Presbyterian College

PERSONAL RECORDS
Spring 2024: Set the program records in the 400 meters, 1500 meters, and the one mile.

Fall 2023: Awarded the Big South’s Christenberry Award for Academic Excellence and the Big South Men’s Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year award…Broke the program’s record for the 5K in the first meet of the season at the Belmont Opener.

Spring 2023: Opened the spring with a 1:58.53 in the 800m at the Bulldog Open… posted a 4:36.58 in the same event in the Mile… led the Blue Hose in the 1500m at Anderson with a 4:05.12… added a 1:58.05 in the 800m at Anderson… paced the Blue Hose in the 1500m at Anderson with a 4:02.18… led the team in the 800m at 1:57.89… competed as a part of the program’s first 4x400 team that tallied a 3:40.47… smashed the school record in the 800m at the Aggie Classic with a 1:52.95… led PC in the 1500m at 4:07.21…

Fall 2022: Opened his fall season with a 28:20.7 at the Eye Opener… improved at the UNF Invitational with a 28:13.3… posted his season-best at the QC invite with a 27:00… his time at the QC Invite ranks seventh in the Blue Hose DI record book… recorded a 27:11.1 at the Royals Challenge which ranks inside the top 15 in the Blue Hose DI Record Book… closed out the fall season with a 27:36.1 at the Big South Championship… led the Blue Hose men at all five races for quickest time… named to the Big South All-Academic Team…

Spring 2022: Opened the spring with a 1:56.00 in the 800m at CIU… led the Blue Hose in 1500m at CIU with 4:09.71… started the day at SWU with a 1:59.84 in the 800m… improved in 1500m at SWU with 4:07.77… posted a 1:57.85 in the 800m at USC… recorded a 4:11.56 in the 1500m invite at South Carolina… finished the spring with his fastest 1500m at 4:07.21 at Georgia Tech… added a 1:56.27 in the 800m as well in Atlanta…

Fall 2021: Led the Blue Hose with a 28th place finish at the Eye Opener with a time of 28:15.2… paced the men’s team at the Royals Challenge with a 27:15.8… led PC at the Vertcross Invite with a 29:46.4… team-best 28:02.6 at the Big South Championship… was named to the men’s Big South All-Academic Team…

Spring 2021: Opened the year with a 27:27.9 in his collegiate debut which netted him a 27th place finish at the Winthrop Invite… improved his time at the Big South Championship to finish with a 26:44.5… the finish placed him third in the Blue Hose DI record book for freshman and fourth overall in the DI record book… shattered the school record in the 800 meters at the CIU Rams Invitational with a 1:58.13… also posted a 4:09 in the 1500 meter as well at CIU… Johnson finished third in the 800 meter at the Weems Baskin Relays surpassing his own record set at CIU with a 1:55.31… set a personal best mark in the 1500 meter with a 4:08.16 at the Weems… Johnson earned the win at the Winthrop Quadrangular in the 800 meters with a 1:57.27… Johnson paced the team in the 1500 meters in Rock Hill with a 4:09.39… he closed out the spring breaking his own DI record for the third time in the spring during the 800 meter at the USC Open posting a 1:55.03… he also posted a PR in the 1500 meter with a 4:06.82…

HS PR: 5k – 15:45 ; 1600m – 4:26 ; 800m – 1:57

High School: Was a 5A all-state award winner in 2018 & 2019 at Lexington High School … 5A all-state in the 800m in 2019 … two-time all-region runner … two-time all-county runner … off the track was a national honor and national technical honor society member… was a palmetto fellows recipient… was a Griffith Scholar finalist… involved in the student council and was the president of the local HOSA chapter…

Personal: William Johnson … Son of Gary and Kim Johnson… Chose PC because of he like the atmosphere of a smaller college, and PC provided that. … plans to major in Biology… his brother Alex was a runner for PC from 2015-19…