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Annika Williams - Track & Field - University of Kentucky Athletics

AnnikaWilliams

  • position Multi
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Calvert, TX
  • High school College Station HS
  • Major Communication
BIO

https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/7482137/Kentucky/Annika_Williams.html

Career Accolades

  • Indoor SEC Pentathlon Gold Medalist – 2023
  • 2023 Indoor USTFCCCA Honorable Mention All-America – Pentathlon

Academic Accolades 

  • SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll – 2021, 2022

2022-23 (Senior)

Indoor

  • Collected 2,562 points in the pentathlon at the NCAA Indoor Championships
  • Scored 4,346 women’s pentathlon points to win the first Southeastern Conference gold medal of her career, shattering her personal best by 173 points.
  • Williams broke Precious Nwokey’s 12-year-old school record by 161 points to lead the all-time performers list
  • Placed 2nd and set a career best throw of 44’11.5″/13.70m in the shot put at the Commonwealth College Opener.
  • Placed 10th with a throw of 39’7″/12.06m in the shot put at the Rod McCravy Memorial.
  • Placed 8th with a jump of 5’6″/1.68m in the high jump at the Vanderbilt Invitational.
  • Placed 4th in the Pentathlon with 3,994 points at the Razorback Invitational.

2021-22 (Junior) 

Outdoor 

  • Competed in long jump at NCAA East Prelims 
  • Earned long jump personal best at the Kentucky Invitational (20’7”/6.27m) 
  • Threw for a personal best in the javelin (143’11”/43.86m) with her third-place finish at the Joe May Invitational and earned an all-conditions personal best in the long jump (20’3.75”/6.19mw) 

Indoor 

  • Placed sixth with 4,072 points in the pentathlon at SEC Championships, accompanied a first-place finish and personal best in the pentathlon shot put (43’1”/13.13m) and finished second place in the pentathlon high jump 
  • Won the pentathlon at the McCravy meet with a score of 3,882 
  • Finished fifth in the shot put (40’3.07”/12.27m), competed in the 60m hurdles and 4x400m relay at the Cardinal Classic
  • Placed second in the long jump and eighth in the shot put with a personal best (42’5.50”/12.94m) at the Jim Green Invitational 

2020-21 (Sophomore)
Indoor 

  • First-team All-America in the pentathlon 
  • Finished sixth at the NCAA Championships with a personal-best 4173 points, the No. 2 mark in school history 
  • Notched a fourth-place finish at the SEC Championships with 4004 points 
  • Her high jump of 5’11.25”/1.81m at the NCAA Championships ranks No. 3 in school history  

Outdoor 

  • Placed 11th in the high jump at NCAA Championships, named second-team All-America, 5’11.25″/1.81m 
  • Finished fifth in the heptathlon at the SEC Championships; her personal-best total of 5530 points ties for No. 2 in school history 
  • Her high jump of 6’0”/1.83m at the SECs is a personal best and ties for the No. 2 outdoor leap in school history 

2019-20 (Freshman) 

  • Placed 10th in pentathlon at SEC Indoors with personal-best score of 3,752 

Personal 

  • Birthday: September 20 
  • Parents: Althea and Ronnie Williams
  • Major: Sports communication 
  • Hobbies: Watching TV, playing volleyball 
  • Favorite sports teams: Dallas Cowboys and Golden State Warriors 
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