Track and Field
- Title:
- Volunteer Coach
The former Jackie Madison was a key member of the South Carolina track team from 1998-2001. She was on the Gamecocks' first SEC Outdoor Championship team in 1999 and developed into one of the conference's top hurdlers under the direction of Coach Curtis Frye.
Johnson won the 2001 SEC title in the 60-meter hurdles and also earned All-America that season. She was an eight-time scorer at the conference level in the 60-meter hurdles, 100-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles and led the team to a fourth-place finish at the 2001 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Johnson is the current South Carolina record holder in the 55-meter hurdles.
Prior to Oregon, Johnson served as an assistant coach at her alma mater for two seasons (2008-09). Before that, she worked as a certified personal trainer in the Columbia, S.C., area before moving to Atlanta, Ga., where she spent time as both a personal trainer and licensed massage therapist at the Holyfield International Track Club.
Johnson holds a bachelor¹s degree in exercise science from the University of South Carolina (2001). She also completed study at the Columbia campus of the Southeastern School of Neuromuscular and Massage Therapy.
She is married to Oregon associate head coach Robert Johnson.
