Twin sisters Jade and Jada Williams are going their separate ways as they were afforded athletic scholarships in the United States at National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and National Junior Collegiate Athletic Association (NJCAA) level colleges.
From January 2026, Jada will be attending Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina, on a four-year athletic scholarship. There, she will also be studying to acquire her Bachelor’s degree in business administration.
Benedict College is a current NCAA Division II school.
Jada attended The St Michael School and was a member of their track team from first form and competed throughout her entire time at school.
Jada was also part of the school’s successful 4×100 metres team, and in 2024, she finished second in the 100 metres at the Barbados Secondary Schools Athletics Championships (BSSAC).
Her twin sister Jade is already in the United States and will be starting at Cloud County Community College in Kansas for the 2025/2026 academic year. She, too, has a four-year scholarship.
Jade will study mathematics and engineering at the NJCCA level school. Cloud County is a young college founded in 1965 and after Jade completes her first two years there and graduates, she will have only two years at the university level left to complete her Bachelor’s degree.
Jade competed in the 800 metres, 1 500 metres and 3 000 metres events while at The St Michael School. The 3 000m was not a regular event for her, but she competed in it at BSSAC to get points for her school. She also found success in the 1 500m at BSSAC, placing third overall.
In an interview with Sun Sport, the twins’ mother, Sonia Sullivan, credited the coaches at Quantum Leap Track Club, Kodia Leacock, Gabriel Burnett and Sean Dupigny for the girls’ development.
“Mr Gabriel Burnett has played a very pivotal role in the children’s development in athletics. Mr Burnett was like a father figure for these girls in their track and field, and I really give him kudos.”
Sullivan added that Dupigny joined Quantum Leap and took over Jade’s training, thus playing a pivotal role in her development.
“He took over the training of the long-distance athletes, the quarter-milers, and so he would have actually put on the finishing touches to Jade for that third place that she got in BSSAC,” she said.
