Chad Johnson

Position:
Distance
Weight:
null
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
North Robinson, Ohio
High School:
Colonel Crawford

Awards and Honors
All-Big 12 XC: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022
USTFCCCA All-Midwest Region XC: 2018, 2019, 2022
2020 NCAA Indoor Championships Qualifier (DMR Relay Pool)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (XC: 2022)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2021, Spring 2022)

Personal Records

800m	1:53.77	2022 Outdoor
	1:55.47	2022 Indoor
1,000m	2:26.21	2022 Indoor
1,500m	3:42.40	2022 Outdoor
Mile	3:59.12	2023 Indoor
	4:10.43	2018 Outdoor
3,000m	7:50.96	2023 Indoor
5,000m	13:34.86	2022 Outdoor
	13:33.15	2023 Indoor

2022-23
Outdoor: Finished 38^th in the 1,500-meter run at NCAA West Preliminaries with 3:50.34 … finished fourth at the Stanford Invite with a season-best 3:43.52 … placed 15^th at Big 12 Championships in the 1,500m clocking 3:48.26 … placed 11^th in the 5,000m at Drake Relays in 14:03.11.

Indoor: Opened season posting the third-fastest 5,000-meter run time in ISU history with 13:33.15 at the BU Season Opener … improved rank from No. 9 to No. 3 in program history with a mile time of 3:59.12 at the Razorback Invite, becoming the seventh Cyclone all-time to break four minutes … posted a 3,000m PR of 7:50.96 at the Husky Classic becoming the fourth-fastest performer in ISU history … scored in the 5,000m at Big 12 Championships with an eighth-place finish of 14:30.53 … also ran the mile (4:00.76) at the Cyclone Open.

XC: Competed in all five meets for Iowa State … earned All-Midwest Region honors with 15th place finish at NCAA XC Championships Midwest Regional (10K, 13:33.15) … became third men’s cross country student-athlete in Iowa State history to earn four career All-Big 12 honors with 13th place finish at Big 12 Championships (8K, 24:39.5) … opened campaign with fourth place finish at the Mizzou XC Opener (6K, 18:10.5) … came in sixth place at the Gans Creek Classic (8K, 23:45.6) … took 113th overall at the Nuttycombe Invitational (8K, 24:08.7).

2021-22
Outdoor: Ran in five meets for the Cyclones … qualified for the NCAA West Preliminaries in the 5,000 meter run, finishing 33rd (14:06.55) … claimed bronze medal in the 5K at the Big 12 Championships (14:08.62), moving up from fifth to third place on the final lap … ran second leg for ISU’s winning 4x1,600m relay at the Drake Relays (16:23.05) … also took eighth anchoring distance medley relay (9:50.90) at the Drake Relays … clocked personal best 13:34.86, good for seventh in Iowa State history, in the 5,000m run at the Bryan Clay Invitational … opened season with PRs in 800m (1:53.77) and 1,500m (3:42.40) at the Raleigh Relays.

Indoor: Competed for the Cyclones in six meets … anchored for ISU’s silver medal distance medley relay (9:37.92) and finished fifth in the 3,000m run (7:58.45) at the Big 12 Championships … clocked personal best 7:52.14 in the 3,000m while finishing fourth at the Iowa State Classic, moving up to No. 5 in ISU history for the event … entered ISU’s all-time top-10 in the mile in ninth with his 4:00.74 at the Cyclone Open … opened season with 13:57.25 in the 5,000m at the Wooo Pig Classic, ranking ninth in ISU indoor history … also competed at the Razorback Invitational and Graduate Classic.

XC: Ran for Iowa State in all five meets, helping guide the Cyclones to a second place finish at the NCAA Cross Country Championships … finished 116th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in a 10K time of 30:19.7 … took 36th at the NCAA Cross Country Championship Midwest Regional … finished in 23rd at the Big 12 XC Championship … took 15th at the Griak Invitational … also competed at the Wisconsin Nuttycombe Invitational.

2020-21
Outdoor: Did not compete.

Indoor: Did not compete.

XC: Finished 122nd at the NCAA Championships... competed at the OSU Winter Open, finishing 13th individually in 25:12.9... raced to a 41st-place finish at the FSU Winter XC Classic... became a three-time All-Big 12 honoree with a seventh-place finish (23:31.7) at the Big 12 Championship … in his first race of the year, earned a top-10 finish at the Cowboy Jamboree, taking eighth individually in a time of 24:21.1 (8k).

2019-20
Outdoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19 outbreak worldwide.

Indoor: Competed in four meets for Iowa State … finished third in the 5,000m run (14:09.95) and sixth in the 3,000m run (8:17.92) at the Big 12 Championships, helping the ISU men secure the team title … clocked personal best 7:59.24 in the 3,000m run at the UW Invitational, becoming the ninth male in ISU history to go under eight minutes in the 3K … notched personal best 4:04.28 in the mile at the Iowa State Classic … also ran the mile at the Wieczorek Invite.

XC: Helped Iowa State to a fourth-place showing at the NCAA Championship, the Cyclones’ best finish in the last 25 years, finishing 43rd individually with a time of 31:21.6… earned All-Region honors with a 12th-place outing at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championship, crossing the finish line in 31:11.7… one of seven Cyclone runner to earn All-Big 12 recognition as Iowa State cruised to its third-straight Big 12 team championship… finished eighth individually at the Conference Championship in 23:58.1… took 95th at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational with a time of 24:35.7… began the year at the John McNichols Invitational where he finished 19th in 24:50.

2018-19
Outdoor: Ran in two meets for Iowa State … posted personal best 14:16.16 to finish sixth in 5,000-meter run at Big 12 Championships … also ran in the 5K at the Cardinal Classic (14:17.83).

Indoor: Took part in two meets for the Cyclones … finished seventh in the 3,000m run at the Big 12 Championships (8:25.81) … posted personal best 8:11.23 at 5K to finish fifth at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational.

XC: Competed in every event for ISU in his rookie campaign… was Iowa State's third finisher at the NCAA Championships racing to a 61st-place finish… earned All-Region and All-Big 12 honors by finishing 11th at both the NCAA Regional and Big 12 Championship races… ran at the Nuttycombe Invitational and Hawkeye Invitational.

High School
2018 New Balance Nationals Indoor champion at 5,000 meters, clocking a personal best 14:42.59 to take the crown ... two-time Ohio state champion at 3,200 meters, winning his senior season in a state-record time of 9:05.38 ... as a senior, won district titles at 800, 1,600, 3,200 meters and as member of 4x800-meter relay and claimed regional titles at 1,600 and 3,200 meters ... after outdoor season, finished eighth in two-mile race at Brooks PR Invitational ... as a junior, won district title at 1,600 meters and regional title at 3,200 meters ... in cross country, claimed state titles in both his junior and senior seasons.

Personal
Liberal Studies major.