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W.F. Newhall

W.F. Newhall III

  • Class
    1980
  • Induction
    2007
  • Sport(s)
    Men's Track and Field, Men's Cross Country

- 4-year letter-winner in Outdoor/Indoor Track & Field, and Cross Country, captained both his senior year

- Set records in the 3,000m, 5,000m and the 10,000m, and set the course record for the "old" home cross country course

- NCAA Div. II All-American in 10,000m

- All New England for 10,000m

- Two time ALL-IC4A Cross Country

- NCAA Div. II Northeast Regional Cross Country Champion

- Voted best NCAA Div. II Cross Country runner in the Northeast Region

- All ECAC for 5,000m

- 11 Varsity letter, 4 - Cross Country, 7- Track and Field

- Northeast Region Masters Champion for 500m

- U.S. Masters All-American for 3,000 and 5,000m

- New England Champion in 25k

- Finished 6th in the Dublin Marathon

- Finished 2nd in the Bay State Games 5,000m

- Swampscott High School Hall of Fame as Coach of the Boys and Girls Cross Country, and the Boys Indoor Track 

- Coached Boys and Girls teams to the Northeast Conference Champs, and had All-State Qualifiers

- Won the Amherst Invitational while coaching the Men's Cross Country team at Westfield State

- Also at Westfield State, won the Codfish Bowl, and the Mass. Small College Athletic Conference Champs

- Won the Bay State Marathon team title while coaching the Irish American Track Club

- Established the Swampscott Dory Rub (celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2004)

- Founded the Coastal Track Club

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