DIRECTOR OF TRACK & FIELD LAWRENCE JOHNSON
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CLEMSON STANDOUTS DURING JOHNSON’S TENURE NCAA CHAMPIONS (5) Men’s Indoor (2) 2009 Jacoby Ford 2011 Miller Moss
60 Dash Heptathlon
Women’s Indoor (1) 2011 Brianna Rollins
60 Hurdles
Women’s Outdoor (2) 2010 Patricia Mamona 2011 Patricia Mamona
Triple Jump Triple Jump
ALL-AMERICANS (82) Men’s Indoor (7) 2009 Jacoby Ford 2010 Spencer Adams Miller Moss 2011 Miller Moss Justin Murdock (2nd) Spencer Adams (2nd) 2012 Spencer Adams
60 Dash 60 Hurdles Heptathlon Heptathlon 60 Dash 60 Hurdles 60 Hurdles
Men’s Outdoor (14) 2009 Jacoby Ford Murdock, Spiller Guy, Ford 2011 Miller Moss Justin Murdock (2nd) Spencer Adams (2nd) Fraser, Murdock (2nd) Jackson, Adams 2012 Spencer Adams Warren Fraser (2nd) Women’s Indoor (28) 2009 Liane Weber 2010 Kim Ruck Brianna Rollins Pringley, Rollins Austin, Edgerson April Sinkler Patricia Mamona April Sinkler Liane Weber 2011 Brianna Rollins Marlena Wesh
men and women at Virginia Tech. He was coming off a 2008 season in which he was named Southeast Region Assistant Coach-of-the-Year by the USTFCCCA. Johnson’s groups were a big reason the Hokies claimed four straight ACC championships and two consecutive NCAA East Region titles on the women’s side since 2006-07. In 2007, he was named National Assistant Coach-of-the-Year for women’s sprints and hurdles. In total, Johnson coached 10 NCAA All-Americans and 17 ACC champions in his four years with the Virginia Tech program. He also coached eight NCAA East Region individual champions. In 2008, he coached the Tech women’s sprinters and hurdlers to historic seasons. One of his athletes, Queen Harrison, earned a spot on the United States roster for the Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Under Johnson’s watchful eye, Harrison was the first female in Virginia Tech history to be named to a U.S. Olympic team. Harrison and Kristi Castlin combined to win ACC Championships in the 100 hurdles and 400 hurdles, and All-America honors in the 60 hurdles under Johnson’s teaching in 2008. Johnson’s student-athletes have experienced great success on the international scene as well. Both Castlin and Harrison earned gold medals in the summer of 2007 at the Pan American Junior
100 Dash 4x100 Relay Decathlon 100 Dash 110 Hurdles 4x100 Relay 110 Hurdles 100 Dash Pentathlon 5000 Meters 60 Hurdles 4x400 Relay Long Jump Triple Jump Triple Jump Pentathlon 60 Hurdles 400 Dash
Championships. Castlin won the 100 hurdles with a meet record, while Harrison accomplished the same feat in the 400 hurdles. International success has followed Johnson’s athletes in his time at Clemson. Kendrick won an individual gold medal in the 200 dash at the IAAF World Junior Championships, while also adding a gold as a member of the 4x100 relay for Team USA in 2010. Kendrick’s individual championship was the first in Clemson women’s track & field history at the world juniors. Dezerea Bryant added a gold for the Tiger program in the 4x100-meter relay in 2012. Bryant was also the USA Junior Champion in the 100-meter dash and bronze medalist at World Juniors in the 200. In 2012, Alyssa Kulik (steeplechase) and Brianna Rollins (100 hurdles) collected gold medals at the North American, Central American and Caribbean Under-23 Championships in Guanajuato, Mexico. Prior to his four-year appointment at Virginia Tech, Johnson spent two years as an assistant at Southern Illinois. Prior to that stop, he assisted with the instruction of sprints, hurdles, and jumps at the University of Arkansas from 1999-2002. The Razorbacks won back-to-back SEC “triple crown” championships during that time. Johnson earned an undergraduate degree in kinesiology from Arkansas in 2000. He earned
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April Sinkler Stormy Kendrick (2nd) Stormy Kendrick (2nd) Jasmine Edgerson (2nd) April Sinkler (2nd) Brittney Waller (2nd) Dezerea Bryant Dezerea Bryant Marlena Wesh Brianna Rollins Bridgette Owens Jasmine Brunson Jasmine Edgerson (2nd) Stormy Kendrick (2nd) Keni Harrison (2nd)
Women’s Outdoor (33) 2010 Golladay, Kendrick Scott, Edgerson April Sinkler Patricia Mamona April Sinkler 2011 Patricia Mamona Michaylin Golladay Alyssa Kulik Golladay, Gracia Morris, Edgerson April Sinkler Liane Weber Bridgette Owens (2nd) April Sinkler (2nd) Jasmine Brunson (2nd) April Sinkler (2nd) 2012 Marlena Wesh Alyssa Kulik Brianna Rollins Bridgette Owens Kendrick, Bryant Wesh, Edgerson April Sinkler Dezerea Bryant (2nd) Monique Gracia (2nd) Keni Harrison (2nd) Keni Harrison (2nd)
Triple Jump 60 Dash 200 Dash 60 Hurdles Long Jump Weight Throw 60 Dash 200 Dash 400 Dash 60 Hurdles 60 Hurdles Triple Jump 60 Dash 60 Dash 60 Hurdles 4x100 Relay Long Jump Triple Jump Triple Jump Triple Jump 100 Hurdles Steeplechase 4x100 Relay Long Jump Heptathlon 100 Hurdles High Jump Long Jump Triple Jump 400 Dash Steeplechase 100 Hurdles 100 Hurdles 4x100 Relay Triple Jump 200 Dash 100 Hurdles 100 Hurdles 400 Hurdles
Note: All-Americans are first team unless otherwise noted.
one varsity letter with the Razorbacks’ nationallyrenowned program. As a sprinter, he helped Arkansas to four SEC indoor and outdoor championships and the 1998 NCAA Outdoor national championship. In 1995, Johnson was a member of the “triple crown” national championship track & field team at Blinn College in Texas. He also was a 1996 South Coast Conference champion in the 400 at Long Beach City College before moving on to Arkansas. Johnson is married to the former Lilly Montgomery. The couple has four children, Desirae (18), Lawrence (12), Laniah (8), and Lukas (7).