]

USA teams

References
  1. www.gbrathletics.com
  2. Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry (2008). Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN 978-0942257403.
  3. www.gopoly.com Archived September 24, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  4. Cal Poly Mustangs Track Guide 1983
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2010. Retrieved January 7, 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 5, 2012. Retrieved January 7, 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. The United States Olympic Trials for Track and Field 1908–1992 by Richard Hymans, ATFS
  8. Cal Poly Mustangs Track Guide 1979
  9. www.hickoksports.com Archived December 4, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

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