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Alaysha Johnson
OLY

Johnson at the 2024 US Olympic Trials
Personal information
Born	July 20, 1996 (1996-07-20) (age 28)
Education	University of Oregon '18 Texas Tech University '19
Height	160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100 metres hurdles
Turned pro	2019
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100m hurdles: 12.31 (Eugene, 2024)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing the  United States Pan American Games Bronze 2023 Santiago 100m hurdles NACAC Championships Gold 2022 Freeport 100 metres hurdles

Alaysha Johnson OLY (born July 20, 1996) is an American hurdler. She placed second in the 2024 US Olympic trials for the 100 metres hurdles.

Career

A student at the University of Oregon Johnson is studying for a master's degree in sociology. At high school she was on the debate team and was named the Texas Gatorade Track & Field Girls Athlete of the Year award as a high school junior in 2013.

Johnson was the runner up in the 60m hurdles at the 2022 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships behind Gabbi Cunningham. Johnson was also runner up in the 100m hurdles at the 2022 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, this time behind Kendra Harrison with Johnson running a personal best of 12.35 seconds. That time of 12.35 placed Johnson twelfth on the all time 100 metres hurdles list, worldwide. Consequent from this performance Johnson was selected for the American team to take part in the 2022 World Athletics Championships held in Eugene, Oregon. Unfortunately for Johnson, the 100 metre hurdle event did not go well for her as she was one of a number of athletes to crash out and be disqualified, including her compatriot and the defending world champion, Nia Ali.

She finished as runner-up in the 100m hurdles at the LA Grand Prix in May 2024. The following month, finished second at the US Olympic Trials in a personal best time of 12.31 seconds to earn a place on the US team for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Team USA

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  United States
2022	NACAC Championships	Freeport, Bahamas	1st	100 m hurdles	12.62
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	38th	100 meters hurdles	DQ
	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	11th	60 meters hurdles	8.02
2023	Pan American Games	Santiago, Chile	3rd	100 meters hurdles	13.19
2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	7th	100 meters hurdles	12.93

USA National Championships

NCAA

Alaysha Johnson is a 8-time All-American, 2-time Pac-12 Conference Champion, 5-time All-Pac-12 Conference honoree, 3-time Big 12 Conference finalist & 3-time MPSF Indoor Track and Field Championships runner-up.
Johnson is #1 in Oregon Ducks Track and Field history in 100 m hurdles with her time of 12.69 seconds in 2017 and top 10 in the 400 m hurdles.
Johnson is #2 behind Sasha Wallace in Oregon Ducks Track and Field history in 60 m hurdles with her time of 8.01 seconds.

Prep

Alaysha Johnson is the 2013 Gatorade Texas Track and Field Athlete of the Year, a 5-time high school All-American, 2012 Texas UIL 5A State Champion, 5-time University Interscholastic League state finalist. Johnson set Spring High School records in 100 hurdles – 13.98 & 300 hurdles - 41.24.