Georgia true freshman Kendell Williams won the heptathlon title at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Ore., on Friday.
Williams scored 5,854 points to edge San Diego State senior Allison Reaser (5,836). The Marietta resident and Kell High School graduate becomes the first freshman to win an NCAA title in the event since Arizona State’s Jackie Johnson in 2004 and only the third in history.
It was the Bulldogs’ second individual national championship in as many days as Maicel Uibo won the decathlon title on Thursday.
Junior Quintunya Chapman, in her first year competing in the heptathlon, complemented Williams with a surprising sixth-place finish. The Lady Bulldogs added five more points with a career-best fourth-place finish from senior Megan Malasarte in the 800 meter finals. Thanks to Georgia’s three scorers on Friday, UGA is fifth in the team standings with 25 points while Oregon (43), Texas A&M (41) and Texas (29) make up the top three.
Sophomore Leontia Kallenou, who captured the 2014 NCAA indoor high jump title and was fourth at outdoor Nationals last year, and freshman Tatiana Gusin compete in the high jump on Saturday at 3:45 p.m. ET to wrap up the meet for Georgia.
On the men’s side, the Bulldogs have scored 24 points and are in third place behind Oregon (53) and Florida (28). However, the Georgia men have no more scoring opportunities on Saturday and will wait to see where their final finish is.
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