Kendell Williams (born June 14, 1995) is an American

track and field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

athlete competing in the

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. She represented her country at the 2016 World Indoor Championships finishing sixth. Williams qualified to represent the United States at the

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. She won the bronze medal at the 2022 World Indoor Championships in

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. Williams' brother is fellow American track and field athlete Devon Williams.

NCAA

Kendell Williams ends her senior year (2017) as a seven time

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Champion. U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association

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. Kendell won the heptathlon at

2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships The 2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships were the 95th NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships and the 35th NCAA Women's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships held for the fourth consecutive year ...

, she scored 6225 points. Kendall won the pentathlon at

2016 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships The 2016 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships was the 52nd NCAA Men's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships and the 35th NCAA Women's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, held at the Birmingham CrossPlex in ...

, she scored 4703 points and

2014 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships The 2014 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships was the 50th NCAA Men's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships and the 33rd NCAA Women's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, held at the Albuquerque Convention Ce ...

scoring 4635 points. Kendell won the pentathlon at 2015 and 2016 SEC Indoor Championships and 2014 heptathlon at SEC Outdoor Championships. 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

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, she won the

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as the nation's best female track and field competitor in 2017.

Competition record

Personal bests

Outdoor *

200 meters The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400-metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slight ...

– 23.50 (+0.2 m/s, Sacramento 2017) *

800 meters The 800 metres, or 800 meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event sin ...

– 2:15.31 (Eugene 2016) *

100 meters hurdles The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first hurdle is ...

– 12.58 (+0.4 m/s, Doha 2019) *

High jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

– 1.85 (Albuquerque 2012) *

Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

– 6.71 (+1.1 m/s Des Moines 2019) *

Shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

– 13.41 (Des Moines 2019) *

Javelin Throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown as far as possible. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's de ...

– 46.48 (Eugene 2017) *

Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek ἑπτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hep ...

– 6610 (Des Moines 2019) Indoor *

– 2:15.61 (College Station 2017) * 60 meters hurdles – 8.03 (College Station 2017) *

– 1.88 (Albuquerque 2014) *

– 6.54 (Blacksburg 2015) *

– 13.55 (Birmingham 2016) *

Pentathlon A pentathlon is a contest featuring five events. The name is derived from Greek language, Greek: combining the words ''pente'' (five) and -''athlon'' (competition) (). The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Anci ...

– 4703 (Birmingham 2016)

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