Kendell Williams

Kendell Williams (born June 14, 1995) is an American track and field athlete competing in the combined events.[2] She represented her country at the 2016 World Indoor Championships finishing sixth. Her brother is fellow American track and field athlete Devon Williams.

Kendell Williams

Kendell Williams at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Personal information
Born	June 14, 1995 Marietta, Georgia, U.S.
Education	University of Georgia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field, Track,
Event(s)	Heptathlon, pentathlon, 100 meters hurdles
College team	Georgia Bulldogs[1]
Coached by	Petros Kyprianou
Medal record Representing  United States World Junior Championships 2014 Eugene, United States 100 m hurdles Pan American Junior Championships 2013 Medellín, Colombia Heptathlon World Youth Championships 2011 Lille, France 100 m hurdles

NCAA

Kendell Williams ends her senior year (2017) as a seven time NCAA Division I Champion. U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-American. Kendell won the heptathlon at 2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, she scored 6225 points. Kendall won the pentathlon at 2016 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, she scored 4703 points and 2014 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships scoring 4635 points. Kendell won the pentathlon at 2015 and 2016 SEC Indoor Championships and 2014 heptathlon at SEC Outdoor Championships.[3] Kendell leaves the NCAA as the only Athlete to win the same event 4 years in a row. (The Indoor Pentathlon) Kendell still holds the National record (4703 pts) Kendell won the NCAA Div 1 Heptathlon 3 times.

While at Georgia, she won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's best female track and field competitor in 2017.[4][5]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the  United States
2011	World Youth Championships	Lille, France	3rd	100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	13.28 s
			11th	Heptathlon (youth)	5101 pts
2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	8th	Heptathlon	5578 pts
2013	Pan American Junior Championships	Medellín, Colombia	2nd	Heptathlon	5572 pts
2014	World Junior Championships	Eugene, United States	1st	100 m hurdles	12.89 s
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	6th	Pentathlon	4586 pts
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	17th	Heptathlon	6221 pts
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	12th	Heptathlon	6220 pts
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	9th	Pentathlon	4414 pts
2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	5th	Heptathlon	6415 pts

Personal bests

Outdoor 200 meters – 23.50 (+0.2 m/s, Sacramento 2017) 800 meters – 2:15.31 (Eugene 2016) 100 meters hurdles – 12.58 (+0.4 m/s, Doha 2019) High jump – 1.85 (Albuquerque 2012) Long jump – 6.71 (+1.1 m/s Des Moines 2019) Shot put – 13.41 (Des Moines 2019) Javelin Throw – 46.48 (Eugene 2017) Heptathlon – 6610 (Des Moines 2019)

Indoor 800 meters – 2:15.61 (College Station 2017) 60 meters hurdles – 8.03 (College Station 2017) High jump – 1.88 (Albuquerque 2014) Long jump – 6.54 (Blacksburg 2015) Shot put – 13.55 (Birmingham 2016) Pentathlon – 4703 (Birmingham 2016)

References

1. College team bio
2. Kendell Williams at World Athletics
3. Kendell Williams Track and Field results at University of Georgia TFRRS. January 1, 2017.
4. Editor, Zach Shugan | Assistant Sports. "Kendell Williams named Honda Sport Award winner". The Red and Black. Retrieved 2020-03-26.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
5. "Georgia's Kendell Williams Named Honda Sport Award winner for Track & Field". CWSA. 2017-06-16. Retrieved 2020-03-26.