Ahtyana Johnson
- position Sprints
- class Sophomore
- Hometown Bayside, N.Y.
- High school Benjamin Cardozo
- position Sprints
- class Sophomore
- Hometown Bayside, N.Y.
- High school Benjamin Cardozo
Ahtyana Johnson Bio
Outdoor 4x100m: 2013, 2014 Second Team All-American, 2016 Honorable Mention
Outdoor 4x400m: 2014 Second Team All-American
Outdoor 200m: 2014 Honorable Mention All-American
2016 USTFCCCA All-Academic
2013, 2015 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2011-12 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
2016
Indoor: Ran the 60m and 200m… had a top 60m time of 7.54 at the conference championship, where she finished 26th in the prelims… ran the 200m twice, with her best time also coming at SECs (24.23)… also ran on 4×2 and 4×4 relays during the season… placed third with her 4×2 team at the Armory Invite… her 4×4 relay team took second at the Camel City Invite.
Outdoors: National qualifier with the 4x100m relay, where they finished 18th… ran as an individual three times… had a top 100m time of 12.07 (0.8) at the Seminole Invite… ran the 100/200 combo at SECs… scored for the team with an eighth-place finish with her 4x100m relay team at SECs.
2015
Indoor: Did not compete.
Outdoor: Key member of the relays… ran on the 4×1 and 4×4 teams… finished fourth in the 100 (11.68) and third in the 200 (23.80) at the Bill Carson Invite… came in 26th in the 100 and 15th in the 200 at the SEC Championships… scored for the team in the 4×1 and 4×4 relays, running the anchor of the 4×4 that finished seventh and the third leg of the 4×1 that finished eighth… both relay times were the best of the season for the team… qualified for the 200 at East Regionals, where she finished 35th overall… also ran on the 4×1 and 4×4 relays at regionals.
2014
Indoor: Got off to a strong start to her junior season at the Hokie Invitational, winning the 60 meters and posting a runner up finish in the 200 meters, both at personal record pace, clocking in at 7.44 and 24.17, respectively…ran a personal best 7.45 to place second at the Hilton Garden Invitaitonal…finished 17th in the 60 meters at SEC Indoors (7.47) and 12th in the 200 meters with a personal record time of 23.74.
Outdoor: NCAA Participant in the 200 meters, 4×100 and 4×400… captured three 100-meter dash wins and two 200-meter dash wins…ran a season-best 100 meters of 11.50 in her win at the Georgia Invitational…finished 15 at SEC Outdoors (11.62)…narrowly missed a bid to nationals in the 100 meters, finishing 16th at the NCAA East Preliminaries with a time of 11.57…finalist at the SEC Outdoor Championships, where she finished eighth to score for the Gamecocks with a time of 23.61…ran her best time in the 200 at the NCAA Preliminary Round at 23.37 to help earn her first individual NCAA bid…finished 17th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (23.69)… at Penn Relays helped the relay squad to a fourth place finish in the collegiate division 4×1 (45.12), a third place finish in the Championship of America 4×2 (1:33.00) and a fourth place finish in the collegiate 4×4 (3:35.81)… 4×4 finished fifth at SEC Outdoors (3:35.49) and posted a season-best 4×4 time of 3:35.38 at NCAA East Preliminary…4×1 took sixth a SEC Outdoors (44.50) and went on to qualify for NCAA’s with a season best 44.20 at Prelims…ran on 18 relays in all during the season, capping the year with a pair of Second Team All-America certificates in the 4×1 (12th – 44.54) and 4×4 (16th – 3:36.09)…entered the 100 meters at the USATF Senior Outdoor Championships, finishing 24th after running an 11.24 into a headwind.
2013
Indoor: Ran her best 60m time of the season at the SEC Indoor Championships with a time of 7.63 to finish in 24th place…Also competed in the 200m, tallying her best time at SEC Indoors with a 24.39.
Outdoor: Concentrated on the 100m and 200m, posting season-bests in both events at the SEC Outdoor Championships where she took 16th in the 100m with a time of 11.75 and 12th in the 200m with a 23.97… member of the 4x100m relay team that ran the fastest time of the season at the NCAA East Preliminaries (44.62) to advance to the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore…foursome finished 11th at Historic Hayward Field with the Gamecocks’ second-best time of the year (44.84).
2012
Indoor: Competed in the 200m and 300m…ran a season best of 24.93 at the New Balance Collegiate in the 200m…finished 7th in the 300m at the Virgina Tech Invitational with a time of 39.54.
HIGH SCHOOL
Bronze medalist at the National Scholastic Indoor Championships … placed third in the 400m at the US Youth Olympic Trials and took fifth at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals … ranked sixth in the nation before missing her senior season due to chronic health problems.
Indoor Personal Records
55m
7.10 (2/20/16 Gamecock Invite)
60m
7.44 (1/24/14 Hokie Invite)
200m
23.74 (2/28/14 SEC Indoors)
300m
39.54 (1/13/12 Virginia Tech Invitational)
Outdoor Personal Records
100m
11.50 (+1.0) (5/10/14 Georgia Invite)
200m
23.37m (5/30/14 NCAA Prelims)