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2018-19 Track and Field Roster

Malik Johnson

  • Position Sprints
  • Class First Year
  • Hometown Elmont, N.Y.
  • Previous School Elmont Memorial
  • College Columbia College

Biography

2018-19 (First-Year): (Indoor) Set a personal record time of 2:47.30 in the 1,000-Meter Run at the Fastrack Metro Season Opener (Dec. 1) ... Crossed the line in 2:02.49 for a PR time in the 800-Meter Run at the Great Dane Classic (Jan. 12) ... Posted a pair of top five finishes at the Dartmouth-Yale-Columbia (Jan. 18) meet, finishing fourth with a PR time of 1:05.40 in the 500-Meter Dash and ran the opening leg of the 4x400-Meter Relay team that finished third with a time of 3:19.00 ... Ran the second leg on the Distance Medley Relay squad that crossed first with a time of 9L38.93 at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge (Jan. 26) ... Set a PR in the 400-Meter Dash with a time of 50.78 at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge ... Crossed in ninth place, Columbia's second best performer, in the 500m with a time of 1:06.30 at the Mets Indoor Track & Field Championships (Jan. 31-Feb. 1). (Outdoor) Did not compete.

Personal: Local product from Elmont Memorial High School in New York … A four-time all-county and all-conference performer … The Nassau County Athlete of the Year in 2017 … Ran at the New Balance Nationals in 2017, earning all-american honors in the 4x400m relay … Member of the 2017 NYSPHSSA Indoor State Championship in the 4x400m relay … Comes to Columbia with personal bests of 22.83 in the 200m, 36.04 in the 300m, 49.84 in the 400m, and 1:22.12 in the 600m … The son of Laura and Bernard Johnson.

Career Bests
1000m (Indoor)
- 2:47.30
Fastrack Metro Season Opener - Dec. 1, 2018
800m (Indoor) - 2:02.49
Great Dane Classic - Jan. 12, 2019
500m (Indoor) - 1:05.40
Dartmouth-Yale-Columbia - Jan. 18, 2019
400m (Indoor) - 50.78
Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge - Jan. 24-26, 2019