Kaitlynn Johnson Season 2021-22

Career Performance List

Honors
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Academic All-Big Ten (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022; Spring 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Nebraska Heart & Soul Award (2021)
Sam Foltz 27 Hero Leadership Award (2020)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

2023 (Senior)
Indoor: Competed in four meets...finished in fourth in both the 800m and 4x400m relay at the Mark Colligan Memorial with respective times of 2.18.01 and 4.15.88

Outdoor: Won the 1,500m (4:54.38) and placed second in the 800m (2:21.40) at the Prairie Wolf Invite…finished fourth in the 800m (2:15.43) and contributed to the winning 4x400m relay at the KSU Ward Haylett.

2022 (Junior)
Indoor: Recorded a personal-best time of 1:35.90 while winning the 600m at the Nebraska Tune-Up... Ran a season-best time of 2:18.67 in the 800m at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational, and a season-best time of 5:16.95 in the mile at the Nebraska Adidas Classic.

Outdoor: Recorded a season-best finish and time in the 800m at the Prairie Wolf Invite, finishing fourth place in a time of 2:16.19.

2021
Indoor: Finished seventh in the 800m with a time of 2:17.84 at the Husker Triangular…Had an eighth-place finish with a time of 2:16.26 in the 800m at the Husker Quad.
 
Outdoor: Placed 26th with a run of 2:13.39 in the 800m at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships…Clocked a personal-best 2:12.49 to finish sixth in the 800m at the Billy Hayes Invite.

2020
Indoor: Redshirted...competing unattached, ran a season-best time of 2:25.46 in the 800m at the Nebraska Tune-Up.

Outdoor: Due to the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the 2020 outdoor season was not contested. To help combat the spread of the virus, both the Big Ten Conference and the University of Nebraska suspended all team activities, effective March 13.

2019
Indoor: Finished 10th with the distance medley relay team with a time of 11:44.88 at the Big Ten Indoor Championships...set PR's in the 800m (2:13.44o) at the Iowa State Classic and mile (5:01.12) at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational...ran a season-best in the 1,000m (3:06.09) at the Graduate Classic.

Outdoor: Redshirted...did not compete.

2018
Indoor: Set PRs in two events...ran a time of 1:36.83 to place fifth in the 600m at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invite...ran a season best of 2:18.44 in the 800m to take second place at the Gorilla Classic...finished second in the DMR at the Graduate Classic with a time of 12:24.18.

Outdoor: Finished 24th in the 800m at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships with a time of 2:14.76...set a PR in the 800m with a time of 2:13.06A to place third at the Texas Tech Corky/Crofoot Shootout...ran a personal-best time of 4:44.51 in the 1,500m at the Kansas Relays...placed second in the 800m at the Nebraska Invitational.

Before Nebraska
Attended Millard West High School in Nebraska...earned the silver medal in the 800m at the Class A state meet as a senior, running 2:15.53...helped the 4x800m relay to a runner-up finish at the state meet...finished sixth in the 400m...was also the state runner-up in the 800m as a sophomore with a prep-best time of 2:14.57...finished fifth in the 1,600m in a prep-best 5:11.24...also placed seventh at state as a freshman in the 3,200m...set a 400m best of 59.37 and a 3,200m best of 11:36.37...placed fourth at the 2016 Class A state cross country meet in 19:17.31.

Personal
Born Sept. 14, 1998...parents are Byron and Kary...a journalism and psychology double-major who earned her bachelor's degree from Nebraska in May of 2022.