Johnson broke the school long jump record with a distance of 25-2.00. The previous school record was held by Michael Hanks, who held it for 31 years with a distance of 25-1.25.
“Sometimes you have those jumps where you feel like you broke your own personal record,” Johnson said. “For the school record I did not think anything about it, but when I looked back and saw where I landed I knew it would be close, and when the numbers flashed on the board I was just in shock that I broke the record.”
Breaking the record for long jump has brought many individual awards Johnson’s way and none were more important to him than being named the men’s Sun Belt Field Athlete of the Week.