July 6, 2014

EUGENE, Ore. --- Georgia true freshman Kendell Williams returned to Eugene, Ore., this weekend after winning the NCAA heptathlon title in mid-June and captured the 100-meter hurdles championship at the USATF Junior Championships.

The Marietta, Ga., native clocked her third American Junior record of 2014 to win the 100 hurdles with a school record time of 12.87.  This topped the country’s former No. 1 mark of 12.91 set by Kristi Castlin in Gainesville, Fla., in 2007.  Williams’ time is the second fastest in World Junior history and only .03 seconds off the 26-year-old World Junior record of 12.84.

This gives Williams, who bested her own school record with a 12.98 in the prelims on Saturday before shaving more time off her finish Sunday, three American Junior Records during her first season with the Lady Bulldogs.