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2023-24 Track & Field Roster

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Jayla Johnson

  • Class Senior
  • High School Pioneer
  • Hometown Ann Arbor, Mich.

Biography

2023-24: Enjoyed a record-breaking year while appearing in 10 competitions for the Ramblers … Broke and lowered the 60H program record four times, broke and lowered the 100H program record three times  … Kicked off the indoor season at the Purdue-Northwest Classic, placing 13th in the 200m finals in 26.95 and 16th in the 60m prelims in 8.22 … Placed third in the 60H finals in 8.74 at the Blue Demon Holiday Invite, breaking the program record … Lowered her program record in the 60H to 8.71 at the Notre Dame Invitational to place second in the finals … Ran a personal best of 8.14 in the 60m at the Blue Demon Alumni Classic to place 16th in the prelims … Set a huge 60H personal best and lowered the record to 8.65 to place seventh in the prelims before lowering the record even further with a sixth place finish in the finals in 8.60 at the GVSU Big Meet … Placed first in the 60H prelims in 8.61 at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Track and Field Championships before winning the title in 8.73 … Continued her success in the outdoor season at the Redbird Challenge with a 100H program record of 14.20 to place seventh in the prelims before placing seventh in the finals in 14.24 … Lowered her 100H program record to 14.14 at the Chicagoland Championships with a first place finish in the prelims before placing first in the finals in yet another program record of 13.94 … Capped off a historic year and her collegiate running career at the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Track and Field Championships, placing first in the 100H prelims in 14.03 before placing second in the finals in 13.98. 

2022-23: Appeared in 18 races for the Ramblers … Placed in fifth in the 60H preliminary (8.90) and fourth in the final (8.80) while setting a personal best 200m time of 26.52 to place in 11th  at the Blue Demon Holiday Invite … Placed fifth in the 60H preliminary (8.97) and fourth in the final (8.95) while taking 27th in the 200m at the Blue Demon Alumni Classic … Took third place in the 60H preliminary (8.91) while placing fifth in the final (8.99) and running the 200m in 26.82 to place in 29th at the Indiana Relays … Placed in 14th at the GVSU Big Meet with a time of 8.94 in the 60H … Took seventh place in the 60H preliminary (8.77) and sixth in the final (9.00) at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Track & Field Championships … Finished in seventh place in the 100H at the Gary Wieneke Memorial with a time of 14.63 … Closed out the season with fifth in the 100H preliminary (14.16) and sixth in the final (14.22) at the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships.

2021-22: Enjoyed a breakout sophomore season, establishing herself as one of the top hurdlers in the Missouri Valley Conference ... Opened indoor season with a run of 9.02 (5th) in a preliminary heat of the 60m hurdles at the Blue Demon Holiday Invitational ... Ran 60m dash personal-best 8.23 (9th) at the Notre Dame Invitational, where she also cracked the nine-second barrier in the 60m hurdles, checking in fourth in her preliminary heat in 8.96 ... Dazzled at the Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Championships, first running 8.81 in a 60m hurdles preliminary heat ahead of a personal-best 8.77 in the final, the second fastest time in program history, to place fifth overall ... Kickoff the indoor season by running 14.37 (29th) in the 100m hurdles at the Raleigh Relays, a time that moved her up to third all-time at Loyola ... Picked up runner-up finishes in the event at both the Redbird Invitational (14.55) and Illini Classic (14.46) ... Shattered the program's 100m hurdles school record in back-to-back races at the Indiana Invitational, checking in at 14.04 in a preliminary heat ahead of a scintillating run of 13.95 to land fifth in the final ... Capped off her sophomore campaign by again breaking the program record in the event at the Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Championships, racing through in 13.94 to earn a runner-up finish in the 100m hurdles final and secure All-MVC honors ... MVC Scholar-Athlete Team selection.

2020-21: Appeared in both the 60m dash and 200m dash during the indoor season ... Clocked season-best times in both events (10th; 8.57, 7th; 28.28) at the GVSU Tune-Up ... Began outdoor campaign with a season-best effort in the 400m dash (14th; 1:07.71) at the Missouri Spring Opener ... Made 400m hurdles collegiate debut at the Redbird Invitational, running 1:13.03 (11th) ... Posted top 200m dash time of 27.64 (44th) at the Gibson Invitational ... Top 400m hurdles time of 1:12.95 (19th) came at the Clark Wood Invitational ... Erupted for a time of 14.95 (11th) in her first 100m hurdles appearance at the Illinois State Invitational, moving to third all-time in Rambler annals in the event ... Put points on the board with Loyola's 4x400m relay (8th; 4:04.33) at the MVC Outdoor Championships ... Also competed in the 100m hurdles (12th; 15.10) and 400m hurdles (11th; 1:14.33) at the outdoor league meet.

Johnson's Collegiate Bests

Event Time Meet Year
60m (I) 8.14 Blue Demon Alumni Classic 2024
60mH (I) 8.60 GVSU Big Meet 2024
200m (I) 26.52 Blue Demon Holiday Invite 2022
100m (O) 12.66 Indiana Invitational 2022
100mH (O) 13.94 MVC Championships 2022
200m (O) 27.64 Gibson Invitational 2021
400m (O) 1:07.71 Missouri Spring Opener 2021
400mH (O) 1:12.95 Clark Wood Invitational 2021

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2022-23Junior

    Sprints
  • 2023-24Senior

    Sprints