Eric Johnson
Eric Johnson
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Athens, Ohio
  • High School:
    Athens
  • Major:
    Physics
  • Events:
    Distance
Bio

CSC Academic All-District® selection for the 2023-24 academic year … Named CSC Academic All-District® for the 2022-23 academic year … Two-time member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll and two-time member of the AD Honor Roll …

2024 Outdoor: Made five starts … Pair of collegiate bests came at NCAC Championships (May 3-4), placing 10th in the 5k (15:41.81) and the 3k steeplechase (10:08.49) … Runner-up in 3k steeple at home Wooster Invitational (Apr. 6) with a time of 10:25.05 …

2024 Indoor: Made six starts … Competed in the 3k and 5k at the NCAC Championships (Feb. 23-24), turning in a PR of 9:15.82 in the 3k … Won the 5k at the home Fighting Scots Invitational (Jan. 20) in 16:37.42 … Runner-up in the 3k in 9:20.16 at the Kenyon Tune Up (Feb. 16) … Pair of collegiate bests came in dual vs. Denison (Jan. 25) with 2:16.15 in the 800 and 4:50.66 in the mile …

2023 Cross Country: Landed on the All-NCAC third team with 21st-place finish at NCAC Championships (Oct. 28) with time of 26:52.8 …  Helped Wooster to first non-dual meet team victory since 2021 with fourth-place finish in Dan Mullen Memorial Invitational (Sept. 30) in time of 29:43.7 … Had two additional top-five finishes … Placed fourth in season-opening Wooster Invitational (Sept. 1), finishing the 4K course in 14:03.1 … Had top 5K time of 15:59.3 in home Wooster Twilight Challenge (Nov. 3), placing fourth … Posted career-best championship length time of 25:41.9 at NCAA Division III Great Lakes Region Championships (Nov. 11), finishing 105th overall …

2023 Outdoor: Competed in seven meets … Turned in collegiate-best 5K time of 15:49.06 at NCAC Championships (May 5-6) … Also ran in 5K at All-Ohio Championships (April 15) … Took third in 3K steeplechase at Kenyon Invitational (April 22) in collegiate-best 10:16.29 … Logged top collegiate 1,500 time of 4:22.99 in dual meet against Denison (April 12) …

2023 Indoor: Competed in three meets … Had collegiate-best 3K time of 9:33.11 as the runner-up at the Kenyon Invitational (Feb. 17) … Ran in 5K at NCAC Championships (Feb. 24-25) …

2022 Cross Country: One of the Scots’ most consistent scorers with several top-five finishes … Started nine meets on the year … Went a career-best championship-length time of 26:48.3 at the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Region Championships (Nov. 12), placing 152nd overall … Finished 52nd at the NCAC Championships (Oct. 29) in a time of 29:27.4 …

2022 Outdoor: Competed in three meets … Ran the 5K each time, with top time of 17:36.05 coming at Wooster Invitational (April 1) … Lone 1500 meters time of 4:39.87 was turned in at the Wooster Invitational (April 2) …

2022 Indoor: Competed in five meets … Primarily a mile and 3K runner … Top mile time of 4:58.61 came in dual with Kenyon (Feb. 28) … Went 9:59.51 for season-best 3K time at Bob Shannon Invitational (Feb. 5) …

2021 Cross Country: Turned in an impressive rookie season, ranking as Wooster’s No. 4 harrier at the NCAA Div. III Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 13) … Crossed at 28:03.6 at regionals, with that marking season-best championship-length time … Sixth from the team to finish at the NCAC Championships (Oct. 30), coming in at 28:33.3, which was 59th … Made nine starts … Went 29:39.6 at championship-length debut at NCAC Preview (Sept. 11) … Crossed at 29:42.8 at the All-Ohio Championships (Sept. 17) … Went 29:16.2 at the Jenna Strong Fall Classic (Oct. 15) … Sixth on the team at the Muskingum Invitational (Oct. 2), where the Scots posted their first win in a traditional meet since 2014 …

Prior to Wooster: Helped Athens High School to a district runner-up finish as a senior … Part of three conference championship teams in track & field and four in cross country … Earned all-conference honors in cross country as a junior and senior and in track & field as a senior … Four-year letterwinner in cross country and lettered three times in track & field … Prepped for Fitz Read and Adam Gonczy …

Personal: Parents are Ken and Lynda Johnson … Physics major … Vice president of the physics club on campus, member of the astronomy club, and a STEM Zone intern.

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June 18, 2024

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April 20, 2024

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