2023 Track & Field Roster
Biography
2022 All-Conference USA Third Team (4x100 Outdoor)
2022 OUTDOOR (JUNIOR)
- Competed with the 4x100 team that took bronze (40.75) at the Conference USA Championships.
- Set career best in the 100m dash (10.32) at the Don Kirby Tailwind.
- Placed first in the 100m dash (10.37) at the Bryan Clay Invitational.
- Part of first place 4x100m relay team (40.87) at the Don Kirby Tailwind.
2022 INDOOR (JUNIOR)
- Took second place in the 60-meter dash, clocking in a personal-best 6.74 at the Dr. MLK Jr. Collegiate Invitational.
- Placed third in the 200-meter race, recording a time of 22.39 at the MLK Invite.
- Ran a personal-best 22.01 in the 200 at the Don Kirby Open & Elite.
- Competed in the 60-meter dash and 200-meter dash at the Conference USA Championships.
- Finished fifth in the 60 (6.80) at the C-USA Championships.
2021 OUTDOOR (RS FRESHMAN)
- Competed with the gold-medal winning 4x100-meter relay team, clocking in a 40.03 at the Conference USA Championships.
- Competed in the 100-meter dash at the C-USA Championships, advancing to the finals.
- Captured first place in the 100 with a time of 10.25w (3.2), and placed second in the 4x100 (40.14) at the Don Kirby Tailwind Open.
- Won gold in the 4x100 (40.54) and captured silver in the 100 with a time of 10.35w (5.4) at the Roadrunner Invitational.
- Competed in the 100 at the NCAA Division I West Preliminaries.
- Ran a personal-best 10.58 (-1.0) in the 100-meter dash at the Desert Heat Classic.
2020 OUTDOOR
- Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 INDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
- Clocked a season-best 6.98 in the 60m at the Conference USA Championships.
- Ran a 7.02 in the 60m at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational.
- Posted a 23.71 in the 200m at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic.
2019 OUTDOOR
2019 INDOOR (FRESHMAN)
- Clocked a career-best time of 6.83 in the 60m dash with a fourth-place finish at the Texas Tech Corky Classic.
- Placed fifth (6.89) at the Texas A&M Triangular and fifth (6.88) at the New Mexico Classic in the 60m dash.
- Registered a 22.53 in the 200m dash at the New Mexico Classic.
PRIOR TO UTEP
- Took gold as a member of the 4x100m relay team and bronze in the 100m at the 2018 UIL 4A District 10 Championships.
- Finished in third in the 100m at the UIL 4A Area meet.
- Notched a personal best in the 100m with a time of 10.34 at the Plano ISD Ron McNeil Invitational.
- Participated in the 4x100m and 4x200m relay at the 2018 UIL 4A Region II.
- Competed at the 2017 TX UIL 4A State Championships in the 100m and 4x100m relay (bronze).
- Posted two bronze-medal finishes (100m and 4x100m relay) at the 2017 UIL 4A Region II.
PERSONAL: Full name Dennis Earl Johnson Jr. … son to Dennis Earl Johnson and Rosena Gregory … graduated in top-10 percent of class at Lincoln High School … criminal justice major.
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