Katie Johnson

Position:
Hurdles/Sprints
Class:
Senior
High School:
Harrison
Hometown:
Evansville, Ind.

2009-10 (Sr.): Indoor - Second Team All-Mid-American Conference . . . placed second in the 60-meter hurdles at the MAC Championships with a time of 8:50, which was BSU's fastest of the season . . . turned in a season-fast time of 7.92 to place 20th at the league meet in the 60-meter hurdles . . . the effort was BSU's third-best individual time of the year . . . also ranked second on the squad in the 200-meter dash after placing 16th at the MAC Championships with a time of 25.69 . . . posted a season-best 400-meter dash of 1:01.82 at the BGSU Challenge . . . Outdoor - First Team All-MAC . . . MAC Champion in the 100-meter hurdles with a season-best time of 13.71 at the league meet . . . the effort also qualified her of the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field East Regional hosted by North Carolina A&T State University . . . she went on to place 44th at the event with a time of 14.00 . . . posted the Cardinals' fastest 100-meter time of the season at the Miami Invitational, with a clocking of 12.72.

2008-09 (Jr.): Indoor - Claimed the second-best 60-meter hurdles time in the Mid-American Conference with an NCAA provisional qualifying mark (8.42) to win the event at the Ball State Quadrangular . . . the mark was also a personal-best . . . placed third at the MAC Championships in the 60-meter hurdles (8.53) to earn six points for BSU . . . won the 60m hurdles (8.72) and earned a season-fast time in the 200 (25.99) at the Gladstein Invitational . . . helped BSU to a third-place finish at the BGSU Challenge, finishing second in the 60m hurdles (8.74) and eighth in the 200 (26.29) . . . Outdoor - Captured an 18th place finish in the 100m hurdles (13.86) at the NCAA Mideast Regionals hosted by Louisville . . . earned All-MAC Second Team accolades after placing second in the 100m hurdles (13.68) and running a leg for the second place 4x100 relay squad (46.28) to assist the Cardinals in earning 14 points at the MAC Championships . . . her 100m hurdles effort ranked second in the MAC for the season, was an NCAA Provisional Qualifying Mark and was the fifth-best individual mark in program history . . . registered the Cardinals' season-best time in the 400m hurdles (1:01.79/second) and a first-place finish in the 100m hurdles (14.25) at the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational . . . her 400m hurdles time was the seventh-best individual mark in the conference . . . played a role in BSU's season-fast times in the 4x100m relay (46.18/Miami Invitational) and the 4x400m relay (3:52.36/Mike Poehlein Invitational) . . . the 4x100m time was the second-best effort in the MAC . . . won the 100m hurdles (14.08) at the Mike Poehlein Invitational . . . notched a second-place finish (13.97) in the 100m hurdles at the Pacesetter Invitational . . . finished third in the 100m hurdles at the Stan Lyons Open (13.93) and the Miami Invitational (14.14).

2007-08 (So.): Indoor - Finished third in the 60m hurdles (8.64) at the MAC Championships, while adding BSU's season-best time in the 200m (25.58) . . . recorded season-best in the 60m dash at the BSU Open (7.97) . . . Outdoor - Earned All-MAC First Team selection by placing first in the 100m hurdles at the MAC Championships (13.68) . . . finished 21st at the 2008 Mideast Regional Championships in the 100m hurdle with a BSU season-best clocking (13.61) . . . notched a team-best in the 200m at the MAC Championships (24.65) . . . posted a season-best in the 400m hurdles (1:06.04) at the Butler Open.

2006-07 (Fr.): Indoor - Recorded her fastest 200m time at the BSU Quadrangular (25.35) . . . placed fifth at the MAC Championships in the 60m hurdles (8.76) . . . took third place at the Bowling Green Quadrangular in the 60m hurdles (8.78) . . . Outdoor - Finished 13th at the MAC Championships in the 200m (25.04) . . . placed fourth in the 400m (57.73) and second in the 100m hurdles (14.08) at the Stan Lyons Invitational . . . recorded an eighth-place finish at the MAC Championships in the 100m hurdles (14.09) . . . part of the 4x100m meter relay team that set a NCAA regional qualifying time of 45.44 at the Butler Twilight . . . part of the 4x400m relay team that took first place at the Dave Rankin Invitational (3:47.75)

HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year letter winner in track and field at Harrison . . . career-best time in the 100m hurdles of 14.43 . . . career-best 300m hurdles 45.10 . . . career-best 400m relay of 49.97

PERSONAL: Full name is Katie Laquinta Johnson . . . born June 23, 1987, in Evansville, Ind. . . . daughter of Delena Ealum . . . majoring in education.