| Kendal Williams | |
| Birth Date: | September 23, 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Jacksonville, Florida, US |
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in |
| Weight: | 165 lb |
| Sport: | Track and field |
| Event: | Sprints |
| Collegeteam: | Georgia Bulldogs (2016–2018) Florida State Seminoles (2015) |
| Club: | PURE Athletics |
| Team: | adidas |
| Turnedpro: | 2018 |
Kendal Williams (born September 23, 1995) is an American professional track and field athlete specializing in the sprints.[1] Representing the United States at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics, he earned gold medals in the 100 meters and the relay, upsetting teammate and favorite Trayvon Bromell in the who had earlier that year become the first junior to break the 10-second barrier.[2] [3] [4]
Williams attended Stanton College Preparatory School where he won multiple state titles and was a high school All-American.[5] 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 with a wind-assisted 9.98 seconds run as a freshman.[6] 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.[7]
In his senior year at Georgia he clocked a run, this time with allowable wind, in the Southeastern Conference Championships to win and set a new personal best.[8] [9] 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.[10] [11] He went on to represent the United States at the inaugural Athletics World Cup, earning a silver medal in the and a gold medal in the relay.
| Event | Time | Wind (m/s) | Venue | Date | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.51 | Clemson, South Carolina, US | February 17, 2017 | Indoor | |||
| 9.93 | +2.0 | Clermont, Florida, US | May 11, 2024 | |||
| 9.98 | +2.1 | Tallahassee, Florida, US | May 16, 2015 | Wind-assisted | ||
| 20.15 | +0.8 | Knoxville, Tennessee, US | May 13, 2018 | |||
| 20.11 | +3.3 | Eugene, Oregon, US | July 7, 2016 | Wind-assisted | ||
| 38.27 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | July 25, 2015 | ||||
| 1:20.88 | Gainesville, Florida, US | 30 March 2019 |
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Wind (m/s) | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Eugene, Oregon, US | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 10.21 | −0.6 | ||||
| 16th | 21.10 | +1.9 | |||||||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | data-sort-value="400 relay" | 38.70 | , [12] | |||||
| 2015 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | bgcolor=gold | 1st | data-sort-value="400 relay" | 38.27 | ||||
| 2016 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 10.23 | −0.9 | |||||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | data-sort-value="400 relay" | 38.63 | ||||||
| 2018 | London, England | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 10.05 | +0.3 | ||||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | data-sort-value="400 relay" | 38.42 | ||||||
| Toronto, Ontario, Canada | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 10.11 | +0.4 | |||||
| data-sort-value="8th DNF" | data-sort-value="400 relay" | data-sort-value=999.99 | — | Dropped baton |
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Wind (m/s) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | US World Youth Trials | 4th | 100 m | 10.79 | −2.8 | [13] | ||
| 4th | 200 m | 21.31 | +1.4 | [14] | ||||
| USATF Youth Championships (born 1995 - 1996) | Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 200 m | 21.46 | −1.5 | [15] | |
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 100 m | 10.73 | −0.5 | [16] | |||
| 4th | 400 m | 50.50 | [17] | |||||
| 2012 | 10th | 100 m | 10.68 | −0.9 | [18] | |||
| 5th | 200 m | 21.11 | +0.1 | |||||
| 2013 | 6th | 100 m | 10.88 | −4.8 | [19] | |||
| data-sort-value="9th DQ" bgcolor=f5a9a9 | (semis) | 200 m | data-sort-value=999.99 | — | −3.4 | Lane violation | ||
| 2014 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 100 m | 10.27 | +1.2 | [20] | ||
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 200 m | 20.46 | +2.9 | Wind-assisted | |||
| 2015 | 9th | 60 m | 6.62 | |||||
| Eugene, Oregon | 5th | 100 m | 9.98 | +2.7 | Wind-assisted | |||
| 8th | 200 m | 20.45 | +2.4 | Wind-assisted | ||||
| 9th | data-sort-value="400 relay" | 4×100 m relay | 39.48 | |||||
| Eugene, Oregon | 10th | 100 m | 9.98 | +3.7 | Wind-assisted[21] | |||
| 2016 | Eugene, Oregon | 10th | 100 m | 10.04 | +2.7 | Wind-assisted[22] | ||
| 7th | 200 m | 20.38 | +1.6 | |||||
| 2017 | 5th | 60 m | 6.60 | |||||
| Eugene, Oregon | 21st | 100 m | 10.50 | +1.3 | ||||
| 2018 | College Station, Texas | 7th | 60 m | 6.65 | ||||
| Eugene, Oregon | 16th | 100 m | 10.16 | −0.9 | ||||
| 3rd | 200 m | 20.32 | 0.0 | |||||
| Des Moines, Iowa | 3rd | 100 m | 10.00 | +1.1 | [23] | |||
| 2019 | Des Moines, Iowa | 10th | 100 m | 10.33 | −0.1 | [24] | ||
| 2021 | Eugene, Oregon | 18th | 100 m | 10.15 | +1.9 | |||
| 2022 | 9th | 100 m | 10.03 | +1.4 | [25] | |||
| 15th | 200 m | 20.79 | +1.2 | |||||
| Year | 60 meters | 100 meters | 200 meters | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | data-sort-value=999.99 | — | 10.51 | 21.16 | |
| 2012 | 6.81 | 10.48 | 20.89 | ||
| 2013 | 6.71 | 10.28 | 20.64 | ||
| 2014 | data-sort-value=999.99 | — | 10.21 | 20.55 | |
| 2015 | 6.56 | 10.07 | 20.26 | ||
| 2016 | 6.63 | 10.06 | 20.31 | ||
| 2017 | 6.51 | 10.06 | 20.30 | ||
| 2018 | 6.61 | 9.99 | 20.15 | ||
| 2019 | data-sort-value=999.99 | — | 10.03 | data-sort-value=999.99 | — |
| 2020 | data-sort-value=999.99 | — | 10.14 | 21.07 | |
| 2021 | 6.78 | 10.15 | data-sort-value=999.99 | — |