Aug 08, 2019 | Track & Field
LIMA, Peru – Former Kansas State All-American Kim Williamson earned a bronze medal in the women's high jump earlier today (August 8) at the 2019 Pan American Games at Athletics Stadium.
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Competing for her home country of Jamaica, Williamson cleared on heights of 1.74 m/5-08.50, 1.79 m/5-10-05 and 1.84 m/6-00.50 all on her first attempts before missing on all three attempts at 1.87 m/6-01.50.
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Saint Lucia's Levern Donaline Spencer won the gold medal by clearing 1.87 m/6.01.50 on her first attempt, while Antigua and Barbuda's Priscilla Frederick claimed the silver by clearing the same height on her second attempt. Both athletes missed on all three attempts at 1.90 m/6-02.75.
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It was Williamson's best finish, in this, her third Pan Am Games appearance (2011, 2015, 2019). She placed eighth in the high jump in the 2011 event in Guadalajara, Mexico with a height of 1.78 m/5-10 before finishing sixth with a height of 1.88 m/6-02 at the 2015 event in Toronto.
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Williamson qualified for the Pan Am Games after winning the Jamaican National Championships for the sixth time (2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019) in June with height of 1.80 m/5-10.75.
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One of the most decorated high jumpers in school history, Williamson became just the seventh Wildcat woman to win a national championship in the NCAA era in 2016 after winning the event at the NCAA Outdoor Championship in Eugene, Oregon. She also won three Big 12 titles in the high jump (2015 indoor and 2015 and 2016 outdoor) and was a four-time All-American after transferring from Central Arizona College.
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Former Wildcat Shardia Lawrence, who won the 2019 NCAA Outdoor National Champion in the triple jump in June, will compete in the event at the Pan Am Games on Friday at 5:50 p.m. CT.
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Competing for her home country of Jamaica, Williamson cleared on heights of 1.74 m/5-08.50, 1.79 m/5-10-05 and 1.84 m/6-00.50 all on her first attempts before missing on all three attempts at 1.87 m/6-01.50.
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Saint Lucia's Levern Donaline Spencer won the gold medal by clearing 1.87 m/6.01.50 on her first attempt, while Antigua and Barbuda's Priscilla Frederick claimed the silver by clearing the same height on her second attempt. Both athletes missed on all three attempts at 1.90 m/6-02.75.
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It was Williamson's best finish, in this, her third Pan Am Games appearance (2011, 2015, 2019). She placed eighth in the high jump in the 2011 event in Guadalajara, Mexico with a height of 1.78 m/5-10 before finishing sixth with a height of 1.88 m/6-02 at the 2015 event in Toronto.
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Williamson qualified for the Pan Am Games after winning the Jamaican National Championships for the sixth time (2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019) in June with height of 1.80 m/5-10.75.
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One of the most decorated high jumpers in school history, Williamson became just the seventh Wildcat woman to win a national championship in the NCAA era in 2016 after winning the event at the NCAA Outdoor Championship in Eugene, Oregon. She also won three Big 12 titles in the high jump (2015 indoor and 2015 and 2016 outdoor) and was a four-time All-American after transferring from Central Arizona College.
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Former Wildcat Shardia Lawrence, who won the 2019 NCAA Outdoor National Champion in the triple jump in June, will compete in the event at the Pan Am Games on Friday at 5:50 p.m. CT.
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