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2024 Men's Track Roster

Ricky Johnson

  • Position Sprints
  • Class Senior
  • Major Sport Management
  • Hometown Crete, Ill.
  • Highschool Crete-Monee

Biography

STATS

2024 - 1st Team All-OVC (4x100 relay - 4th leg) - Outdoor Track
2024 - 2nd Team All-OVC (400 meter) - Outdoor Track
2023 - 1st Team All-OVC (400 meter) - Outdoor Track
2023 - 2nd Team All-OVC (4x100 relay - 4th leg) - Outdoor Track
2023 - 2nd Team All-OVC (200 meter) - Indoor Track
2022 - 1st Team All-OVC (200 meter) - Outdoor Track
2022 - 1st Team All-OVC (400 meter) - Outdoor Track
2022 - 1st Team All-OVC (4x100 relay - 4th leg) - Outdoor Track
2022 - 1st Team All-OVC (4x400 relay - 2nd leg) - Outdoor Track
2022 - 1st Team All-OVC (200 meter) - Indoor Track
2022 - 1st Team All-OVC (4x400 relay - 2nd leg) - Indoor Track
2021 - 1st Team All-OVC (4x100 relay - 4th leg) - Outdoor Track
2021 - 2nd Team All-OVC (200 meter) - Outdoor Track
2020 - 2nd team All-OVC (4x400 relay - 4th leg) - Indoor Track

2024: 
Competed in indoor track during the 2024 season... INDOOR: Competed in six meets during the indoor season... season best 60 meter time was 7.14 at the Eastern Illinois Early Bird... season best 200 meter time was 21.67 at the Ohio Valley Conference Championships... posted a first place finish as a member of the 4x400 meter relay team at the IUPUI Invite with a time of 3:14.13... ranked second in the EIU record book as a member of the 4x400 meter relay team with a time of 3:11.26 at the GVSU Big Meet... scored points for EIU at the OVC Championships in three different events, including the 200 meter with a sixth place finish, 400 meter with a fourth place finish, and a bronze medal in the 4x400 meter relay with a time of 3:16.23... OUTDOOR... Competed in six meets during the outdoor season... posted a gold medal time of 40.44 as a member of the 4x100 meter relay team in the OVC Championship earning first team All-OVC... scored points at the OVC Championship with a second place finish in the 400 meter race with a time of 47.77 to earn second team All-OVC honors... season best 100 meter time was 10.72 at the Eastern Illinois Big Blue... season best 200 meter time was 21.04 at the Eastern Illinois Big Blue... season best 4x100 meter time was 40.31 at the Gary Wieneke Memorial which also enters in sixth in the EIU history book... 

2023: Competed in indoor and outdoor track during the 2023 season... INDOOR: Competed in five meets during the indoor season... had a pair of podium finishes as part of the Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Championship squad... was a second team All-OVC performer with a silver medal finish in the 200 meter dash with a time of 21.62... was a the bronze medalist in the 400 meter with a third place OVC Championship time of 48.71... posted season best times in the 200 meter and 400 meter at the OVC Championship... OUTDOOR: Competed in six meets during the outdoor season... had three podium finishes at the OVC Outdoor Championships... was the gold medalist in the 400 meter earning first team All-OVC honors with a winning time of 47.14, time ranked seventh on the EIU record book list... was a second team All-OVC performer running anchor leg of 4x100 meter relay which had a second place silver medal time of 40.42, time ranked eighth on EIU record book list... was the bronze medalist in the 200 meter with a third place time of 21.48... posted season best 200 meter time of 21.21 at the Texas State Bobcat Invite...

2022: Competed in indoor and outdoor track during the 2022 season... INDOOR: Competed in five meets during the indoor season... earned first team All-Ohio Valley Conference honors with gold medal performances in the 200 meter and 4x400 relay at the OVC Indoor Championships... OVC Championship winning time in the 200 meter was 21.56... ran second leg on winning 4x400 relay team which posted a time of 3:17.14... season best 200 meter time was 21.56 at the OVC Championship... added first place finishes in the 200 meters at the EIU John Craft and EIU Friday Night... also ran the 400 meter with season best time of 50.34 at the Notre Dame Meyo... OUTDOOR: Competed in five meets during the outdoor season... earned first team All-OVC honors in four events with four gold medals at the OVC Outdoor Championships... won the 200 meter with a time of 21.31 which was a season best... won the 400 meter with a time of 47.57 which was a season best... ran the anchor leg on winning 4x100 relay team that won with a time of 41.07... ran the second leg on the winning 4x400 relay team that won with a time of 3:13.91... added a first place finish in the 200 meter at the Huntsman Family Invitational... 

2021: Only competed during outdoor track season during 2021... INDOOR: Did not compete in any meets during the indoor season... OUTDOOR: Competed in eight meets during the outdoor season... earned first team All-Ohio Valley Conference honors running the anchor leg on the 4x100 relay team that won gold at the OVC Outdoor Championships with a time of 40.97... earned second team All-OVC honors in the 200 meter with a silver medal time of 21.46 at the OVC Championships... ran anchor leg on 4x100 relay team that posted seventh best time in school history of 40.35 at the ISU Pacesetter... ran the 200 meter and 400 meter sprints during the season... posted season best 200 meter time of 21.32 at the ISU Redbird Invite... season best 400 meter time of 48.74 at the OVC Outdoor Championships... member of OVC Outdoor Championship squad scoring points in the 200 meter, 400 meter and 4x100 relay... 

2020: Competed in indoor track during the 2020 season... outdoor season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic... INDOOR: Competed in seven meets during the season... second team All-OVC in the 4x400 relay running anchor leg on silver medal team at the OVC Indoor Track Championships... relay team posted a time of 3:14.59 at the OVC Championships with time ranked eighth on EIU career record book list... ran anchor leg on 4x400 relay team that posted a time of 3:15.15 at the Grand Valley Big Meet with time ranked ninth on EIU career record book list... during season ran 60m, 200m and 400m sprint events... posted a first place individual finish in the 200m with a time of 22.43 at the EIU John Craft... added a first place finish in the 4x400 relay running anchor leg with a time of 3:23.76 at the EIU John Craft... season best 60m time was 7.18 at the EIU John Craft... season best 200m time was 21.88 at the Notre Dame Meyo... season best 400m time was 48.95 at the OVC Championships... member of OVC Indoor Championship squad... 

HIGH SCHOOL: Competed at Crete-Monee HS helping the team set the IHSA State Record in the 4x100 meter relay during the prelims with a time of 40.81...  advanced to the State Finals in five events recording podium finishes in three events as Crete-Monee captured the IHSA Class 3A State title...  individually was second in the 400 meter dash with a finals time of 48.33... was third in the 200 meter dash with a finals time of 21.42...  ran the anchor leg on the state champion 4x100 meter relay team...

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

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  • 2020-21Sophomore

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  • 2021-22Sophomore

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  • 2023Junior

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  • 2024Senior

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