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Track and Field

2015-16 Track and Field Roster

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Riley Johnson

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Arlington HS
  • Hometown Arlington, Neb.

Biography

Career Bests

2015-16
Indoor Track & Field
Did not compete.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League honors with a third place finish in the discus with a season best throw of 151-7 at the Summit League Championships … won the discus at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays in 141-7 … sent the hammer a season best 168-6 at the USD Twilight for a runner-up finish … moved to seventh in program history in the hammer throw … made the Summit League honor roll, earning distinguished scholar status.

Doane College
Five-time national qualifier ... threw a personal best of 147-0 in the discus and 44-0 in the shot put ... also tossed the weight 54 feet and the hammer 160 feet.

Prep
Five-time Nebraska Class B state medalist, highlighted by a runner-up finish in the discus in 2012 ... set the school record in the discus with a throw of 141-0 ... held a personal best of 41-10 in the shot put ... earned four letters in track and field, four letters in basketball and three letters in volleyball at Arlington High School ... three-time all-Great Plains Conference volleyball and basketball player for the Eagles.

Personal
Daughter of Steve and Lynn Johnson ... graduated from Doane College ... in the occupational therapy doctorate program at USD.