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2014-15 Track & Field / XC Roster
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Johnson, Amirah
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Amirah Johnson
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Greenbelt, Md.
Bio
2015 TRACK AND FIELD
Indoor
- Helped the women[apos]s DMR team to a fourth-place finish (12:11.07) at the Auburn Invitational on Jan. 17
- Made her season debut at the Orange & Purple Classic on Jan. 10, finishing the mile in a converted time of 5:11.07
2014 CROSS COUNTRY
- Competed in six races for UT to wrap up her cross country career at Tennessee
- Finished in a season-best 38th at the Bluegrass Invitational on Sept. 13 -- a 5K course she traversed in 18:15.60
- Was Tennessee[apos]s third finisher in five of her six season races
- Finished third on the team and 100th overall in her final SEC Championships on Oct. 31, finishing the 6K in 22:42.08
- Concludes her Volunteer career with five top 50 finishes and one finish inside the top 20
2014 TRACK & FIELD
Indoors
- Earned 17th in 8000m at 2014 SEC Indoor Championships
- Indoor best of 2:09.70 at Tyson Invitational (2/15) for sixth place
- Personal best of 4:54.11 to finish second at Aggie Invitational (2/8) in the mile run
- Sixth place finish in 1000m at Virginia Tech Invite with career best of 2:52.41
- Time of 4:28.23 to place 14th in 1500m at SEC Championship
- Runner on two winning relay teams for Tennessee this season 4x800(FL Relays & TN Relays)
- Five top-tens in individual competition this season
- Bested in the 800m at Tennessee Relays finishing in 2:08.62
- Established new personal record in 1500m (4:24.95) at Florida Relays
2013 CROSS COUNTRY
- Finished 5th for the Lady Vols at the SEC Championships
- Improved her 5K career best to 18.04.84 at the Crimson Classic, finishing as the 4th runner for the Lady Vols
- Improved her 6k career best to 22.11.33 at the SEC Championships
2013 TRACK & FIELD
Indoors
- Improved her mile career best again at the SEC Championships, finishing in 4:57.51 in the preliminary round to place eighth in her heat
- Placed fourth in the college division mile at the Tyson Invitational, finishing in 5:00.87. She also finished with a time of 12:09.12b in the Distance Medley Relay
- Dropped her mile personal record below five minutes at the Texas A&M Mondo Challenge, finishing in 4:59.41, placing 4th
- Ran the 800m at the Virginia Tech Invitational, earning a new personal best of 2:14.81 and finishing third and placed 12th in the 1000m in a time of 2:57.90
- Kicked off her Tennessee indoor track and field career at the Kentucky Invitational, placing ninth in the mile in 5:10.00, placed 10th in the 4x400mR with a time of 4:08.24. In the Distance Medley Relay, placed 7th with a time of 12:03.74
- 10th in 1500m prelims at SEC Championships - 4:43.17
- Won 800m during Sea Ray Relays with personal best of 2:09.11
- Posted career best time in 1500m at Florida Relays, 4:29.61
2012 CROSS COUNTRY
- Finished in 22:40.1, placing seventh on the team and 128th overall at the 6K NCAA South Regional
- Ran sixth on the team and 112th overall at the 6K SEC Championships, navigating the course in 23:29.52
- Finished in 62nd place and ninth on the team with a time of 17:06.20 at the 4K Belmont Opener
- Competed at the Brooks Paul Short Run, finishing 251st overall and seventh on the team in 23:31
- Scored for the team at the 5K Crimson Classic, running fifth on the team and 41st overall, finishing in 18:43.91
2012 TRACK & FIELD
Honors - Named the Outdoor Lady Vol Freshman of the Year
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- Recorded career bests in two events at the SEC Championships. Turned in a 4:35.34 effort in the 1500m prelims and carded a 2:11.05 readout in the 800m
- Logged a time of 4:52.09 to finish in ninth at the UCLA/Washington State Double Dual
- Made her Lady Vol debut at the SEC/Big Ten Challenge and ran the 800m and 1500m
- Lowered her 1500m mark to 4:45.41 to finish eighth at the Tennessee Challenge
- Carded a career-best 4:41.17 to finish ninth in the open 1500m at the Sea Ray Relays
- Finished 21st in the preliminary round of the 1500m at the USA Junior Championships
2011 CROSS COUNTRY
- Was in the scoring five for UT in all six meets
- Held down the No. 4 spot at the NCAA South Regional, checking in 123rd overall in 23:27.9 on the 6K course
- Scored in fifth position for her team and placed 62nd overall at the SEC Championships in an 6K career best of 22:32.57
- Crossed the line fifth for the Lady Vols and 44th overall in 18:49.60 at the 5K Crimson Classic
- Ran fifth for the Big Orange and placed 346th overall in a then-career best 6K time of 24:24 at the Brooks Paul Short Run
- Placed 11th overall and fourth on the team in 19:29.26 at the 5K Tennessee Invitational
- Scored in fifth position and placed 50th overall in a career-best 16:02.81 at the 4K Belmont-VU Opener
HIGH SCHOOL
- Seven-time state champ on the oval, winning 1600m indoors in 2008, 2009 and 2011 and outdoors in 2009
- Swept the 800m crowns indoors and out in 2009 and added a 4x800m victory in 2008
- Named to the Prince George[apos]s County-Gazette All-Decade Team
- Ran a 2:08.6 4x800m split at Penn Relays as a freshman and was on No. 3 all-time sprint medley relay at 2009 Nike Outdoor Nationals
- All-county all four years
- Was 2010 Prince George[apos]s County and 4A South Regional champion in cross country
PERSONAL
- Born Feb. 15, 1993, in Houston Texas
- Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences
- Interested in advertising as a major
- Parents are Gregory Johnson Sr. and Donna Johnson
- Has four siblings: Marcus, Mikaela, Gregory Jr. and Adrienne
- Her father was her prep coach
- Recipient of the Martha W. King Athletic Scholarship Quasi-Endowment
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