One More Shot for Williams

EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada – Harrison Williams has one more chance to break the American junior decathlon record and it comes this weekend at the Pan Am Junior Championships.

The track and field meet acts as the championship of the Americas for those 19 and under and Williams will be among the featured performers. In his freshman season, Williams twice broke the Stanford decathlon record, won his second consecutive U.S. junior championship, earned first-team All-America honors, and finished as the Pac-12 runner-up.

The season concludes Saturday when he seeks one honor that barely eluded him at the U.S. Championships – the U.S. junior record. Williams scored 8,001 points (under junior rules), only 17 points from Gunnar Nixon’s 2012 mark. Still, Williams strengthened his hold as the No. 3 performer on the all-time U.S. junior list and moved up from No. 7 to No. 3 on the all-time U.S. performance list.

Williams will be among five Stanford athletes competing in the meet, including incoming Canadian freshman Claire Smith in the women's 3,000. The others are completing their freshman seasons: Canadian Daniel Brady in the men’s 400 hurdles, American Olivia Baker in the women’s 4x400 relay, and American Lena Giger in the women’s hammer throw.

Baker, a second-team outdoor All-America in the 800 for Stanford, was part of the U.S. 4x400 foursome that won the gold medal at the World Junior Championships in Eugene, Oregon, last year. Williams was sixth in the decathlon at the same meet.

Meet Information:

What: Pan Am Junior Championships (19-and-under)
When: July 31-Aug. 2 (Friday-Sunday)
Where: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Foote Field)
Event Web site: Click here
Schedule/Live Results: Click here
Webcast: Click here

Stanford Athletes at the Pan Am Junior Championships:

Men
Daniel Brady (400 hurdles), Canada
Harrison Williams (decathlon), United States
Women
Olivia Baker (4x400 relay), United States
Lena Giger (hammer), United States
Claire Smith* (3,000), Canada

* Incoming freshman

Stanford Schedule (all times Pacific):

Friday
9:30 a.m.: Men’s decathlon 100 (Harrison Williams)
9:40 a.m.: Women’s hammer (Lena Giger)
10:10 a.m.: Men’s decathlon long jump (Harrison Williams)
11:15 a.m.: Men’s decathlon shot put (Harrison Williams)
4 p.m.: Men’s decathlon high jump (Harrison Williams)
5:15 p.m.: Men’s decathlon 400 (Harrison Williams)
5:50 p.m.: Women’s 3,000 final (Claire Smith)

Saturday
9 a.m.: Men’s decathlon 110 hurdles (Harrison Williams)
9:45 a.m.: Men’s decathlon discus (Harrison Williams)
11 a.m.: Men’s decathlon pole vault (Harrison Williams)
12:10 p.m.: Men’s 400 hurdles prelims (Daniel Brady)
4:15 p.m.: Men’s decathlon javelin (Harrison Williams)
6 p.m.: Men’s decathlon 1,500 (Harrison Williams)
6:10 p.m.: Men’s 400 hurdles final (Daniel Brady)

Sunday
11:20 a.m.: Women’s 4x400 relay prelims (Olivia Baker)
6:10 p.m.: Women’s 4x400 relay final (Olivia Baker)