Megan Johnson

Position:
Distance
Height:
5-8
Class:
Graduate Student
High School:
Aplington-Parkersburg High School
Prev School:
Central College
Hometown:
Parkersburg, Iowa

2025 First-Year SEC Honor Roll
2024 NCAA DIII Outdoor Championships 3,000-Meter Steeplechase National Champion
2024 NCAA DIII Outdoor Championships First Team All-American (3,000mS)
2024 American Rivers Outdoor Champion (5,000m, 3,000mS)
2024 American Rivers Outdoor Runner-Up (1,500m)
2024 American Rivers Outdoor All-Conference Honoree (1,500m, 3,000mS, 5,000m)
2024 NCAA DIII Indoor Championships First Team All-American (DMR, 3,000m)
2024 American Rivers Indoor Champion (3,000m, 5,000m)
2024 American Rivers Indoor All-Conference Honoree (3,000m, 5,000m)
2023 NCAA DIII Outdoor Championships First Team All-American (3,000mS)
2023 American Rivers Outdoor All-Conference Honoree (5,000m, 3,000mS, 1,500m)
2023 NCAA DIII Indoor Championships First Team All-American (DMR)
2023 American Rivers Indoor All-Conference Honoree (Mile, 3,000m)
2022 American Rivers Outdoor All-Conference Honoree (5,000m, 3,000mS)
2022 American Rivers Indoor All-Conference Honoree (3,000m, 5,000m)

OU Outdoor Collegiate Bests:
1,500-meter: 4:47.57, 2025
Steeplechase: 10:25.57, 2025

OU Indoor Collegiate Bests:
Mile: 4:54.51, 2025
3,000-meter: 9:41.20, 2025

2025
(Outdoor) Raced in two meets … Took first place in the steeplechase with a time of 10:25.57 at the Horned Frog Invitational … Opened the outdoor season at the TCU Alumni Invitational with a 4:47.57 time in the 1,500m for 12th …

(Indoor) Competed in three meets … Earned a PR in the mile (4:54.51) and finished 18th in the 3,000m (9:45.41) at the Tyson Invitational … Clocked 9:41.20 in the 3,000m for third place at the Steve Miller Invitational … Debuted as a Sooner at the Red Raider Invitational Jan. 24, registering 5:03.87 in the mile for 10th …

2024 (at Central College)
(Outdoor) Posted a PR of 10:13.36 in the 3000mS for the NCAA DIII title, claiming First Team All-America honors … Secured two conference titles in the 5000m (17:09.13) and 3000mS (10:21.93) and grabbed a silver medal in the 1500m (4:30.38) at the American Rivers Championships.

(Indoor) Was the NCAA DIII Championships runner-up in the DMR (11:34.73) and registered 9:38.13 for sixth place in the 3000m for First Team All-America honors … Raced for two American Rivers conference titles in the 3000m (9:40.39) and 5000m (17:02.79).

2023 (at Central College)
(Outdoor) Took seventh place in the 3000mS (10:36.98) for First Team All-America honors at the NCAA DIII Championships … Grabbed American Rivers All-Conference honors with bronze medals in the 5000m (17:53.05) and the 3000mS (10:38.03) and eighth in the 1500m (4:42.07) at the outdoor conference championships.

(Indoor) Earned NCAA DIII First Team All-American honors at the NCAA Championships with fifth place in the DMR (11:44.98) … Finished fourth in the mile (5:01.58) and fifth in the 3000m (10:19.93) for All-Conference honors at the American Rivers Championships.

2022 (at Central College)
(Outdoor) Secured American Rivers All-Conference honors for seventh place in the 5000m (18:36.89) and 3000mS (11:36.35).

(Indoor) Earned American Rivers All-Conference honors for sixth place in the 3000m (10:26.71) and 5000m (18:16.62) at the indoor championships.

PRIOR TO OU
Attended Central College … Six-time NCAA Division III All-American and four-time American Rivers Conference Champion … Two-time College Sports Communicators Academic All-American …Central College school record holder in the 1500m, 3000m, 3000mS and 5000m.

HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year track and field and cross country letterwinner.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Roy and Shiloh Johnson … Has one sibling, Melanie … Intended major is health and exercise science … Enjoys photography, listening to podcasts, cooking healthy recipes and going out for coffee.