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Johnson, Sheena
- Qualified for the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team when she won the 400m hurdles at Trials in 52.95 seconds: a new Collegiate, Olympic Trials, and U.S. Championship record and also the fastest time by an American on U.S. soil
- 2003 and 2004 NCAA Champion in 400m hurdles, only the fourth woman in NCAA women’s history to win the event multiple times
- Thirteen-time All-American, four-time West Region champion, ten-time Pac-10 Champion, and eleven-time Prep All-American (hurdles, jumps, relays).
- Won USA Junior 400m hurdles championship in 1999, 2000, and 2001
- Was named 2004 USTCA National, Regional, and Pac-10 Women’s Track & Field Athlete of the Year; season championships included NCAA Outdoor 400m hurdles, PAC-10 100m and 400m hurdles, and NCAA West Region 100m and 400m hurdles.
- Was top women’s point-producer at 2004 NCAA Outdoor Championships, leading the UCLA women to their first Outdoor title since 1983.
- Besides winning NCAA 400m hurdle championship in 2003, was NCAA West Regional champion in 400m hurdles; also Pac-10 champion in 400m hurdles and 100m hurdles.
- Was ranked number 5 in the U.S. for 400m hurdles by Track & Field News in 2002, when she earned All-American status at both the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor championships and also earned victories at the Pac-10 Championships in 400m hurdles and 4x400m relay.
- As a college freshman in 2001, was named Pac-10 Conference Newcomer of the Year, taking first in the Pac-10 400m hurdles and 4x400m relay; won the 400m hurdles in Junior International competition against Great Britain.
- Won 400m hurdles at Penn Relays in 1998, 1999, and 2000, the first time in Penn prep history that an athlete won the same event three years in a row.
- During her career at Virginia’s Garfield High School (graduated 2000), won 28 district and regional titles, fifteen individual state championships, and six national championships
- In her senior year, won state championship in 300m hurdles, 100m hurdles, triple jump, and long jump
- Recognized by Track & Field News as the Outstanding Female High School Indoor Track and Field performer for 1999 and 2000
At Trials, Johnson and her U.S teammates on the 400m hurdle Olympic squad (Brenda Taylor and Lashinda Demus) set the fastest times in the world for 2004. “I knew that we’d all have to run a P.R. [personal record] to make the team,” Johnson notes. The impressive performance makes them the athletes to beat. As quoted by The Associated Press, Johnson said, “I know everybody’s going to come after me, so I guess I’ve just got to run. I know we have the best hurdlers in the world, so as long as I know that, I think I’ll be OK.”
“I dreamed of making the team ever since high school. To actually do it is really special.”—Sheena Johnson after winning the 400m hurdles at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials
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Height: 5’5”
Born: 01-Oct-82
Hometown: Stafford, Va.
Resides: Los Angeles, Ca.
Sport: Track & Field
Event: 400m Hurdles
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