UNCP Athletics

ALSO RUNS CROSS COUNTRY FOR THE BRAVES

AS A JUNIOR (2015)
CoSIDA Academic All-District … PBC All-Academic Team … PBC Presidential Honor Roll … DII ADA Academic Achievement Award … Clinched a fifth place finish in the 1500m run at the PBC Championships with a personal best time of 3:56.81, while also placing 25th in the 800m run with a time of 2:11.70 and 17th in the 5000m run with a time of 16:17.27 to score points for the Braves … Posted a personal best time in the 800m run at the VertKlasse Meeting with a time of 2:01.12 for a 17th place finish along with a season best time in the 5000m run for a 22nd place finish in a time of 15:39.62 … At the UNCW Seahawk Invitational, he placed third in the 1500m run (4:05.26) and 13th in the 800m run (2:04.20) … Recorded a personal best time in the 1 Mile Run (5th, 4:23.17) at the Dennis Craddock Carolina Relays and in the indoor 800m run (52nd, 2:01.84) at the Hilton Garden Invitational … Captured a fourth place finish in the 1500m run at the Aggie Invitational with a time of 4:04.55 and a 26th place finish in the 800m run with a time of 2:03.25 … Tallied a pair of top-10 finishes at the App State Outdoor Open in the 1500m run (9th, 3:59.83) and 5000m run (6th, 16:15.63) … Also placed seventh in the 1500m run at the UNF East Region Preview with a time of 3:58.67 … Was the second leg of the 4x400m relay team that finished second at the Dennis Craddock Carolina Relays with a time of 3:42.96 … Was the final leg of the 1600m sprint medley relay that finished 10th in a time of 3:35.42 at the Raleigh Relays and the lead leg of the distance medley at the UCS Invitational (8th, 10:54.87).

AS A SOPHOMORE (2014)
A member of the PBC Presidential Honor Roll ... Ran a personal best time in the 1500m run (10th, 4:11.88) and the 2000m Steeplechase (8th, 7:01.70) at the UNCW Seahawk Invitational, as well as a 10th place finish in the 5000m run with a time of 15:43.31 … Captured a sixth place finish in the 10000m run with a time of 32:44.13 at the PBC Championships to score three points for the Braves, while also finishing 14th in the 5000m run (15:52.96) … Also grabbed a personal best in the 5000m run with a time of 15:19.72 at the Raleigh Relays for a 21st place finish … Competed in the 3000m run at the CCU Shamrock Invitational in a time of 8:53.83 for a ninth place finish … Was the lead leg of the distance medley (10:23.52) that won the event at the Wofford College Terrier Relays and the second leg of the 4x400m relay (9th, 3:32.96).

BEFORE UNCP
Ran one year at Bryan College in Dayton, Tenn. under coach Bryson Harper … Post his fastest 5K in a time of 15:56.84 and 8K with a time of 25:59.51 to log All-Appalachian Athletic Conference laurels with an eighth place finish, and was named AAU Runner of the Week … The squad won the Appalachian Athletic Conference and placed 13th at the NAIA National Championships in cross country … In track, he was the fifth Lion to cross the finish line at the NAIA National Championship in Vancouver, Wash.

HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at Martinsville High School under coach Gregg Dean … A three-year letterman in cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field and soccer, as well as a one-year letterman in baseball … Assisted the Bulldogs in becoming cross country champions and finish 22nd at the state championships as a senior … In cross country, he was the cross country district champion, 2A state qualifier and all-region team member … Ran a time of 16:29 in the 5K, 4:22.67 in the mile, 4:21.15 in the 1600m, 1:59.44 in the 800m and 2:36.21 in the 1000m run … Was an Indoor New Balance Nationals Mile qualifier, an all-state and third place finisher in the 1000m run at the 2A indoor championships, while also becoming the regional champion in the 1000m run … As a junior, he was the cross country district champion, 1600m district and regional champion and state qualifier, while also being named all-region and a state qualifier in the 1000m run.

PERSONAL
The son of Joy and Greg Johnston … Has a younger sister, Julia … Graduated with a 3.7 cumulative grade point average … Garnered the Big M Award for those with a 3.7 GPA or higher and the Wendy’s Heisman Award for academics and athletics … A member of FBLA and the National Technical Society … A sports management major at UNCP.

BEST PERFORMANCES
800m Indoor - 2:01.84 @ Hilton Garden Invitational (01/30/15)
800m - 2:01.12 @ VertKlasse Meeting (04/04/15)
1500m - 3:56.81 @ PBC Championships (04/16/15)
1 Mile - 4:23.17 @ Dennis Craddock Carolina Relays (03/21/15)
2000m Steeplechase - 7:01.70 @ UNCW Seahawk Invitational (03/15/14)
3000m - 8:53.83 @ CCU Shamrock Invitational (03/22/14)
5000m - 15:19.72 @ Raleigh Relays (03/28/14)
10000m - 32:44.13 @ PBC Championships (04/17/14)