Super-Frosh: Georgia Freshman Kendell Williams Smashes NCAA And World Junior Record In Women’s Pentathlon
by LetsRun.com
March 15, 2014
Georgia freshman Kendell Williams smashed both the collegiate and NCAA meet records today in the women’s pentathlon at the 2014 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Albuquerque, NM. In the process, the 18-year old also set a new junior world record in the event.
Over the five disciplines that make up the pentathlon of 50 hurdles (8.21 seconds), high jump (1.88 meters), shot put (12.05 meters), long jump (6.32 meters) and 800 (2:17.31), Williams scored 4635 points to crush Arkansas’ Makeba Alcide‘s collegiate record of 4569 set on February 22, 2013. She also eclipsed Brianne Theisen‘s NCAA meet record of 4540 from 2011. The world junior record was 4535 held by Sweden’s Carolina Klüft, who won the 2004 Olympic heptathlon gold medal, although Belgium’s Nafissatou Thiam scored 4558 last year but that record has yet to be ratified. The American record for the event is 4753.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Kendell Williams 8.21 1.88m 12.05m 6.32m 2:17.31 Georgia 6-02 39-06.5 20-09 FR Team Points: 10 4635 (1082) (1080) (664) (949) (860)
Williams went to Georgia as a much-heralded recruit as she set the US hs pentathlon record last year at the New Balance Indoor Nationals. She’s also the US junior record holder in the heptathlon and won three events last year at the Georgia state meet (100 meter hurdles, long jump, high jump), 11 total in her career.
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Full Pentathlon results from Flashresults.com.
Women Indoor Pentathlon Points 60H HJ SP LJ 800 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Kendell Williams 8.21 1.88m 12.05m 6.32m 2:17.31 Georgia 6-02 39-06.5 20-09 FR Team Points: 10 4635 (1082) (1080) (664) (949) (860) ------------------------------------------------- 2 Erica Bougard 8.31 1.79m 12.51m 6.29m 2:12.63 Miss State 5-10.5 41-00.5 20-07.75 JR Team Points: 8 4586 (1059) (966) (695) (940) (926) ------------------------------------------------- 3 Brittany Harrell 8.54 1.76m 11.22m 6.02m 2:15.53 Florida 5-09.25 36-09.75 19-09 JR Team Points: 6 4287 (1008) (928) (610) (856) (885) ------------------------------------------------- 4 Lucie Ondraschkova 8.49 1.76m 11.30m 5.94m 2:16.23 Georgia 5-09.25 37-01 19-06 SR Team Points: 5 4268 (1019) (928) (615) (831) (875) ------------------------------------------------- 5 Deanna Latham 8.34 1.70m 11.99m 5.98m 2:18.55 Wisconsin 5-07 39-04 19-07.5 JR Team Points: 4 4253 (1052) (855) (660) (843) (843) ------------------------------------------------- 6 Sarah Chauchard 8.73 1.70m 13.32m 5.87m 2:18.23 Eastern Michigan 5-07 43-08.5 19-03.25 SR Team Points: 3 4229 (967) (855) (749) (810) (848) ------------------------------------------------- 7 Brittney Howell 8.31 1.73m 11.56m 6.21m 2:29.06 Penn State 5-08 37-11.25 20-04.5 SR Team Points: 2 4202 (1059) (891) (632) (915) (705) ------------------------------------------------- 8 Jena Hemann 8.63 1.73m 13.22m 5.82m 2:23.58 Texas A&M 5-08 43-04.5 19-01.25 JR Team Points: 1 4193 (989) (891) (742) (795) (776) ------------------------------------------------- 9 Jess Herauf 8.81 1.70m 12.67m 5.90m 2:18.66 Minnesota 5-07 41-07 19-04.25 SO 4172 (950) (855) (706) (819) (842) ------------------------------------------------- 10 Erica Twiss 8.26 1.76m 9.33m 6.00m 2:20.50 Kansas State 5-09.25 30-07.5 19-08.25 JR 4151 (1070) (928) (486) (850) (817) ------------------------------------------------- 11 Thea LaFond 8.58 1.85m 10.02m 5.79m 2:24.63 Maryland 6-00.75 32-10.5 19-00 JR 4120 (1000) (1041) (531) (786) (762) ------------------------------------------------- 12 Quintunya Chapman 8.49 1.61m 12.90m 5.87m 2:20.99 Georgia 5-03.25 42-04 19-03.25 JR 4107 (1019) (747) (721) (810) (810) ------------------------------------------------- 13 Alex Gochenour 8.43 1.70m 12.48m 5.80m 2:31.59 Arkansas 5-07 40-11.5 19-00.5 SO 4042 (1032) (855) (693) (789) (673) ------------------------------------------------- 14 Chari Hawkins 8.33 1.79m 11.48m 5.67m 2:35.36 Utah State 5-10.5 37-08 18-07.25 JR 4025 (1055) (966) (627) (750) (627) ------------------------------------------------- 15 Allison Reaser 8.32 1.58m 11.10m 5.86m 2:20.37 San Diego St. 5-02.25 36-05 19-02.75 SR 3996 (1057) (712) (602) (807) (818) ------------------------------------------------- 16 Sarah Graham 8.61 1.73m 11.75m 5.45m 2:25.29 South Carolina 5-08 38-06.75 17-10.75 SO 3968 (993) (891) (645) (686) (753) -------------------------------------------------