Record breaking performance earns Barton's Williams her second National Athlete of the Week award #GoBarton

Breaking the NJCAA national discus record this week, Cedricka Williams of the 5th ranked Barton Community College women's track and field team has been named the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) and National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Outdoor Women's Athlete of the Week.

Two weeks prior Williams also won the weekly honor after breaking the program's record with a then NJCAA 3rd furthest all-time throw.

This past Saturday in Wichita at the KT Woodman Classic, Williams not only exceeded her collegiate best by seven feet but bettered the national all-time furthest by over three and a half feet to etch her name at the top marking 57.57m (188-11).

Just a freshman, Williams' personal best is still ten inches further as she set the Jamaican U20 record (57.84m, 189-9) at last year's ISSA High School Championships.

Fellow freshman Ivanilda Semedo also bettered her best effort on Saturday in finishing second in the event on a 53.98m (177-01) throw to not only solidify her program second best slot but move into the 5th best NJCAA all-time spot.

According to the USTFCCCA archives, this is the ninth time that a female athlete from Barton has been named M-F Athletic National Athlete of the Week during the outdoor season. Williams joins herself from earlier this year along with Kelsie Murrell-Ross (2022), Nia Robinson (once each in 2022 and 2021), Lashanna Graham (2021), Yoveinny Mota (twice in 2019) and Lydia Mato (2015) in that regard.

Story contribution credits to USTFCCCA found at www.ustfccca.org