Richard Johnson

Position:
Sprints
Position:
Sprints
Weight:
null
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Cibolo, Texas
High School:
Judson HS

Program record holder (300M: 33.27), 2022
2024 Big 12 Outdoor Championship Runner-Up (400m)
2024 NCAA West First Round Qualifier (400m, 4x400)
2023 NCAA Outdoor Championships Second-Team All-American (400m, 4x400)
2023 Big 12 Outdooor Championships Scorer (4x400, 400m)
2022 NCAA Outdoor Championships First Team All-American (400m)
2022 Big 12 Outdoor Championships Scorer (400m, 4x400)
2022 Big 12 Indoor Championships Scorer (400m, 4x400)

OU Indoor Collegiate Bests:
60-meter: 6.88, 2023
300-meter: 33.27, 2022
400-meter: 45.94, 2023

OU Outdoor Collegiate Bests:
200-meter: 20.99, 2024
400-meter: 44.80, 2023

2024
(Outdoor) Raced for 3:09.15 in the 4x400 at the NCAA West First Rounds, also participated in the 400m … Scored for the Sooners at the Big 12 Championships with a silver medal in the 400-meter dash, clocking a season-best time of 45.45, also claimed 10th in the 4x400 (3:09.47)… Set a PR in the 200m with a 20.99 time for fourth place at the Arkansas Twilight … Clocked 41.21 for fourth place in the 4x100 and recorded 48.85 in the 400m at the Rock Chalk Invite … Registered 46.37 in the 400m for 10th at Mt. SAC Relays … Won three titles at the John Jacobs Invitational, clocking 46.23 in the 400m, 3:08.05 in the 4x400 and 40.47 in the 100m … Finished third in the 4x400 (3:05.44) and 10th in the 4x200 (1:24.54) at Texas Relays … Took second place in the 4x400 (3:08.11) and eighth in the 200m (21.38) at the Clyde Hart Classic …

(Indoor) Competed in the 400m at the Big 12 Championship finishing with a 50.00 time for 18th… Earned first in the 400m with a 46.70 time at the Windy City Invite… Claimed 10th in the 400m with a 46.97 at the Razorback Invitational… Finished 11th in the 400m with a 48.07 at the Corky Classic… Opened the season with a third-place finish in the 60m with a 6.88, setting a new PR …

2023
(Outdoor) Earned second-team All-America status in the 4x400 (3:01.85) and 400m (45.40) at the NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Scored in two events at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships; second in the 4x400 (3:03.64) and third in the 400m (PR 44.80) ... Finished 20th in the 400m with a 48.65 at the Corky/Crofoot Shootout ... Claimed first at the John Jacobs Invitational in the 400m with a 46.29 ... Placed third in the 4x100 (40.41) and ninth in the 400m (47.80) at the Sooner Invitational & Multis ... Took sixth in the 4x400 with a 3:02.88 at Texas Relays ...

(Indoor) Competed in the 400m at the Big 12 Indoor Championships ... Took third in the 4x400 (3:03.71) and 45th in the 400m (48.00) at the Tiger Paw Invite ... At the New Mexico Classic, placed fourth in the 4x400 (3:05.66) and 400m (46.31) ... Claimed first at the JD Martin Invitational with a 3:14.32 in the 4x400 ... Placed second in the 400m (46.73) and sixth in the 4x400 (3:14.78) at the Arkansas Invitational ... Ran a PR at 33.27 in the 300m for first, ran a 6.98 in the 60m for sixth at the K-State Winter Invite ...

2022
(Outdoor) Claimed first team All-America status in the 400-meter dash, placing sixth with a time at 45.59 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Qualified for the NCAA West Prelims int he 400-meter dash, clocking a 45.39 ... Scored second in the 400-meter dash with a PR at 45.25 and fourth in the 4x400 with a 3:09.99 at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships ... Grabbed first in the 400-meter dash (45.34) and the 4x400 (3:05.31) at the Alumni Muster ... Took first in the 400-meter dash (45.96), 4x400 (3:07.47) and second in the 200-meter dash (20.79w (3.0)) at the John Jacobs Invitational ... Claimed first in the 400-meter dash (47.24) and 4x400 (3:08.69) at the Sooner Invitational ... Took the top spot in the 400-meter dash with a 45.87 at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational ... Placed sixth in the 4x100 at the Texas Relays, clocking a 39.28 ... Ran a PR at 21.02 in the 200-meter dash for sixth place and clocked a 39.98 in the 4x100 for second at the TCU Invitational.

(Indoor) Finished third in the 4x400 with a time of 3:06.15 and placed fifth in the 400-meter dash with a PR at 46.66 at the Big 12 Indoor Championships ... Took first in the 4x400 with a time of 3:07.53 and finished third in the 400-meter dash with a time of 47.78 at the Arkansas Qualifier ... Placed fifth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 47.15 at the Texas Tech Shootout ... Grabbed first in the 400-meter dash with a 47.72 and in the 4x400, clocking a 3:09.41 at the Husker Invite ... Took first in the 4x400 with a 3:22.77 and clocked a PR at 6.94 in the 60-meter dash for 11th place at the J.D. Martin Invite ... Finished 16th in the 400-meter dash with a 50.60 at the Arkansas Invitational ... Broke the program record in the 300-meters and placed first with a 33.86 at the K-State Winter Invite.

PRIOR TO OU
Attended the University of Incarnate Word (2020-2021) ... 2021 NCAA West Preliminary round qualifier in the 400m and 200m ... Placed 29th in the 400m at the West Prelims ...