2014 Men's Track and Field Roster

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Dijan Johnson

Dijan Johnson

  • Position:
    Hurdles
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Inglewood, CA
  • Highschool:
    Mayde Creek High School (Katy, TX)

Summary

Biography

2014 (Senior): Indoor – Competed in four meets ... Finished in fourth place in the 200-Meter Dash with a time of 21.71 seconds, which set a program record, and then posted an eighth place finish in the 400-Meter Dash with a time of 52.90 seconds at the Western Athletic Conference Indoor Championships … Finished in sixth place in the 400-Meter Dash with a time of 48.80 at the Red Raider Open and also helped his 4x400-Meter Relay team to a 12th place finish and also posted a seventh place finish in the 200-Meter Dash with a time of 22.11 … Posted a 10th place finish in the 600-Yard Run at the Masked Rider Open with a time of 1:11.79 and also finished in 13th in the 400-Meter Dash with a time of 49.51 seconds while also helping his 4x400-Meter Relay team to a 12th place finish … Posted a third place finish in the 400-Meter Dash at the Texas A&M 12-Team Invitational with a time of 48.31 seconds, which set the program record, then posted a second place finish in the 200-Meter Dash with a time of 21.87 seconds setting another program record and helped his 4x400-Meter Relay team finish in seventh place.

Outdoor Season – Competed in 10 meets ... finished in 35th place in the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA Championships West Preliminary Round with a time of 52.49 seconds … won the 400-meter hurdles at the Western Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships with a time of 50.74 seconds, the fastest in program history, and also helped his 4x400-meter relay team to a second place finish … posted a fifth place finish in the 400-meter hurdles at the J. Fred Duckett Twilight with a time of 53.31 seconds … finished in seventh place in the 400-meter hurdles at the Beach Invitational with a time of 56.30 seconds … posted a fourth place finish in the 400-meter hurdles at the Mt. Sac Relays with a time of 51.89 seconds … finished in fifth place in the 200-meter dash at the CSULA Twilight Open with a time of 22.14 seconds … posted a second place finish in the 400-meter hurdles at the UIW Cardinal Invite with a time of 53.99 seconds while also helping his 4x400-meter relay team to a third place finish … finished in 12th place in the 800-meter run at the Islanders Dash with a time of 2:26.74 … posted a third place finish in the 400-meter hurdles at the Cactus Cup with a time of 54.15 seconds while also helping his 4x400-meter relay team to a fourth place finish … finished in fourth place in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 54.14 seconds at the Islanders Open.  

2013 (Junior): 
Indoor – Competed in four meets ... finished in third in the 400-meter dash with a time of 50.67s and posted a time of 23.75s in the 200-meter dash at the Great West Conference Championships ... also at the GWC Championships he helped his 4x400 meter relay finish second with a time of 3:27.34 and posted a time of 7.45s in the 60-meter dash for a seventh place finish ... finished in eighth at the Red Raider Open in the 600-yard run with a time of 1:14.31 and posted a time of 22.50s for a 20th place finish ... posted a fifth place finish in the 400-meter dash with a time of 50.26s, a 19th place finish in the 200-meter dash and a 28th place finish in the 60-meter dash at the Howie Ryan Invitational/Multis ... also at the Howie Ryan Invitational/Multis, he helped his 4x400 meter relay to a 13th place finish with a time of 3:25.16 ... posted a time of 1:15.56 in the 600-yard run and recorded a team-best 15th place finish in the 400-meter dash with a time of 49.71s while helping his 4x400-meter relay team to a 10th place finish at the Masked Rider Open.   

Outdoor – Finished 40th in the first round of the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA West Preliminary Round with a time of 53.47 (5/23) … Won the Great West Conference Championship in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 52.40 while helping the Broncs to bronze in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:20.52 (5/5) … Placed sixth in the 200-meter run with a time of 22.53 and came in seventh in the 400-meter run with a time of 50.72 at the Javelina Twilight Invitational (4/13) … Won the 400-meter hurdles with a career best time of 52.25 at the Texas State Invitational (4/6)  … Helped the Broncs to a third place finish in the distance medley relay with a program record time of 9:54.29 at the Texas Relays (3/29) to earn UTPA Performance of the Year honors (4/14) … Came in second in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 52.77 while helping the Broncs place eighth in the 4x400-meter relay at the Victor Lopez Classic (3/23) … Won the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 54.46 and placed eighth in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:34.89 at the Cactus Cup (3/16).

Texas State University
2011 (Sophomore): Earned all-conference honors in the 400-meter hurdles during the outdoor season … Finished in the top-10 in all his races … Set a season-best at the Bobcat Invite, timing 52.19 to take first … Won the preliminary round at the Southland Conference Outdoor Championships with 52.98 … Took third in the finals with 53.24 …Ran the mile relay with his team recording three top-five finishes.

2010 (Freshman): Had a season-best in the 60 meters with a time of 7.13 … Season-best in the indoor 400 meters with 52.62 … Ran a 23.02 in the 200 meters at the Trinity Classic … Competed in the 400-meter hurdles at the SLC Outdoor Championships to place seventh with a time of 53.30.

2006-09 (Mayde Creek High School): Letterwinner at Mayde Creek High School.

Off the Track: Major is exercise and sport science with a special education certification minor.

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