Barton Williams is a former American

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 hurdler. He attended California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo)

California Polytechnic State University

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 from 1975–1979. Williams is one of Cal Poly's all-time greatest track and field

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 athletes.

Bart Williams was the cross country running

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 coach

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 at Vallejo High School

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 in Vallejo

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, California

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 for nine years. He has coached track at Contra Costa College

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 in Richmond

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, 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. President Jimmy Carter

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 decided to boycott the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow

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, U.S.S.R. because the Soviet Union

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 had invaded Afghanistan

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 in December 1979. Barton Williams was an assistant coach for the U.S. World University Games team in China

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, in 2001. He coached the men's hurdles and the horizontal jumps.

Achievements

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

School records

• Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo school records Holder in the 400 meter hurdles
• 400m – 4x100m relay – 4x400m relay – 4x200m relay – distance medley relay
• CCAA conference records Holder in the 400m, 200m, 4X100 RELAY, 4X400 RELAY, 1978
• CCAA conference champion 400m ,200m 4x100 relay, 4x400 relay 1978& 1979
• NCAA Division II champion and former recorder holder 400 meter hurdles, 1979
• NCAA Division II champion, 4x100 relay 1979

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
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• 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
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