Johnson Breaks More Records
Alumni Field at the University of Windsor – Photo by UWindsor.ca
Johnson, a grade 9 Chatham-Kent Secondary School runner, set a pair of records this past weekend at the Lancer Prep Track and Field meet hosted by, and at the University of Windsor.
Johnson won the 1500m race finishing with a time of 4:55.34, beating the old record held by Katie O’Hagan of 4:58.91, which has stood since 2007.
Later in the event, Johnson won the midget girls 3000m event, again breaking a record set in 2007, finishing in 10:36.97, crushing the old record, set by Amanda Matthews of 10:49.46.
This weekend’s results followed her record breaking performance last month at the York University meet, where she won the 1500m, and broke the 2000m record by 25-seconds.
Johnson’s older brother Pierce Johnson, also had a win at the event, capturing the senior boys javelin event throwing Pierce Johnson 47.34m. The older Johnson is in grade 11 at CKSS.
Other local winners at the event were Ally Oulds of CKSS (Junior girls 300m hurdles and 400m), James Muharrem of CKSS (Junior boys 100m hurdles and 300m hurdles), Carolyn Prins of Chatham Christian (Midget girls long jump and triple jump), Amy Koomans of Chatham Christian (Senior girls high jump), Morgan Desjardins of Pain Court (Senior girls shot put and discus), and Clare Thompson of UCC (Senior girls triple jump and long jump).