2024 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Naomi Johnson
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Eleanor Roosevelt HS
- Hometown:
- Eastvale, Calif.
TFRRS Profile
Career Honors
7x All-American (4x Outdoor, 3x Indoor)
2025 First Team Outdoor All-American (4x400)
Three-time Second Team Indoor All-America (4x400; 2023-25)
Three-time Second Team Outdoor All-America (4x400; 2023-24, 4x100: 2025)
2025 Second Team Outdoor All-Big Ten (4x100)
Big Ten Track Athlete of the Week (May 7, 2025)
2025
Earned three All-America honors over the course of the year, including her first-ever First Team accolade (outdoor 4x400) ... Also earned Second Team All-America honors in the indoor 4x400 and outdoor 4x100 ... Competed individually at the Outdoor NCAA Championships in the 200m, coming in 22nd (23.17) ... Placed 15th in the 200m at NCAA West Regionals with a top time of 22.94 ... Named to the All-Big Ten Conference Second Team after finishing runner-up in the women's 4x100 relay at the 2025 Outdoor Big Ten Championships (43.62) ... Selected as the Big Ten Track Athlete of the Week after setting a trio of UCLA all-time top-10 times, including a school record in the 4x100 relay, to help UCLA to a dual-meet sweep over crosstown rival USC on May 4 ... In that USC meet, she won the 200m (22.91) while finishing runner-up in the 4x100 (43.03) and 4x400 (3:32.22) and also setting a best time and scoring in the 100m (11.28) ... Besides her runner-up finish in the 4x100 at Outdoor Big Tens, she scored in both the 4x400 (3:32.95, fourth) and 200m (23.30, sixth) while also competing in the 100m (11.69, 16th) ... Had a triple at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invite, winning the 100m (11.47) and 200m (23.25) while also serving on the first-place 4x100 relay (43.74) ... Helped UCLA to an 11th place finish in the 4x400 (3:53.51) at the Indoor NCAA Championships on March 14 ... Scored in both the 4x400 (3:31.11, third) and 200m (23.32, eighth) at the Indoor Big Ten Championships ... Competed in 13 meets over the course of the season, eight during outdoor season and five during indoor season ... Named to the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll for fall quarter, winter, and spring quarters.
2024
Competed in six meets during the indoor season … Claimed first at the New Mexico Team Open in the 4x400m relay (3:36.80) … Ran the third fastest 4x400m relay time in UCLA indoor history alongside teammates Aly Conyers, Kaylen Fletcher, and Kate Jendrezak at the Eagle Elite Invitational (3:31.32) to place second, resulting in one of five top-three finishes for the 4x400m relay team during the indoor season … Named Second-Team All-America at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships in the 4x400m relay … Opened the outdoor season with a second-place finish in the 400m and a third-place finish in the 200m at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational … Finished second in the 400m at the UCLA “Legends” Invitational … Scorer for the Bruins in the 100m at the USC Dual Meet … At the Pac-12 Championships, placed 11th (100m), 10th (200m), third (4x100m relay), and second (4x400m relay) … Qualified for nationals in the 4x400m relay at the NCAA West Rounds with a mark of 3:28.48, the fourth fastest time in UCLA outdoor history … Achieved this mark with teammates Aly Conyers, Kate Jendrezak, and Kaylen Fletcher … Also placed 13th in the 4x100m relay, 25th in the 400m and 30th in the 200m at the regional meet … Closed out the season with Second-Team All America honors at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 4x400m relay … Finished 10th overall at the national championships … Appeared in seven meets total during the outdoor season.
2023
Ran 14 indoor and 21 outdoor races for the Bruins during her true freshman campaign … Began her indoor season at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Invitational, running the 60m, 200m and 4x400m relays in her opening weekend with UCLA … Johnson ran a season-best 24.03 in the 200m event at the Don Kirby Invitational on Feb. 11; her mark ranks ninth on UCLA’s indoor all-time top 10 list … Johnson ran anchor on the 4x400m relay at the Ken Shannon Last Chance Invite – the relay team ran a 3:30.86, which is the second-fastest indoor relay in Bruin history … Johnson also anchored the same relay at the NCAA indoor national championships … The Bruins finished 10th overall in the event (3:31.91) … Claimed first in the 200m (23.87) at the Rafer Johnson-Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational on March 25 … Ran UCLA’s top time in the 200m when she recorded a 23.41 at the USC Dual Meet … Placed sixth in the Conference in the 100m; recorded an 11.49 in prelims before running an 11.54 in the final … One of only two Bruins to break the 53 seconds in the 400m (Mt. SAC Relays, Apr. 14 – 52.86) … Johnson ran 10 relay races in the outdoor season, the only Bruin to appear in each competition throughout the year … Ran the anchor leg in the 4x400m relay, which placed 2nd in the Conference at the Pac-12 Championships … Finished 12th in the nation at the NCAA outdoor national championships as the team ran a season-best 3:30.55.
High School
Four-year letterwinner for track & field at Eleanor Roosevelt High School ... Helped team to CIF Southern Section Division 1 team titles in 2019 and 2022 ... ERHS was CIF Division 1 runner-up in 2021 ... Part of a second-place 4x400 relay squad at the 2019 CIF State meet ... Sectional Champion in the 200m and 400m in 2022 ... Runner-up in the 200m at the 2022 Mt. SAC Relays ... Three-time all-league honoree in the 200m and 400m ... Ran club track for Speed Houze ... Competed at 2021 Junior Olympics.
Personal
Born in Long Beach, Calif. to parents Priscilla and Anthony Johnson ... Has a twin brother, Chris, an older brother Dontae, and two older sisters, Mikayla and Kia ... Chose UCLA because “of the amazing atmosphere I felt on my visit. I believe the coaches here will take me far and teammates will push me to be my best” ... Describes greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill as “winning CIF SS D1 championships in both of my events (400m, 200m). This was a major accomplishment of mine especially because the years before were taken away due to COVID, so coming back and winning my events was the best way to finish off senior year” ... Admires Allyson Felix and Michael Cherry ... Enjoys spending time with family and friends as well as drawing/painting and raising awareness for social fights for African Americans in her free time ... Her twin brother Chris plays football for SDSU as a defensive back ... Plans to major in sociology.
