Kendal Williams

Height:
6-1
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Jacksonville, Fla.
High School:
Stanton Prep

	(I)	(O)
Career Bests
60m	6.51	---
100m	---	9.99
200m	20.93	20.11

2018, 2017 NCAA First Team Indoor All-American (60 Meters)
2018 SEC Outdoor Champion (100 Meters, 200 Meters)
2018 NCAA First Team Outdoor All-American (200 Meters)
2018 NCAA Second Team Outdoor All-American (100 Meters)

2018: Outdoor - Captained the Georgia men to their first national championship in program history...Cemented his place in Southeastern Conference history as the 2018 champion in the 100 meters--breaking the school record with a time of 9.99 seconds--and the 200 meters (season-best 20.15) at the SEC Outdoor Championships...Scored a pivotal six points in the 200 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with his bronze medalist performance, clocking a time of 20.32 towards first team All-American honors...Sped to the fastest time in 200 meters qualifying, winning the first heat with a blazing time of 20.23...Missed out of the 100 meters finals partly due to a strong headwind (-0.9 m/s) in his heat, finishing with a time of 10.16...Cruised to nationals qualification in the 100m and 200m at NCAA East Prelims, including a 10.08 for second place in the 100m...Also ran a leg on the Georgia 4x100 meter relay team that secured a fourth-place finish at the SEC Outdoor Championships, along with an eighth-place finish at the NCAA East Prelims (39.29) on the way to nationals qualification, as well as the No. 5 spot in school history...Opened the outdoor season in three events (200m, 4x100 and the 4x400) at the Yellow Jacket Invitational, with event wins in the 200m (20.84) and the 4x100 (40.27).
Indoor - Snagged First Team All-American honors with a seventh-place finish in the 60 meters (6.65) at the NCAA Indoor Championships...Becomes the first Bulldog in program history to earn back-to-back All-American honors in the 60m...In 2017, Williams became the first Georgia sprinter since Herschel Walker in 1982 to earn indoor All-American honors in the short sprint (it was the 60-yard dash then)...Earned the No. 11 NCAA qualifying mark in the 60m (6.61)...Clocked a season-best 6.61 seconds in both the prelims and finals of the Tiger Paw Invite for another victory...Won his first 60m race on the season with another time of 6.67 seconds at the Clemson Invite...Placed 3rd in 60m (6.67) in the season opener at the Orange & Purple Invitational.

2017: Outdoor – Clocked a wind-aided 100-meter dash time of 9.99 to win the Texas Relays with a finish that tied for No. 5 nationally…Started the Texas Relays’ prelims with a legal 10.06 (No. 4 in UGA history) to finish first…Ran on the Bulldog 4x100m relay team that set a school record and won the Spec Towns Invite with a 39.21…Won the Spec Towns 200m after shooting across the line in 20.56…Managed a fourth-place finish in the 200m at the SEC Championships with a 20.30…Part of 4x100m relay team that took sixth at SECs with a 39.32…Finished fourth at the NCAA Prelims after running a 100m time of 10.14 and was sixth in the 200m (20.38)…Ran on 4x100m relay team that 12^th at the NCAA Prelims thanks to a 39.74…Took 21^st in the 100m (10.50) at the NCAA Championships.
Indoor – Opened the season by winning the 60-meter dash at the Texas A&M Quad meet with a school record time of 6.68…Won the Razorback Invite with a school record time in the 60m of 6.65…Set a facility and school record in the 60m at the Tiger Tuneup with a 6.51…Took fourth at the SEC Championships thanks to a 6.67…Ran a 6.60 for First Team All-America honors thanks to a fifth-place finish in the 60m at the NCAA Championships.

2016 - Outdoor: Redshirted for the Bulldogs...Clocked a career best 20.11 to be fourth in the first round of the 200-meter dash at the U.S. Olympic Trials before taking seventh in the semifinals with a 20.31 to push himself into the finals, then was seventh in the finals (20.38)...Ran a 10.07 to finish 11th in the qualifying round of the 100m at the Trials to advance to the semifinals, then was 10th overall in the semis with a personal record of 10.04 to miss finals by two spots.
Indoor: Redshirted for the Bulldogs.

Florida State (2015) - Outdoor: Clocked a windy 9.98 to take fifth in the 100m and earn First Team All-American honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championships...Was the only freshman to score in the 200m after taking eighth thanks to a windy 20.45 for his second First Team All-America certificate...Also posted a wind-aided 9.98 to take second in the 100m at the ACC Championships and was runner-up in the 200m with a wind-legal time of 20.26 at the conference meet.
Indoor: Freshman qualifier for the 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships in the 60-meter dash where he was the No. 4 seed overall...earned second-team All-American honors with the ninth-fastest time in the preliminary rounds (6.62), missing the finals by the narrowest of margins...won the ACC Indoor Championship 60-meter dash title in 6.56 - edging Clemson’s Tevin Hester by .004 - to become just the second freshman to make that claim as a Seminole...his time ranks tied for fourth in FSU history...added a bronze medal performance in the 200-meter dash at the ACC Indoor Championship in a personal-best 21.15...has progressively improved over the course of the indoor season, knocking a full .10 from his 60m time since his debut...rebounded from a false start at the Doc Hale Invitational by running 6.57 a week later in the semifinals at the Tyson Invitational...only NCAA top-seed John Teeters (Oklahoma State) and Trayvon Bromell (Baylor) were faster in the round, though all three passed on a rematch in the final.

Personal: Williams enjoyed a meteoric summer of 2014, capped by his stunning victory over Bromell, the reigning NCAA champion, in the 100-meter final at the World Junior Championships in Euguene, Ore...clocked a personal-best 10.21 into a slight head-wind to win...followed up with a silver in the 200 behind teammate Trentavis Friday in a windy 20.46...capped off the World Juniors by contributing to Team USA’s gold in the 4x100 relay (38.70)...recorded his fastet legal 200 outdoors in Orlando at the Golden South (20.55)...won Adidas Grand Prix 100-meter title in New York City...capped his incredible high school career at Jacksonville (Fla.) Stanton Prep by sweeping the 100-200 state 3A titles for the second consecutive year...finished senior season with six individual state titles, and is one of only three men to win the 200 in four consecutive years...Majoring in Marketing and Communication Studies...signing with the Seminoles, along with Friday, prompted Track & Field News to tab FSU as the No. 1 recruiting class in the country. born Sept. 23, 1995.