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Sydney Johnson
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- High School:
- Whitney HS
- Hometown:
- Roseville, Calif.
Bio
TFRRS Profile
Career Honors
Two-time Second Team Outdoor All-American (2025: Heptathlon, Long Jump)
2025 Second Team Outdoor All-Big Ten (Heptathlon, Long Jump)
2025 OAE Success Award
UCLA Academic Excellence Award
2025
Earned a pair of Second Team All-America honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, placing 14th in both the long jump (6.15m / 20-2.25) and heptathlon (5,635) ... Set a school record in the pentathlon (4,171) during the Big Ten Indoor Championships ... Booked her spot in NCAAs after placing 11th in the long jump at NCAA West Regionals (6.38m / 20-11.25) ... Earned two medals at the Outdoor Big Ten Championships after finishing second in the long jump (6.28m / 20-7.25) and third in the heptathlon (5,820) ... Competed at 13 meets over the course of the season, eight during outdoor season and five during indoor season ... Her top multis performance of the year came at Outdoor B1Gs, as her score of 5,820 was a PB and No. 3 in school history; she also set event PRs in the 200m (23.86) and 100m hurdles (13.61) and finished top-10 in five of seven events ... At NCAAs, she notched PRs in the javelin (32.63m / 107-1) and shot put (12.23) while also recording top-10 finishes in the long jump (6.34m / 20-9.75) and 200m (24.35) ... Recorded a non-wind-legal mark of 6.79m (22-3.5) in the long jump during the Vince O'Boyle Classic, which ranked fourth among all collegiate jumpers during the 2025 season and would have ranked No. 3 in school history had it been wind-legal ... Her top legal mark of the year in the long jup came during the Big Ten heptathlon, as she hit 6.38m (20-11.25) to win that event ... Won the long jump with a mark of 6.22m (20-5) to help UCLA to a dual meet win over crosstown rival USC on May 4 at Drake Stadium ... Also won the long jump at the Jim Bush Legends Meet (6.14m / 20-1.75) and Vince O'Boyle Classic ... Scored for UCLA at the Big Ten Indoor Championships after placing fourth in the pentathlon with a PB score of 4,171; she set a PB in the 60m hurdles (8.65), won the long jump (6.40m / 21-0; No. 5 in indoor school history), and was top-10 in three of five events ... Runner-up in the long jump at the Tiger Paw Invitational ... Runner-up in the pentathlon at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic during indoor season (4,090) ... Named to the All-Big Ten Conference Second Team after finishing runner-up in both the women's heptathlon and long jump at the 2025 Outdoor Big Ten Championships ... Named to the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll for fall, winter, and spring quarters ... Named a 2025 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (3.7+ GPA for the academic year) ... Received the Academic Excellence Award at the 2024-25 UCLA Scholar-Athlete Banquet, which recognizes graduating student-athletes who made the Athletic Director's Honor Roll every quarter they attended at UCLA ... Recipient of UCLA's OAE Success Award at the 2024-25 Scholar-Athlete Banquet - recipients of this award met their challenge with courage, strength, and resiliency and were able to successfully overcome challenges in their personal lives while still excelling academically.
2024
Did not compete during the indoor season … Appeared in seven outdoor meets in the heptathlon, long jump, and high jump … Opened the season placing second in the heptathlon at the Sam Adams Combined Events/UCSB Invitational … Finished first at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational in the long jump … Scored a season-best 5,514 points in the heptathlon at the Bryan Clay Invitational to place first … Was a scorer for the Bruins in the long jump at the USC Dual Meet … Scored 5,437 in the heptathlon to finish fifth in the Conference at the Pac-12 Championships … Leaped 5.96m (19-06.75) to place 40th in the region at the NCAA West First Rounds in May … Selected to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll for the indoor track & field season.
2023
Jumped a team-best 1.70m (5-07.00) in the indoor high jump at the Dr. Sander Invite, finishing first in the meet … Placed eighth at the Don Kirby Invite in the long jump event, recording a mark of 6.04m (19-09.75) in the New Mexico meet … Competed in 25 indoor events during the indoor season, completing three pentathlons during the campaign … Scored 3,855 points in the Ken Shannon Last Chance meet, which ranks seventh all-time for the indoor pentathlon ... Did not compete during the outdoor season.
High School
Team MVP for Whitney HS … Earned All-League (Sierra Foothill) and All-Section (Sac-Joaquin) honors … Owned high school best marks of 19-10.00 in the long jump, 39-02.25 in the triple jump, and 14.43 in the 100m hurdles … As senior in 2021, earned 12 victories in the long jump, 10 victories in the 100m hurdles, six victories in the triple jump, and five victories in the high jump … Finished third in the long jump and triple jump, as well as fifth in the 100H at the 2021 California State Track & Field Championships … Also a 2019 CIF State qualifier in the long jump, ultimately finishing fifth overall … Won the heptathlon competition at AAU West Coast Nationals with a final score of 4310 points … Had a high school-best heptathlon total of 4564 points.
Personal
Born in Sacramento, Calif., to parents Lisa and Douglass Johnson … Has an older sister, Shelby … Decided to attend UCLA for its “incredible academic programs, opportunities, and rich athletic history and promise” … Admires Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Allyson Felix, Sydney McLaughlin, and Nafi Thiam … Enjoys cooking, painting, and music … Has two dogs, Desi and Tilly.
Career Honors
Two-time Second Team Outdoor All-American (2025: Heptathlon, Long Jump)
2025 Second Team Outdoor All-Big Ten (Heptathlon, Long Jump)
2025 OAE Success Award
UCLA Academic Excellence Award
2025
Earned a pair of Second Team All-America honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, placing 14th in both the long jump (6.15m / 20-2.25) and heptathlon (5,635) ... Set a school record in the pentathlon (4,171) during the Big Ten Indoor Championships ... Booked her spot in NCAAs after placing 11th in the long jump at NCAA West Regionals (6.38m / 20-11.25) ... Earned two medals at the Outdoor Big Ten Championships after finishing second in the long jump (6.28m / 20-7.25) and third in the heptathlon (5,820) ... Competed at 13 meets over the course of the season, eight during outdoor season and five during indoor season ... Her top multis performance of the year came at Outdoor B1Gs, as her score of 5,820 was a PB and No. 3 in school history; she also set event PRs in the 200m (23.86) and 100m hurdles (13.61) and finished top-10 in five of seven events ... At NCAAs, she notched PRs in the javelin (32.63m / 107-1) and shot put (12.23) while also recording top-10 finishes in the long jump (6.34m / 20-9.75) and 200m (24.35) ... Recorded a non-wind-legal mark of 6.79m (22-3.5) in the long jump during the Vince O'Boyle Classic, which ranked fourth among all collegiate jumpers during the 2025 season and would have ranked No. 3 in school history had it been wind-legal ... Her top legal mark of the year in the long jup came during the Big Ten heptathlon, as she hit 6.38m (20-11.25) to win that event ... Won the long jump with a mark of 6.22m (20-5) to help UCLA to a dual meet win over crosstown rival USC on May 4 at Drake Stadium ... Also won the long jump at the Jim Bush Legends Meet (6.14m / 20-1.75) and Vince O'Boyle Classic ... Scored for UCLA at the Big Ten Indoor Championships after placing fourth in the pentathlon with a PB score of 4,171; she set a PB in the 60m hurdles (8.65), won the long jump (6.40m / 21-0; No. 5 in indoor school history), and was top-10 in three of five events ... Runner-up in the long jump at the Tiger Paw Invitational ... Runner-up in the pentathlon at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic during indoor season (4,090) ... Named to the All-Big Ten Conference Second Team after finishing runner-up in both the women's heptathlon and long jump at the 2025 Outdoor Big Ten Championships ... Named to the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll for fall, winter, and spring quarters ... Named a 2025 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (3.7+ GPA for the academic year) ... Received the Academic Excellence Award at the 2024-25 UCLA Scholar-Athlete Banquet, which recognizes graduating student-athletes who made the Athletic Director's Honor Roll every quarter they attended at UCLA ... Recipient of UCLA's OAE Success Award at the 2024-25 Scholar-Athlete Banquet - recipients of this award met their challenge with courage, strength, and resiliency and were able to successfully overcome challenges in their personal lives while still excelling academically.
2024
Did not compete during the indoor season … Appeared in seven outdoor meets in the heptathlon, long jump, and high jump … Opened the season placing second in the heptathlon at the Sam Adams Combined Events/UCSB Invitational … Finished first at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational in the long jump … Scored a season-best 5,514 points in the heptathlon at the Bryan Clay Invitational to place first … Was a scorer for the Bruins in the long jump at the USC Dual Meet … Scored 5,437 in the heptathlon to finish fifth in the Conference at the Pac-12 Championships … Leaped 5.96m (19-06.75) to place 40th in the region at the NCAA West First Rounds in May … Selected to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll for the indoor track & field season.
2023
Jumped a team-best 1.70m (5-07.00) in the indoor high jump at the Dr. Sander Invite, finishing first in the meet … Placed eighth at the Don Kirby Invite in the long jump event, recording a mark of 6.04m (19-09.75) in the New Mexico meet … Competed in 25 indoor events during the indoor season, completing three pentathlons during the campaign … Scored 3,855 points in the Ken Shannon Last Chance meet, which ranks seventh all-time for the indoor pentathlon ... Did not compete during the outdoor season.
High School
Team MVP for Whitney HS … Earned All-League (Sierra Foothill) and All-Section (Sac-Joaquin) honors … Owned high school best marks of 19-10.00 in the long jump, 39-02.25 in the triple jump, and 14.43 in the 100m hurdles … As senior in 2021, earned 12 victories in the long jump, 10 victories in the 100m hurdles, six victories in the triple jump, and five victories in the high jump … Finished third in the long jump and triple jump, as well as fifth in the 100H at the 2021 California State Track & Field Championships … Also a 2019 CIF State qualifier in the long jump, ultimately finishing fifth overall … Won the heptathlon competition at AAU West Coast Nationals with a final score of 4310 points … Had a high school-best heptathlon total of 4564 points.
Personal
Born in Sacramento, Calif., to parents Lisa and Douglass Johnson … Has an older sister, Shelby … Decided to attend UCLA for its “incredible academic programs, opportunities, and rich athletic history and promise” … Admires Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Allyson Felix, Sydney McLaughlin, and Nafi Thiam … Enjoys cooking, painting, and music … Has two dogs, Desi and Tilly.
Sight and Sounds: Cross Country
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Wednesday, August 29
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