Coaches
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Peter Farwell |
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Head Coach Men's/Women's Cross Country pfarwell@williams.edu 413-597-3249 |
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).
In 2008 Farwell guided his Eph men to their 21st consecutive Little Three title.
His men's teams have won 9 New England, 11 NESCAC titles and 4 ECAC titles, garnering Farwell 6 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, two 3rds, 4th and an 8th in the past 8 seven years!
His women’s teams have won 2 New England, 4 NESCAC titles and 4 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 11 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 teams 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 67 different track All-Americans plus relay members (6 men and 6 women’s relays, 20 distance women (47 awards) and 18 distance men (37 awards), 12 women and 17 men in other events (34 women awards and 36 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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Patrick Wales-Dinan |
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Assistant Coach of Men's/Women's Cross Country patrick.j.wales-dinan@williams.edu 413-597-4654 |
A native of Duxbury, VT, Patrick Wales-Dinan graduated from Milton [MA] Academy before obtaining a B.A. in Economics from Bates College (Lewiston, ME) in 2005. While at Bates, Wales-Dinan was a two-time All-New England runner and state champion at 800m. He was also part of Bates’ 2004 NCAA Championship cross-country team.
After graduating from Bates, Wales-Dinan was head coach of cross-country, indoor, and outdoor track at Traip Academy (Kittery, ME) from 2005 – 2008. There he helped athletes to qualify for the NSIC meet in New York and led his cross-country teams to top five finishes in the state two consecutive years.
In 2008-09, Wales-Dinan was the assistant coach of women’s cross-country and track at the University of Southern Maine (Gorham, ME) where he helped the Huskies win their 9th consecutive LEC and Alliance League titles. He also served as the meet director for the 2008 Maine State Cross-Country Championships.
Patrick Wales-Dinan is certified USATF Level II: Endurance Events
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Kathleen Newton |
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Assistant Coach of Men's/Women's Cross Country newkurtz@peoplepc.com 413-597-3249 |
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.
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Macklin Chaffee |
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Volunteer Assistant Coach of Men's/Women's Cross Country 09jmc@williams.edu 413-597-4694 |
Macklin Chaffee grew up in Hanover, New Hampshire before moving to Chagrin Falls, Ohio where he received his high school diploma. He then found his way to Williams where he became a three-season runner while earning a degree in Computer Science (2009).
During his time at Williams, Chaffee ran on the 2008 XC team that placed third at the NCAA Championships, received All-American honors six times in track, including two national runner-up finishes in the 1500m. He was named the New England Male Track Athlete of the Year in 2008. As a senior Chaffee captained the 2009 Williams Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Teams.
In the summer following his senior year, Chaffee entered two elite-level 1500m races, running 3:44.71 in the second to earn a spot in the USATF National Championships in Eugene, OR. Chaffee placed 6th in a heat led by Lopez Lomong and has used that race as his inspiration to pursue running as his primary passion.
Chaffee is currently serving as a volunteer coach for the Ephs, allowing him to train with the team and pick up some coaching tips on the side. In his spare time, Chaffee keeps himself afloat managing his own web development business.