Track and Field/Cross Country records

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Track and Field/Cross Country Records, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
6.50 Linear Feet 13 Hollinger boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Track and Field/Cross Country Records, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains programs, newsletters, news clippings, meet results, photographs, artifacts, posters and other material related to William & Mary Men's and Women's Track and Field and Cross Country teams from 1986-2004. The print material in the collection pertains to both the men's and women's teams during these years, while a majority of the roughly four boxes of photographs primarily contains women's track and field and cross country teams of the 1990s and early 2000s. The artifacts in the collection, such as medals and a track uniform from the 1990s, also pertain to the women's team.

Forms requesting admission of prospective student-athletes from around the mind-1990s

Eastern College Athletic Conference

2 Silver, 1 Gold; weathervane design

Weathervane Design

Weathervane design

Weathervane design

1 CAA Scholar-Athlete pin, 1 William and Mary Invitational pin (WM feather logo), William and Mary Cross Country Invitational pin, 1997

2, WM feather logo

Stop watch and winged shoe design

WM Feather Logo

1 Cross Country arrow design, 2 winged shoe designs.

Biographical / historical:

The men's and women's track and field and cross country teams have been some of the most successful intercollegiate athletic teams to represent the college of William and Mary. Each of these teams has won more than ten conference championships and made as many NCAA championship appearances. Notably, the men's cross country team qualified for the NCAA championships fourteen years in a row between 1997 and 2010.

Acquisition information:
Transfer
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard