Jonathan Johnson (runner)

Biography

Jonathan Johnson (born March 5, 1982) is an American middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. He is an "Abilene native". He made his collegiate breakthrough during his first year running for the Texas Tech Red Raiders, in 2002. Indoors, he finished second in the Big 12 Conference Championship and sixth in the 2002 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships; and outdoors he won the Big 12 Conference Championship in Columbia and finished fourth at the 2002 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. In 2003 he barely ran indoors, but outdoors he won both the Big 12 Conference Championships and the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships, before winning the silver medal at the 2003 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships and the bronze medal at the 2003 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

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