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Peter Farwell |
Co-Interim Head Coach of Men's/Women's Track & Field and Head Coach of Men's/Women's Cross Country pfarwell@williams.edu 413-597-3249 |
Pete 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 10 New England, 12 NESCAC titles and 6
ECAC titles, garnering Farwell 7 regional coach of the year honors.
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 team has recorded 11 more top 10
finishes at the NCAA championship meet:
2nd, 3rd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 7th, 9th and 10th.
Farwell took over the reins of the women's cross country team in
2000. The Ephs won the NCAA title in 2002 and 2004, have
recorded three runner-up finishes, a 3rd, a 4th, a 5th and two
8th's in the past 11 years
His women’s teams have won 3 New England, 4 NESCAC, and 5
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 20
men harriers to 32 All-American finishes (including 2 national
champs) and 12 women to 20 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 and in 2008,
being honored 15 times (11 for men's team, 5 for women's team) as
New England Division III Coach of the Year. In 1995 he 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 11
outdoor New England titles for the men plus 6 indoor and 9 outdoor
for the women, 11 men’s and 10 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 8 top 10 NCAA finishes, highlighted
by two 3rds.
Altogether he has coached 65 different track All-Americans plus
relay members (9 men and 9 women’s relays, 22 distance women
(51 awards) and 18 distance men (38 awards), 13 women and 18 men in
other events (35 women’s awards and 37 men’s) including
22 national champions (by 12 different athletes -- 7 women
distance, 5 men distance, 6 women and 4 men in other events).
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Lance Harden |
Assistant Coach of Men's/Women's Cross Country & Track & Field llh2@williams.edu |
Lance Harden enters his second season coaching at Williams 2011-2012.
In 2010-11, Harden was a volunteer assistant coach of men’s cross-country and track at Davidson College where he helped the Wildcats place 4th in cross country with the #1, #2, #5, and #9 fastest 8K runners in school history and in track break 7 school records (including steeplechase, 5000m and 10000m), achieve 9 All-Southern Conference awards, and win SoCon individual titles in the 800m and 1500m.
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Erica Maker |
Assistant Coach of Men's/Women's Cross Country Erica.Maker@williams.edu 413-597-3539 |
Erica (Clausen) Maker enters her 5th season with Williams Cross Country.
Prior to her first arrival at Williams, Erica was an assistant coach from 2005-2007 at Northwestern University, where she helped with the women's cross country program while completing her master's degree in Sports Administration. She was also an assistant coach in track & field at Loyola Academy in Chicago during the 2005 season.
A 2004 graduate of St. Olaf College, Erica majored in English and Spanish and studied abroad in Spain. She is originally from the Chicago area.
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Kathleen Newton |
Assistant Coach of Men's/Women's Cross Country newkurtz@peoplepc.com 413-597-3249 |
Kathleen Newton enters her 8th season assisting Williams Cross
Country. She has also spent 14 seasons as the head coach of indoor
and outdoor track & field at Mt. Anthony Union High School in
Bennington, Vermont.
Newton is a 2004 graduate of Southern Vermont College and she holds
both the 5k cross-country and 5k track records there. She earned
Conference and All-Academic Team status twice at Southern Vermont.
She is now an accomplished Masters' runner, competing in distance
races 5k and up.
At Mt. Anthony High School, Newton has coached several state
champions, from sprints to distance events, and has had several top
6 finishers in New England.
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Ben Raphelson |
Assistant Coach of Men's/Women's Cross Country & Track & Field Benjamin.Raphelson@williams.edu |
Ben Raphelson joins the Williams Cross Country (and track) staff
in 2011-2012. He comes to Williams from Smith College (Northampton,
MA), where he earned a Master's degree in Exercise and Sports
Studies while coaching with the cross country and track & field
teams for the two years. Raphelson served as interim head coach
with the cross country team in the fall of 2010 while the head
coach was on maternity leave. While at Smith, he also worked as
course instructor, teaching classes on physical conditioning.
Prior to Smith, Raphelson coached at his alma mater, Grinnell
College (Grinnell, IA) for two years, where he was in charge
of the men's and women's distance and middle-distance groups.
He graduated from Grinnell in 2008 with a B.A. in history.
Raphelson grew up in Bloomfield Hills, MI. He holds a USATF
Level-2 endurance certification.
He is also a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist
(CSCS), having earned the credential from the National Strength and
Conditioning Association (NSCA) in the summer of 2011.
