Riley Johnston

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Photo by: Jared Rigdon/Indiana Athletics

Position:
Pole Vault
Year:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Hobart, Ind.
High School:
Hobart

2023-2024
Indoor:
Opened his season at the Commodore Challenge clearing a height of 4.68m/15-4.25 … improved his mark to 5.05m/16-6.75 for a third-place finish at Indiana Invitational … cleared a height of 4.72m/15-5.75 at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invite … contested the vault at the Meyo Invitational with a height of 4.90m/16-0.75 … won the pole vault with a season-best height of 5.16m/16-11 at the Badger’s Windy City Invite … finished third in the event with a height of 5.08m/16-8 at the Alex Wilson Invitational … made the podium with an eighth-place finish, clearing a height of 5.03m/16-8 at the Big Ten Indoor Championships.

Outdoor:
Finished fourth at Ball State’s We Fly Challenge with a height of 4.85m/15-11 … placed second in the vault with a height of 5.12m/16-9.5 at the Jim Green Invitational … cleared a bar of 5.00m/16-4.75 at the Billy Hayes Invitational … scored points at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships with a seventh-place and a height of 5.01m.16-5.25 … finished 31^st in the NCAA East Region after posting a season-best height of 5.22m/17-5.1.

2022-23
Indoor:
Cleared 4.95m/16-2.75 in the pole vault at the Hoosier Open ... recorded a mark of 4.95m/16-2.75 in the pole vault at the Commodore Challenge ... cleared 4.65m/15-3 in the pole vault at the Indiana Relays ... was over the bar at 5.14m/16-10.25 in the pole vault at the Windy City Invite ... contested the pole vault at the Big Ten Indoor Championships.

Outdoor:
Cleared 4.98m/16-4 in the pole vault at the Florida Relays ... recorded a mark of 4.85m/15-11 in the pole vault at the Tennessee Invite ... went over the bar at a lifetime best 5.15m/16-10.75 in the pole vault at the Louisville Invitational ... cleared 5.09m/16-8.25 in the pole vault at the Indiana Invitational ... contested the pole vault at the Texas Invitational ... finished eighth in the pole vault in his outdoor debut at the Big Ten Championships ... finished 20th in the pole vault at the NCAA East Prelims (5.20m/17-0.75) ... was the highest finishing freshman in the entire east region.

2021-22
Indoor:
Was fourth in the pole vault on two occasions—Indiana Relays and Gladstein Invitational.

Outdoor:
Did not compete in a meet.

Prior to Indiana:
Personal Best: Pole Vault: 16’6”
2021 IHSAA State Champion (Pole Vault)