2018-19 Track & Field Roster
Genaya Johnson
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Mallard Creek HS
- Hometown:
- Charlotte, N.C.
Career Results
2020 Outdoor: Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019-20 Indoor: Competed in seven meets during her senior indoor season for the Panthers... Posted a personal record time of 7.62 seconds in the 60m dash at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 7) as she earned a 16th place finish... Notched a season-best 200m dash time of 24.85 seconds at the Hokie Invitational (Jan. 24) as she took 12th place... Took third place in the 60m dash at the Doug Raymond National (Feb. 14) with a time of 7.69 seconds.
2019 Outdoor: Placed 22nd at the ACC Championships (May 11) in the 100m with a time of 12.08 and placed 12th in the 4x100m relay with a time of 46.27 … Finished fourth in the 100m with a time of 12.27 at the Virginia Four-Team Challenge (April 6) … Was also on the 4x100m relay team that placed first at the meet … Ran the 100m in 12.01 to place fifth at the Raleigh Relays (March 30) … Was on the 4x100m relay team that placed fifth at the FSU Relays (March 23) with a time of 46.64.
2018-19 Indoor: Placed second in the 60m with a time of 7.78 at the Kent State Tune-Up (Feb. 16) … Finished seventh in the 60m at the Power Five Invitational (Feb. 2) with a time of 7.74 … Ran a 7.78 in the 60m to place sixth at the Youngstown State Icebreaker (Dec. 7).
2018 Outdoor: Competed in six meets including the ACC Outdoor Championships … Participated in the ACC Outdoor Championships (May 10-12) in the 100m finishing 28th with a time of 12.29 … Also participated in the Virginia Challenge (Apr. 20-21) in the 200m (25.67).
2017-18 Indoor: Competed at four meets … Recorded a personal best 25.38 in the 200m at the Kent State Golden Flash Gala (Dec. 8-9), finishing in seventh place … Recorded a season best 7.66 in the 60m at the Kent State Golden Flash Gala (Dec. 8-9), finishing in fifth place.
2017 Outdoor: Represented Pitt in the 100m and helped the 4x100m relay team to a fifth place finish at the ACC Outdoor Championships (May 12) … competed at eight meets … Helped the 4x100m relay team finish third at the Virginia Challenge (April 21), Louisville Invitational (April 14), and Miami Hurricane Alumni Invitational (April 7) … Set personal-bests in the 100m (11.95) and 200m (24.84) at the Miami Hurricane Alumni Challenge.
2016-17 Indoor: Posted a season-best time of 7.65 in the preliminary rounds of the 60m dash at the ACC Indoor Championships (Feb. 25), placing 17th overall … Ran a season-best 25.59 in the 200m at the Kent State Golden Flash Gala (Dec. 9), placing eighth … Six individual top-10 finishes.
High School: As a junior, Johnson finished eighth in the North Carolina 4A State Championship in the 100m dash with a time of 11.96 seconds … Her 4x100m relay team were state champs in her junior year when they broke the state record in the event with a time of 46.69 seconds … In her senior year, Johnson finished fifth in the North Carolina 4A State Championship in the 100m dash, while posting a time of 11.81 seconds … She was the MVP of her team that season as they came in second place overall in the meet.
Personal: Daughter of Nakeya Nelson and Ryan Johnson ... Has one sibling, Jaedyn Watley-Nelson ... Enrolled in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences ... Plans to major in biology.
