Chris Johnson

Chris Johnson anchor leg of 4x400 at American Outdoor Championships in Denton

Photo by: Zach Del Bello / Mean Green Sports

Position:
Sprints
High School:
Cypress Park HS
Hometown:
Houston, Texas
Prev School:
Indian Hills CC

TFFRS Bio (Indian Hills CC) I TFFRS Bio (UNT)

Personal Bests

200 Meters	21.16
400 Meters	46.58

Honors and Awards
• School Record Holder (4x400, Outdoor)
• School Record Holder (SMR, Outdoor)
• 2026 American Conference Champion (4x400, Outdoor)
• 2025 All-AAC (4x400, Outdoors)
• 2025 All-AAC (4x400, Indoors)
• Four-Time NJCAA All-American (at Indian Hills CC)

2026 Outdoors
Competed in the 200m, 400m and relay events during the outdoor season ... Competed in the 4x400m relay at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and helped UNT to a 19th place finish with the fourth-best time in program history (3:07.65) … Ran 46.56 in the 400m to place fifth at the 44 Farms Invitational and helped the 4x400 relay place second ... Helped the 4x400 relay win the Bill Schmidt Invite and American Outdoor Championships ... Also helped the sprint medley relay place second at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.

2026 Indoors
Competed in the 200m, 300m, 400m and 4x400 relay during the indoor season ... Opened the year with a personal-best 34.18 in the 300m at the Arkansas Invitational ... Ran 46.95 in the 400m to place fifth at the American Indoor Championships and helped the 4x400 relay finish fourth.

2025 Outdoors
Became the No. 5 performer in school history in the 400 meters with a 46.58 PR in the finals of the AAC Championships where he took fourth place ... Also ran a leg of the 4x400 relay that placed third at the conference meet ... Set a personal best in the 200 meters at the Alumni Muster (21.16) ... Posted top-10 finishes in the 400 meters in each of his four appearances.

2025 Indoors
Ran the 200m, 400m and 4x400m relay at five meets ... Was a part of the 4x400m relay team that set a school record at the Jarvis Scott Invite and earned a third-place finish at the AAC Championships ... Placed sixth in the 400 meters at the conference meet with a season-best time of 47.27 ... Recorded his highest finish of the season at the Arkansas Invitational where he placed fourth with a time of 47.96.

Prior to UNT
Four-time JUCO All-American at Indian Hills Community College ... Helped lead the Warriors to a national title at the 2024 NJCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships ... Finished runner-up in the 400m at the indoor championships, while also being a part of the 4x800-meter relay that finished fifth ... Also earned All-America honors at the 2024 Outdoor Championships with a third-place finish in the 4x400.