Kendal Williams
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_(cropped).jpg) Williams at the 2018 NCAA Division I Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | September 23, 1995 Jacksonville, Florida, US | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprints | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Georgia Bulldogs (2016–2018) Florida State Seminoles (2015) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | PURE Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | adidas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kendal Williams (born September 23, 1995) is an American professional track and field athlete specializing in the sprints.[2] Representing the United States at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics, he earned gold medals in the 100 meters and the 4 × 100 m relay, upsetting teammate and favorite Trayvon Bromell in the 100 m who had earlier that year become the first junior to break the 10-second barrier.[3][4][5]
Williams attended Stanton College Preparatory School where he won multiple state titles and was a high school All-American.[6] He went to Florida State University on scholarship in 2014 and competed for the Seminoles in 2015, placing second in the Atlantic Coast Conference Championships 100 m with a wind-assisted 9.98 seconds run as a freshman.[7] However he transferred to the University of Georgia after his freshman year, following coach Ken Harnden whose contract had not been renewed by Florida State.[8]
In his senior year at Georgia he clocked a 9.99 s run, this time with allowable wind, in the Southeastern Conference Championships 100 m to win and set a new personal best.[9][10] He did not progress out of his heat at the NCAA Division I Championships, but he went on to make the final at the USA Championships, finishing third in his last race representing the Bulldogs.[11][12] He went on to represent the United States at the inaugural Athletics World Cup, earning a silver medal in the 100 m and a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay.
