FSU sports information:
Florida State Athletics Hall of Fame member Kimberly Williams qualified to represent Jamaica at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
Williams becomes the first female in FSU history to earn a fourth bid to the Olympics, after coming in 2012, 2016 and 2020. She is the third Seminole to compete at four Games after Jonathan Borlee and Kevin Borlee represented Belgium (2008, 2012, 2016, 2020).
Williams qualified for Paris after finishing fourth in the triple jump with a mark 13.67m at the Jamaica Olympic Trials, after originally earning the Olympic standard at the Indoor World Athletic Championship in Glasgow, Scotland in March.
Williams was inducted into the FSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2021. During her time at FSU (2008-11), she won five individual NCAA titles, marking the most for any female in program history. Williams won 12 individual ACC gold medals over her career, which is the most for any Seminole.
As a rookie, Williams was named the ACC Indoor and Outdoor Freshman of the year in 2008. She swept the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Championship titles in the triple and long jump as a sophomore, and she also won three consecutive NCAA Indoor triple jump titles from 2009-11. Williams was named the USTFCCCA Women’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year in 2009.
She excelled in the classroom, earning ACC Scholar Athlete of the Year twice. Williams is a two-time College Sports Communicators Academic All-American and a three-time USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree. She was awarded the Weaver-James Corrigan ACC Postgraduate Scholarship following her senior year.
Williams is the 57th Seminole with ties to FSU track and field to compete in the Olympics. She is the fourth Seminole to represent Jamacia. FSU has had a representative in every Games since 1972.
In addition to Williams, Adriaan Wildschutt (South Africa) will be in action. The track and field events will run from August 1-11 at State De France.
Florida State Athletics Hall of Fame member Kimberly Williams qualified to represent Jamaica at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
Williams becomes the first female in FSU history to earn a fourth bid to the Olympics, after coming in 2012, 2016 and 2020. She is the third Seminole to compete at four Games after Jonathan Borlee and Kevin Borlee represented Belgium (2008, 2012, 2016, 2020).
Williams qualified for Paris after finishing fourth in the triple jump with a mark 13.67m at the Jamaica Olympic Trials, after originally earning the Olympic standard at the Indoor World Athletic Championship in Glasgow, Scotland in March.
Williams was inducted into the FSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2021. During her time at FSU (2008-11), she won five individual NCAA titles, marking the most for any female in program history. Williams won 12 individual ACC gold medals over her career, which is the most for any Seminole.
As a rookie, Williams was named the ACC Indoor and Outdoor Freshman of the year in 2008. She swept the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Championship titles in the triple and long jump as a sophomore, and she also won three consecutive NCAA Indoor triple jump titles from 2009-11. Williams was named the USTFCCCA Women’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year in 2009.
She excelled in the classroom, earning ACC Scholar Athlete of the Year twice. Williams is a two-time College Sports Communicators Academic All-American and a three-time USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree. She was awarded the Weaver-James Corrigan ACC Postgraduate Scholarship following her senior year.
Williams is the 57th Seminole with ties to FSU track and field to compete in the Olympics. She is the fourth Seminole to represent Jamacia. FSU has had a representative in every Games since 1972.
In addition to Williams, Adriaan Wildschutt (South Africa) will be in action. The track and field events will run from August 1-11 at State De France.
