2022 Outdoor Track Roster

Mya Johnson

  • Class Sophomore
  • High School Henry E. Lackey H.S.
  • Hometown Bryan's Road, Maryland
  • Major Aerospace Engineering

Biography

Personal Records
Mark Date Event
Cross Country
5K 44:39.1 9/11/21 DSU XC Invite
Indoor Track
Weight Throw 7.82m 2/22/22 MEAC Indoor Championships
60H 12.41 1/28/22 Eastern Shore Invite
Long Jump 3.65m 1/15/22 HBCU Showcase
Shot Put 9.06m 1/15/22 HBCU Showcase
Outdoor Track
Discus 31.89m 4/16/22 Norfolk State Invitational
Javelin 23.51m 4/6/22 Delaware State Invitational
Shot Put 8.73m 4/16/22 Norfolk State Invitational
Hammer 21.90m 3/26/22 Weems Baskin Relays

2022 Outdoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Placed third in the javelin at the Delaware State Invitational ...

2022 Indoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Participated as a multies and throwing specialist ...

2022 Cross Country (Sophomore): Placed 30th at the Delaware State Cross Country Invite ... 

2021 Outdoor Track & Field (Freshman): Hawks opted out of season due to COVID-19 Pandemic

2020-21 Indoor Track & Field (Freshman): Hawks opted out of season due to COVID-19 Pandemic

High School: Principal's honor roll all four quarters and all four years ... Graduated in Top 10 of class ... Varsity Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field all four years ... Third-place medal (2017) ... State Qualifier in 10th and 11th grade ... Multiple ribbons throughout high school ... Team was SMAC Champions, Regional Champions & three-time back-to-back-to-back State Champions ... 

Personal: Nickname is "Big Dawg Mya" ... Daughter of Rochelle & Ricardo Johnson ... Member of the UMES Honors Program ... Pre-competition routine includes listening to Beyonce's Homecoming Album and reading over Psalms 23 and Exodus 14:14, then praying ... Personal best athletic moment was winning third place at the Marine Corps Holiday Classic in New York, "because it was my first medal and I went to New York City" ... Person who has had the biggest influence on her was her mother "because she is the strongest woman I know and love" ... Wants to be an Aerospace Engineer after graduation ... Best advice received: "You are much stronger than you think you are" — her brother Marquise ... Hobbies include playing video games and watching movies ... Favorite Book: The Help by Kathryn Stockett or the Bone Series by J. Smith ... Favorite movies are Love & Basketball & Cadillac Records ... Personal athletic goal is to "work harder than I ever have before and PR" ... Goal before graduation is to "become a better athlete than I am currently and bring a different aspect to the team" ... Important to know: "I love food" ...

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

  • 2022Sophomore

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