Ryan Johnston

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Mansfield, Ohio
High School:
Lexington

Ryan Johnston TFRRS Profile

CAREER HONORS
• ACC Academic Honor Roll (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)

2021-22
Indoor: Competed in three meets in the mile and one in the 800m… Opened the indoor season with a third place finish at the Louisville Cardinal Classic following a mile time of 4:22.03… Ran a mile time of 4:30.6 at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational.
Outdoor: Competed in five meets in the 800m, 1500m, 3000m steeplechase, 4x400m relay or 4x800m relay… Ran a career best 1500m time of 3:55.41 to finish 18^th at the Louisville Invitational… Placed sixth in the Tiger Track Classic in the 1500m… Helped Louisville’s 4x800 and 4x400m relay teams to a pair of fifth place finishes at the Tennessee Relays and Louisville Invitational respectively… Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2020-21
Indoor: Competed in a multitude of events, including the mile, distance medley relay, and the 800m… Earned an eighth-place finish in the distance medley relay at the ACC Indoor Championships with a time of 10:06.17…Finished in the top-five in two events at the Notre Dame Invitational, taking home third with a 10:53.32 distance medley relay and fifth 1:59.86 mark in the 800m.
Outdoor: Recorded personal-bests at Louisville’s two home events, finishing with a time of 9:47.23 in the 3000m steeplechase at the Clark Wood Invitational and a 4:06.35 in the 1500m at the Louisville Invitational…Served as the final leg of the 4x1500 team that took home second at the Tennessee Relays…ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2020: Competed in three meets during the indoor season … Finished fifth in the 800 meters at the Notre Dame Invitational with a time of 1:55.50 … Finished with a season-high in the mile run at the Power Five Invitational, with a time of 4:17.21.

2018-19: Placed third at the Hoosier Hills Invitational with a personal best time of 1:55.59 in the 800m … Finished sixth in the mile at the Notre Dame Invitational with a career best time of 4:19.22 … Recorded a personal best time of 9:08.63 in the 3,000m at the indoor Gene Edmunds Open.

Prep: Lettered four times in cross country and track and field at Lexington HS … Runner-up at 2017 Ohio state cross country championships, previously finished fourth in 2015 … Named to All-State team in all four seasons … Helped team to state titles in 2015 and 2017, as well as runner-up in 2016 … Competed in 400m, 800m, 1,600m and 3,200m in track … Placed third in 1,600m in 2018 and fourth in 2016 at Ohio state outdoor championships … Named to All-State team five times in track … Personal-best times: 49.5 (400m), 1:53 (800m), 4:11 (1,600m), 9:26 (3,200m) and 15.21 (5,000m).

Personal: Son of Dan and Sherri Johnston … Birthday is March 10, 2000 … Has two brothers, Daniel and Kyle, and one sister, Caitlin … Uncle, Mike, was an All-American kicker at Notre Dame … Majoring in marketing.