Aliyah Johnson

Height:
5-10
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Brisbane, Australia

2017, 2016 NCAA Second Team Outdoor All-American (Triple Jump)

2018: Outdoor - Finished her junior season with a 15th-place finish in the triple jump (42’0.5”) at the NCAA East Prelims...Earned the NCAA East Region No. 18 qualifying mark in the TJ...Registered a season-best of 42 feet, 6 ¾ inches in the triple jump at the SEC Outdoor Championships towards 13th place...Opened the triple jump with a sixth-place finish at the Mt. SAC Relays, reaching 42 feet, 4 inches...Debuted the outdoor season at the Bulldog Heptathlon/Decathlon with the second heptathlon of her career, recording a score of 4439 points towards a third-place finish with new PRs in the 200 meters (25.26) and the javelin throw (111’4”)...Named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Spring 2018...Also earned SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.
Indoor - Finished ninth in the triple jump at the SEC Indoor Championships with a leap of 41 feet, 10 ¾ inches...Opened the season with a fourth-place finish in the triple jump (41-8.75) at the Orange & Purple Invite...Has improved her mark steadily, with a most recent jump of 42-4 in a fifth-place finish at the Tiger Paw Invite that stands at No. 34 nationally...Named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Fall 2017.

2017: Outdoor – Soared the seventh-best distance in the triple jump in UGA history with a mark of 43 feet, 8 ½ inches at the Virginia Challenge…Also scored 4,909 points for third in the heptathlon at the Bulldog Heptathlon.
Indoor – Opened the year by winning the triple jump at the Orange & Purple Classic with a mark of 42 feet, 7 ½ inches…Was fourth at the Razorback Invite thanks to an effort of 42-6.75…Moved into the No. 9 spot in school history by traveling 43-0.50 to take fifth in the triple at the Music City Challenge…Was 11^th at the SEC Championships with a top mark of 42-5.50.

2016: Outdoor - Finished sixth at the SEC Championships after her top triple jump mark measured 42 feet, 8 ¼ inches...Hit a personal-best mark of 43-0.25 to finish 12th at the NCAA Prelims and advance to Nationals...Took 10th in the triple jump at the NCAA Championships after soaring 42-10.25.
Indoor - Fininshed fourth in the triple jump at the McCravy Memorial meet after jumping 41 feet, 3 inches...Placed fifth in the triple jump at the Razorback Invitational (40-11.75)...Soared 40 feet, 10 ¼ inches to take third at the Virginia Tech Elite meet in the triple jump...Was fourth in the triple at the Samford Invitational (39-10.00)...Earned seventh at the SEC Championships with a personal-best triple jump of 42 feet, 7 1/2 inches...Placed sixth in the long jump at the Blazer Invitational in 18 feet, 8 ¼ inches.

2015: Outdoor - Redshirted for the Lady Bulldogs.
Indoor - Finished seventh in the open long jump (18-7.75) at the Auburn Invitational...Was eighth in her first collegiate pentathlon with 3,515 points at the McCravy Memorial after arriving in Athens from her home in Australia just weeks before...Finished 12th in the pentathlon at the SEC Championships with a score of 3,611 points.

High School: 2013 Australian Youth Olympic champion in the 100-meter hurdles, long jump and Swedish Relay...Qualified for the 2013 IAAF World Youth Championships in the 100 hurdles, triple jump, long jump and heptathlon and finished fourth in the hep with an Australian Youth record...Took over top ranking for U-20 triple jump in Australia and ranked third in the open age group in 2014...No. 2 all-time on Australia's all-time youth list in the heptathlon after winning the 2013 National Multi-Event Championships...Competed at 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships taking 12th in the triple jump...Qualified for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the triple jump...Captured national championships in the 90 hurdles once, triple jump four times, heptathlon three times, long jump twice and 100 hurdles once in the U-15 to U-20 divisions...Won state championships in the 90 hurdles twice, 100 hurdles once, triple jump five times, heptathlon three times and long jump three times and set five state championship records in the process...Track and field and cross country captain as a senior...Named Most Outstanding Performer on the track and in the field as a junior and senior...Earned school's Athlete of the Year honors as a senior...Received the Julia Ham Award for excellence at the international level as a junior and senior...Named Queensland Rising Athlete Star of the Year as a junior and the Pierre De Coubertin Olympic Award for all-around excellence as a senior...MVP honors in cross country as a junior...Personal-best marks of 25.54 (200-meter dash), 2:30.15 (800), 13.63 (100 hurdles), 5 feet, 7 ¾ inches (high jump), 19-9 (long jump), 43-6 (triple jump), 42-8.25 (3kg shot put), 133-7 (javelin) and 5,547 (heptathlon)...Also swam at Moreton Bay, was an Executive on the student council and won the Academic Award as a senior...Graduated high school in November 2013.

Personal: Born December 16, 1996...Daughter of Sharon and Roderick Johnson...Majoring in pre-Sport Management.