# Barton Williams

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{{short description|American former hurdler (born 1956)}}
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'''Barton Williams''' (born September 20, 1956) is an American former [hurdler](/source/hurdler). He attended [California Polytechnic State University](/source/California_Polytechnic_State_University) from 1975 to 1979. Williams is one of Cal Poly's all-time greatest [track and field](/source/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 and held several Cal Poly school records, including one NCAA Division II 400 m hurdles record. He was also a recipient of the 2005 Distinguished Alumnus Cal Poly Track & Field Award and the California State Assembly Resolution Award for Outstanding Athlete in 1979. Williams was the [cross country running](/source/cross_country_running) [coach](/source/coach_(sport)) at [Vallejo High School](/source/Vallejo_High_School) in [Vallejo](/source/Vallejo%2C_California), [California](/source/California). He has coached track at [Contra Costa College](/source/Contra_Costa_College) in [Richmond](/source/Richmond%2C_California), CA.

In 1979, Bart was among the few athletes to earn All-American honours in both NCAA Division I & II track and field events. Barton Williams made history by becoming the first athlete from Vallejo, CA to <ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/obg.htm www.gbrathletics.com]</ref> qualify as a member of the U.S. Olympic Team for the 1980. He did not compete due to President Jimmy Carter's decision to boycott the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, [U.S.S.R.](/source/U.S.S.R.), following the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979. In 2001, Barton Williams served as an assistant coach for the U.S. World University Games team in [China](/source/China), focusing on men's hurdles and the horizontal jumps. In 1980, he received one of 461 [Congressional Gold Medal](/source/List_of_Congressional_Gold_Medal_recipients)s created specifically for the athletes affected by the boycott.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Caroccioli|first1=Tom|last2=Caroccioli|first2=Jerry|title=Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games|year=2008|publisher=New Chapter Press|location=Highland Park, IL|isbn=978-0942257403|pages=243–253}}</ref>

==Achievements==

* Cal Poly Sport Hall of Fame: Inducted Oct 1998<ref>[http://www.gopoly.com/index.php?p=hall_of_fame&id=198 www.gopoly.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924210153/http://www.gopoly.com/index.php?p=hall_of_fame&id=198 |date=September 24, 2010 }}</ref>
* Cal Poly Cross Country and Track & Field Hall of Fame : Inducted January 12, 1991<ref name="Cal Poly Mustangs Track Guide 1983">Cal Poly Mustangs Track Guide 1983</ref>
* World & US Ranking from 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1987– Highest world Ranking 6th<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/rankings/men/400husranking.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=January 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102084458/http://trackandfieldnews.com/rankings/men/400husranking.pdf |archive-date=January 2, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/rankings/men/400hworldranking.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=January 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905101156/http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/rankings/men/400hworldranking.pdf |archive-date=September 5, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Qualified for USA Olympic Team 1980<ref>The United States Olympic Trials for Track and Field 1908–1992 by Richard Hymans, ATFS</ref>
* 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<ref name="Cal Poly Mustangs Track Guide 1983" />
* Cal Poly Most Valuable- Barton Williams, Jim Schankle 1978<ref>Cal Poly Mustangs Track Guide 1979</ref>

==School records==
* Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo school records Holder in the 400-meter hurdles<ref name="Cal Poly Mustangs Track Guide 1983" />
* 400m – 4 × 100 m relay – 4 × 400 m relay – 4 × 200 m relay – distance medley relay<ref name="Cal Poly Mustangs Track Guide 1983" />
* CCAA conference records Holder in the 400m, 200m, 4X100 RELAY, 4X400 RELAY, 1978<ref name="Cal Poly Mustangs Track Guide 1983" />
* CCAA conference champion 400m, 200m 4x100 relay, 4x400 relay 1978& 1979<ref name="Cal Poly Mustangs Track Guide 1983" />
* NCAA Division II champion and former record holder 400 meter hurdles, 1979<ref name="hickoksports.com">[http://www.hickoksports.com/history/ncmd2otrack.shtml www.hickoksports.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204051743/http://hickoksports.com/history/ncmd2otrack.shtml |date=December 4, 2010 }}</ref>
* NCAA Division II champion, 4x100 relay 1979<ref name="hickoksports.com" />

==USA teams==
* USA & Great Britain duel meet Team 1981 [London, England](/source/London%2C_England)
* Pacific Conference Games 1981 [Auckland, New Zealand](/source/Auckland%2C_New_Zealand)
* United States Olympic Team Member, 1980, 400IH Boycott Moscow, [U.S.S.R.](/source/U.S.S.R.)
* Eight Nation Games 1979& 1980 [Tokyo, Japan](/source/Tokyo%2C_Japan)
* Pan- American Games Team Member 1979 [San Juan, Puerto Rico](/source/San_Juan%2C_Puerto_Rico)
* Sparakiad Games 1979 Moscow, Russia
* World University Games Team Member 1979 [Mexico City, Mexico](/source/Mexico_City%2C_Mexico)
* PRE – Commonwealth Games Trial 1978 [Edmonton, Canada](/source/Edmonton%2C_Canada)
* Sport Festival West Team 1978 [Colorado Springs, Colorado](/source/Colorado_Springs%2C_Colorado)

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Category:1956 births
Category:Living people
Category:American men hurdlers
Category:Cal Poly Mustangs men's track and field athletes
Category:Congressional Gold Medal recipients
Category:Olympic track and field athletes for the United States
Category:Sportspeople from Vallejo, California
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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