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Avryl Johnson - Track & Field - Kansas Jayhawks

Avryl Johnson

Position Distance
Class Freshman
Hometown Libertyville, Ill.
High School Libertyville

CAREER RESULTS

Career Highlights
2019 Cross Country Academic All-Big 12 First Team

2023 OUTDOOR (Sr.)
Started off her senior outdoor season with a personal best in the 1,500 for finishing in 4:21.65 and placed fourth at the Standford Invitational … Recorded another personal best at the LSU Invitational, this time in the 800. She ended up earning points for her 2:06.54 800 performance … Won the 1,500 with a time of 4:25.41 at the Kansas Relays … Achieved a personal best at the John McDonnell Invitational for finishing the 1,500 in 4:18.78 and won … Placed third in the 800 for finishing in 2:10.05 at the Rock Chalk Classic … Finished in 13th in the 1,500 meter preliminaries at the 2023 Big 12 Outdoor Championships, racing to a time of 4:25.52 … Was also a member of the 9th place 4×4 relay team at Big 12’s … Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminaries in the women’s 1500m … Placed 36th overall by running 4:23.09 … 2023 CSC Academic All-District selection.

2023 INDOOR (Sr.)
Finished first on the 800 in her first meet of the indoor season with a time of 2:12.51 … Ran the 800 in 2:09.48 at the Washburn Rust Buster which was good for second place … Achieved a personal best at the Jayhawk Classic for running the 400 in 58.96 seconds, finishing second … Finished the mile in 4:49.40 and placed second at the Husker Invitational … Finished seventh in the 800 at the Tyson Invitational for running it in 2:07.40 … Achieved a personal best in the 1,000 at the Big 12 Indoor Championships for completing it in 2:47.73 placing fourth, also ran the DMR in 11:43.00 for sixth.

2022 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Finished third at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in the 1,500 for getting a time of 4:25.35 … Competed in two events at the Sun Angel Classic Invitational, got 2:08.27 in the 800 and 3.45.86 in the 4×400 … Finished first at the Michael Johnson Invitational for the 1,500 and ran it in 4:27.79 … Finished the 800 in 2:08.16 at the Rock Chalk Classic, earning her first place … Finished top 15 in both her events at the Big 12 Championships with an 800 time of 2:11.41 and 1,500 time of 4:30.84.

2022 INDOOR (Jr.)
Started off well finishing first in the 800 at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular with a time of 2:14.46 and also got second in the mile for a time of just over five minutes … Performed her personal best in the 1,000 at the Jayhawk Classic, getting 2:47.82 and placed first … Got second in both events she participated in at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational … Finished top 5 in the 800 at the Iowa State Classic … Finished first in the 1,000 at the Big 12 Indoor Championships with a time of 2:48.21, also finished top 5 in the relay at the event.

2022 CROSS COUNTRY (Jr.)
Finished 24th overall with a time of 18:21.9 at the Greeno/Dirksen Invitational…Finished 83rd overall with a time of 22:05.1 at the Gans Creek Classic…Ran a 22:30.6 6K to place 113th overall at the Weis Crockett Invitational.

2021 OUTDOOR (So.)
Finished in the top 5 in both her events at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, the first being the 1,500 with a time of 4.26.64 and the 800, with a time of 2:08.58 … Achieved a personal best at the Tom Botts Invitational with a 1,500 time of 4:22.46 and placed third … Performed three different events at the Michael Johnson Invitational and placed top 10 in all of them … Finished second at the John McDonnell Invitational in the 4×400 with a time of 3:45.52 … Finished top 5 in both events at the Rock Chalk Classic, she ran the 800 in 2:08.81 and the 4×400 in 3:52.36 … Performed her personal best in the 800 at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 2.06.81, placing her in fourth, also competed and finished the 1,500 in 4:28.80, placing her fifth … Competed in the 1,500 and 4×400 at the NCAA DI West Preliminary Round and finished top 30 for both.

2021 INDOOR (So.)
Placed second in the mile with a time of 4:58.40 at the KSU-KU-WSU Triangular, also ran the 800 and placed third with a time of 2.16.27 … Placed first in the 800 at the Jayhawk Classic with a 2:11.30 and third in the 4×400 with a time of 3:57.97 … Performed her personal best in the mile at the Arkansas Qualifier running it in just 4:49.31, placing in sixth … Got third in the 4×400 at the Iowa State Classic with a time of 3:52.87 … Finished within the top 5 in the relay with a time of 11:43.72 at the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships, also got seventh in the mile for getting a time of 5:05.48.

2021 CROSS COUNTRY (So.)
Placed third in the Bob Timmons Classic in Lawrence, Kansas…Finished the Gans Creek Classic in 32nd place with a time of 21:57.90…Came in 134th placed at the FSU Invite/Pre-Nationals in Tallahassee, Florida.

2020 INDOOR (Fr.)
Opened her season at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational, running a 2:14.39 in the 800 meters … Ran a personal best 2:11.69 in the 800 meters at the Iowa State Classic … Went on to place sixth in the 1,000 meters at the Big 12 Indoor Championship, running a personal best 2:53.23 in the finals … Was also a part of the women’s distance medley relay team that places sixth at the Big 12 Championship, finishing in 11:44.66 and ran the 1000 and placed third with a time of 2.53.23.

2020 CROSS COUNTRY (Fr.)
The Jayhawks’ first runner to cross the finish line at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/19), running a 5K time of 18:33.4 at Rim Rock Farm, to place 10th overall … Again led the Jayhawk women at the Cowboy Jamboree (10/3), running the 6K at the OSU Cross Country Course in 22:13.8 to finish in 14th place overall individually.

2019 OUTDOOR (R-Fr.)
Finished second in the 800-meter run at the Oral Roberts Invitational, clocking in with a time of 2:13.01 … Recorded a personal-best time in the 1,500-meter run, clocking in at 4:38.08, for a fourth-place finish and was a member for the 4×800-meter relay team that won the gold with a time of 9:20.39 at the 92nd Kansas Relays … Posted a personal-best time of 2:10.55 in the 800-meter run at the National Relay Championships … Placed fourth in the 800 at the Ward Haylett Invitational with a time of 2.13.88 … Advanced to the Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships and placed 14th in the 800 with a 2.13.88.

2019 INDOOR (R-Fr.)
Made her Kansas debut with a second-place finish in the 1,000-meter run at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/18) clocking in with a time of 2:55.82 … Recorded a first place finish in the 1,000-meter run (PM session), clocking in at 2:56.61 at the Jayhawk Classic (1/25-1/26) … Ran a new personal-best time in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:11.64 and was a member of the second place 4×400-meter relay finishing with a combined time of 3:48.58 at the ISU Classic (2/8-2/9)

2019 CROSS COUNTRY (R-Fr.)
Began her redshirt-freshman campaign by finishing seventh overall at the Bob Timmons Classic 5K (8/31) with a time of 19:42.0 … Her placing in the field of 27 runners helped secure the team victory for the Jayhawks.

HIGH SCHOOL
Five-time letterwinner in cross country and track & field at Libertyville HS in Libertyville, Illinois for head coach Alison Reifenberg … Broke school records in the 800-meter run, 400-meter dash and as a member of the 4×400-meter relay team … Qualified for the state track & field meet all four years of high school … Three-time All-American at Junior Olympic Nationals … Three-time track & field MVP at Libertyville HS.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Mark and Stephanie Johnson … Has one older sister, Haley … Father, Mark, is a tennis professional … Plans to major in design.

Track & Field 👟 Anderson, Johnson Win Big 12 Titles on Final Day of the Big 12 Championship

Kansas claimed two more individual Big 12 titles on day two of the Big 12 Track & Field Championship on Saturday, as Rylee Anderson (women’s high jump) and Avryl Johnson (women’s 1,000 meters) won their respective events.

Track & Field 👟 Bradford, Johnson Break Facility Records at Jayhawk Classic on Friday

In Kansas’ final home indoor meet of the 2021-22 season, Anschutz Sports Pavilion saw two facility records fall with Zach Bradford breaking the men’s pole vault facility record and Avryl Johnson breaking the women’s 1,000 meters facility record on Friday.