Peter Farwell is the head coach of the men's and women's cross country teams at Williams (men since 1979 and women since 2000).

His men's teams have won 8 New England, 10 NESCAC titles and 3 ECAC titles, garnering Farwell 5 regional coach of the year honors and three NESCAC Coach of the Year awards,. He was named 1994 National Coach of the Year after leading the Williams men to the first of its two NCAA championships.

Since 1993 the men’s teams have also finished 3rd, 4th, 5th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 7th, 9th and 10th at the NCAA championship meet.

Farwell took over the reins of the women's cross country team in 2000, and the Ephs won the NCAA title in 2002 and 2004 and has recorded 3 runner-up finishes, a 4th and an 8th in the past 7 seven years!

His women’s teams have won 2 New England, 3 NESCAC titles and 3 ECAC titles, and he has been chosen women’s regional coach of the year twice, NESCAC Coach of the Year twice, and National Coach of the Year in 2002 and 2004.  Altogether he has coached 15 men harriers to 27 All-American finishes (including 2 national champs) and 10 women to 18 All-American finishes.

Bringing to the sport a Williams ('73) liberal arts undergraduate education combined with a scientific knowledge of physiology (M.A. in P.E. Coaching, Central Michigan University ‘90), Coach Farwell has devised a training plan that improves runners of all levels. His devotion to every athlete on the team helps make Williams one of the deepest Division III teams in the nation. Farwell's 23-year competitive experience included a 23rd-place finish (2:20) at the Boston Marathon and the 6-mile Williams school record.

Farwell was head coach of the Williams men’s and women’s track & field team from 1988 to 2001, being honored 15 times (11 for men's team, 4 for women's team) as New England Division III Coach of the Year and in 1995 was named Men's National Coach of the Year. Other years he has served as assistant track coach of the distance runners 1980-1987 and 2002 to the present.

When track was under his leadership the teams won 9 indoor and 10 outdoor New England titles for the men plus 6 indoor and 8 outdoor for the women, 10 men’s and 9 women’s NESCAC titles, 4 men’s and 6 women’s ECAC titles, and at the NCAA Championships the men placed 2nd twice and 7 times in the top 10 while the women also garnered 7 top 10 NCAA finishes, highlighted by two 3rds.
Altogether he has coached 65 different track All-Americans plus relay members (6 men and 6 women’s relays, 19 distance women (46 awards) and 17 distance men (36 awards), 12 women and 17 men in other events (34 women awards and 36 men’s) including 21 national champions (by 11 different athletes -- 6 women distance, 5 men distance, 6 women and 4 men in other events).

Newton is a 2004 graduate of Southern Vermont College and she holds both the 5k cross-country and 5k track records there. Newton earned GNAC and All-Academic Team status twice at Southern Vermont.

Newton was the head track & field coach at Mt. Anthony Union High School in Bennington, Vermont for seven years before coming to Williams.

Newton is also an accomplished Masters' runner, competing in races from a 5k distance to the marathon.

Mitchell Baker grew up in rural Macomb, IL, and competed in both cross country and track and field while at Williams College before graduating with a degree in art in 2004.

He captained the cross country squad in his senior campaign and earned All-New England honors in the fall, winter, and spring for his, or his team’s efforts, in the 3200 relay up to the individual 10,000 meters.

After graduation he relocated to New York City to intern with the Williams Club, organizing alumni events and establishing an art gallery. Following his work there, he interned with an architecture firm while coaching cross country and track and field at La Salle Academy in Manhattan. He spent the academic year 2006-2007 teaching and coaching at Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx.

Baker primarily coaches the running events and will handle many recruiting and meet managing duties. The biggest influence in his own running and coaching is his father, Edward Baker, and his favorite memory of being an athlete at Williams, besides the long post-practice dinners, is competing for the school and team at several national championships.

Erica Clausen joins the Williams College cross country and track and field programs as an assistant coach for the 2007-08 season. 

Clausen was previously the assistant coach for the women's cross country program at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL from 2005-07 and assistant coach for boys and girls track & field at Loyola Academy in Wilmette, IL in 2005.

A 2004 graduate of St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN, Clausen double-majored in English and Spanish before pursuing her Master's degree in Sports Administration at Northwestern University.  

While an undergrad, Clausen competed for the Oles in both cross country and track, qualifying with the cross country team in 2001 for the NCAA Championships.  She now trains for road races and marathons throughout the year.