Completed Event: Men's Track and Field at NCAA Championships on June 11, 2025 , , No Team Score
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Men's Track and Field
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South Dakota State University Athletics
2019 Men's Track and Field Roster
Johnson, Sam
Sam Johnson
- Hometown:
- Monticello, Minn.
- Prev School:
- Monticello H.S.
- Indoor:
- Sr.
- Position:
- Sprints
- Outdoor:
- Sr.
- Class:
- Senior
Bio
CAREER RESULTS
PERSONAL BEST MARKS: (updated before the 2019 season)
200M IN: 22.61 (2015 - FR, Jim Emmerich - 1/24)
200M OUT: 22.09w (2016 - SO, Vance Butler - 4/3)
400M IN: 49.00 (2016 - SO, SDSU Classic - 2/12-13)
400M OUT: 48.77 (2016 - SO, Bryan Clay - 4/14-15)
600M IN: 1:22.19 (2016 - SO, SDSU Holiday - 12/4-5)
400H OUT: 54.50 (2015 - FR, Kip Janvrin - 4/23-24)
4x100M OUT: 41.97 (2018 - JR, Tulsa Duals - 3/16-17)
4x200M OUT: 1:27.57 (2018 - JR, Drake Relays - 4/25-28)
4x400M IN: 3:15.38 (2015 - FR, SDSU Classic - 2/13-14)
4x400M OUT: 3:13.56 (2015 - FR, Summit League - 5/13-14)
SMR OUT: 3:28.78 (2018 - JR, Drake Relays - 4/25-28)
DMR IN: 10:13.15 (2018 - JR, Summit League - 2/23-24)
DMR OUT: 9:56.95 (2016 - SO, Drake Relays - 4/27-30)
HONORS & AWARDS:
All-Summit League (ITF 2015, 2016, 2018 OTF 2015)
Summit League Commissioners List of Academic Excellence (‘16TF)
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (‘15S)
*Denotes Distinguished Scholar
2017-18:
OUTDOOR: Competed 16 events ... competed in six 400m events throughout the season, adding his season-best mark in the final meet of the regular season - the Nebraska Invite (5/5) - finishing eighth overall (49.73), just 0.96 seconds from his PR set in 2016 ... added a third-place finish (49.89) - his best finish of the season individually - in the 400m at the USD Invite (4/11) ... notched two 200m marks on the season (his fourth and fifth career attempts in the event), with a season-best mark at the ORU Invite (3/31) - placing 14th overall (22.23) and just 0.14 seconds from his PR set in 2016 ... recorded four 4x400m relay marks as the second leg (twice), first leg (once), and third leg (once) throughout the season ... had his best mark as the second leg at the Drake Relays (4/25-28), finishing 11th overall (3:17.76) ... added his first career marks in two other relays at Drake - the 4x200m relay (seventh, 1:27.57) and the sprint medley relay (eighth, 3:28.78) ... also ran his first two 4x100m relay marks of his career, with his best coming as the fourth leg of the third-place (41.97) Tulsa Duals (3/16-17) team ... had the team’s seventh-best 200m mark (21st in the league), fourth-best 400m (14th), fourth-best 4x100m mark, best 4x200m mark (50th in the NCAA) and SMR (53rd in the NCAA), and the second-best 4x400m relay mark on the season performance list.
INDOOR: Competed in 14 events ... added and eighth-place finish in the timed finals of the 400m (50.02) while earning all-league honors as the fourth leg of the third-place 4x400m relay team (3:19.90) and second leg of the runner-up DMR team (10:13.15) at his third Summit League Indoor Championships (2/23-24) ... his 400m time and place-finish were his second-best marks at the league championships while it was his first DMR attempt indoors ... notched his season-best mark in the 400m at the SDSU Classic (2/9-10), finishing as the fourth Jackrabbit, 32nd overall (49.94) - just 0.94 seconds from his PR set in 2016 ... competed in six 4x400m relay events - three of them as the fourth leg and the other three as the first leg - with his best coming as the fourth leg of the fourth-place (3:17.63) Jim Emmerich (1/20) relay team ... added one runner-up finish - his best finish of the season in the 400m (50.82) at the Dakota Realty (2/3) ... posted one attempt in the 200m - his sixth career indoor 200m mark - at the Bison Classic (1/13), finishing 19th overall (23:37) - 0.76 seconds from his PR set in 2015 ... had the team’s seventh-best 200m (30th in the league), second-best 400m (ninth), and best 4x400m relay mark (third) on the season performance list.
2016-17:
OUTDOOR: Redshirted ... did not compete.
INDOOR: Redshirted ... did not compete.
2015-16:
OUTDOOR: Competed in 12 events ... ran the first leg for the 4x400m relay team that posted a Jackrabbit season-best time of 3:15.26, placing first at the Vance Butler Invitational (4/3) … 4x400m relay team took fifth place at the Beach Invitational (4/15-16), finishing in 3:16.01 … ran a personal-best 400m of 48.77 at the Bryan Clay Invitational (4/15-16) to finish 18th … placed 11th in the 400m at The Summit League Outdoor Championships (5/12-14) with a time of 51.53.
INDOOR: Competed 11 in events ... part of third-place 4x400m relay team at The Summit League Indoor Championships (2/26-27) with a time of 3:18.59 … ran the first leg for the 4x400m relay team that posted a Jackrabbit season-best time of 3:16.75, taking second at the SDSU Indoor Classic (2/12-13) … finished 10th at the SDSU Indoor Classic, posting a SDSU season-best time of 49.00 in the 400m … member of first-place 4x400m relay team at the SDSU Holiday Invite (12/4-5), finishing in 3:19.11.
2014-15:
OUTDOOR: Competed 19 in events ... captured first individual title of collegiate career at the Kip Janvrin Open (4/23-24), clocking in at season-best 54.50 to win the 400m hurdles ... ran fastest outdoor 200m at the Beach Invitational (4/17-18) (22.59) and top 400m (49.17) at the Dakota Duals (4/4) ... part of the first-place 4x400m relay teams at the Jim Duncan Invitational (4/10-11) (3:15.99) and the Howard Wood Dakota Relays (5/1-2) (3:14.91) ... member of The Summit League (5/13-15) champion 4x400m relay team, clocking in at 3:12.28.
INDOOR: Competed 20 in events ... clocked fastest 400m time (49.49) at first collegiate meet, the SDSU Open (12/5-6) ... ran fastest indoor 200m (22.71) at the SDSU Indoor Classic (2/13-14) ... was part of three first-place 4x400m relay teams during the indoor season, at the SDSU Open (3:19.70), Dakota Realty Alumni Meet (2/7) (3:23.40) and the SDSU Indoor Classic (3:15.38) ... part of the second-place 4x400m relay team (3:18.04) at The Summit League Indoor Championships (2/27).
BEFORE SDSU: Made the Class AA All-State team sophomore year with a sixth-place finish in the 4x800m relay and a ninth-place finish in the 400m ... made the Class AA All-State team junior year in the 400m with an eighth-place finish ... ran the 200m and 4x200m relay at the state meet as a junior ... made the Class AA All-State team senior year with a third-place finish in the 400m and a sixth-place finish in the 200m... ran the 100m at the state meet as a senior ... also played football and hockey in high school ... all-conference selection junior and senior year in football ... all-conference second team senior year in hockey.
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