Skip To Main Content

University of Dayton Athletics

Dayton Flyers image

2021 Women's Track and Field Roster

Malana Johnson

  • Position Sprints
  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Bullis
  • Hometown Silver Spring, Md.
  • Custom1 Sprints

Biography

Event Personal Record Date
60M - Indoor 8.02 2/29/2020
200M - Indoor 25.86 2/2/2019
400M - Indoor 59.47 2/9/2019
100M - Outdoor 12.51 3/27/2021
200M - Outdoor 25.74 5/1/2021
400M- Outdoor 59.29 5/1/2021
400MH - Outdoor 1:07.30 4/6/2019
200M- Outdoor 25.98 3/22/2019


2021 (Senior)
• 2nd Team 2021 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar
• Named to the 2020-21 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

Outdoor
• Completed career at the Atlantic 10 Championships with three PRs: 200m dash in 25.74, 400m dash in 59.29; and was part of Dayton's 4x100 relay that placed fourth at the Atlantic 10 Championships in 47.04, Top 5 all-time at UD
• Part of Dayton's 4x100 relay that placed third at the Miami RedHawk Invitational (48.85), 5ifth at the Indiana State Gibson Invite (47.38),  third at the Cincinnati Oliver Nikoloff Invitational (47.96), second at the Yellow Jacket Collegiate Open (48.33), and fourth at the Blizzard Buster (49.14)
• Competed in the 4x400 relay four times this season with a season best of 3:59.60 at the Atlantic 10 Championships 

Indoor
• Canceled due to COVID-19

2020 (Junior)
• Named to the 2019-20 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
• 2020 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar

Outdoor
• Canceled due to COVID-19

Indoor 
• Set a personal best in the 60M (8.02) at the Atlantic 10 Championship 
• Finished 1st in the 400M with a time of 1:01.32 at the Greyhound Invitational 

2019 (Sophomore)

• Named to University of Dayton Dean's List for Fall 2018
• Named to the 2018-19 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
• 2019 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar

Indoor
• Set a personal best time of 25.86 in the 200M at the Akron Invite
• Also set personal bests in the 60M (8.15) and the 400M (59.47) at the Spire Invitational
• Finished 9th in the 200M at the Gladstein Invite with a time of 26.23

Outdoor
• Set a personal best time of 25.98 in the 200M at the Vanderbilt Invite, good for 3rd place in the competition
• Also set a personal best time of 59.38 in the 400M at the Raleigh Relays
• Also set a personal best time of 1:07.30 in the 400M hurdles at the Oliver Nikolof Invitational
• Was a part of the 4x100 and the 4x400 relay teams

2018 (Freshman)
• Named to 2017-18 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

Indoor
• Personal-best in the 400M at the Atlantic 10 Championships with a time of 1:00.24.
• At the Findlay Classic came in second place with a 4:05.81 4x400 time, and ran her personal best in the 200M with a 26.86 time. 
• Ran a 1:00.32 400M at the Gladstein Invitational
• Ran a 1:00.46 400M at the Akron Invitational and placed second with a 1:01.61 at the Buckeye Classic
• At the Kentucky Invitational hit 26.97 in the 200M and 1:01.05 in the 400M.

Outdoor
• At adidas Raleigh Relays, competed in 3 events- the 400m, running a 1:01.54, the 4x100 relay, where her team ran a 47.65, and the 4x400, where her team ran a 4:06.08
• At the RedBird Invitational- Participated in the 4x100 team that finished 3rd overall with a time of 47.70, ran in the 4x400 team that finished in 4:07.29, ran the 400m and finished in 59.61, and ran the 200m where she finished with a time of 26.68
• Ran in the 4x100 relay team at the Jesse Owens Classic, where her team finished in 47.36
• In the RedHawk Invitational, ran in the 400m, finishing in 1:00.90
• Competed in 3 events at the A-10 Championships: Ran in the 4x100 team that finished in 47.13, the 4x400 team that finished in 3:56.49, and ran in the 400m where she finished in 59.40 (her PR.)

High School
  • Graduated from Bullis High School in Potomac, Md.
  • Earned All-American at New Balance 2017
  • Two-time conference champion at Elizabeth Seton High School
  • Two-time conference champion at Bullis High School

Personal
  • Daughter of Derrick and Lorraine Johnson
  • Has two siblings, Gabriella and Vanessa
  • Majoring in Political Science
  • Plans to become a lawyer

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

    Sprints
    5'3" 110 lbs
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    Sprints
    5'3" 110 lbs
  • 2019Junior

    Sprints
    5'3" 110 lbs
  • 2020Junior

    Sprints
    5'3" 110 lbs
  • 2021Senior

    Sprints
    5'3" 110 lbs