HBCU alumna, Jamaican sprinter and world champion Danielle Williams is headed to the Olympics.
Williams ran a 12.53 within the Jamaican 100m hurdles finals — good for second to Ackera Nugent who shattered the Jamaican Document, operating a blistering 12.28s. Her mark is the present world-leading time and the eighth-fastest-ever run by a girl within the occasion.
Williams might be taking her abilities in Paris, making her debut on the Olympics. However she’s removed from a novice on the world stage. She’s a two-time winner of the World Championships within the 100m hurdles, and the reigning world champion.
Following within the footsteps of her sister, Shermaine Williams, Danielle Williams attended Johnson C. Smith the place she was a standout on the Division II stage. Each sisters have run for the Jamaican nationwide group in worldwide competitions.
Danielle Williams gained 9 NCAA titles (eight particular person, one relay), 13 CIAA championships (11 particular person, two relay), earned 13 All-America honors between 2013 and 2014. She additionally gained USTFCCCA Nationwide Ladies’s Indoor Observe or Outside Observe Athlete of the Yr 3 times throughout her time on the Charlotte, NC-based HBCU.
Danielle Williams inked her approach into the NCAA Division II document books as a junior in 2013 when she scored 30½ factors due to occasion titles within the 100, 200 and 4×100 relay, in addition to a runner-up end within the 100 Hurdles. She set present divisional data within the 200 (22.62) and 4×100 relay (44.05), clocked the second-fastest efficiency in divisional historical past within the 100H (12.89) and notched the fifth quickest efficiency within the 100 (11.24).
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