G-MAC STORY

CEDARVILLE, Ohio - Four-time NCAA champion Carsyn Koch Johnson has been selected for induction to the Great Midwest Athletic Conference Hall of Fame.

She will be one of two honorees during the league's spring awards banquet on May 20 in Blue Ash, Ohio near Cincinnati.

Johnson, a native of the small community of Washburn, Maine, came to Cedarville University in 2014 and quickly went from an unknown to U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier.

She was the NCAA Division II National Champion in the indoor 800 meters and outdoor 800 meters in both 2016 and 2017.

Johnson was the national outdoor runner-up as a freshman in 2015 and was ultimately a seven-time NCAA All-American.

She still holds the second-fastest outdoor 800 in Division II history at 2:02.39 as well as the eighth-fastest indoor 800 at 2:05.65.

Johnson's outdoor 800 mark landed her a spot in the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials in 

Her outdoor 1,500 mark of 4:12.19 still ranks No. 5 all-time in Division II history.

Johnson also made her presence felt in cross country and was a two-time USTFCCCA Division II All-Region performer.

She was part of the 2016 squad that was the Midwest Region runner-up and made the program's first-ever appearance and placed 11th overall at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championship.

Johnson was a two-time G-MAC Female Athlete of the Year and graduated with five indoor and four outdoor school records to her credit.

Carsyn and her husband, Colby, reside in Colorado Springs, Colo. with their two children.

Carsyn Koch Johnson File:

Track & Field (2015-19)

• 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier (800 meters)
• 2016, 2017 NCAA Division II Indoor National Champion (800 meters)
• 2016, 2017 NCAA Division II Outdoor National Champion (800 meters)
• USTFCCCA Division II Indoor All-America First Team: 800 (2016, 2017, 2019); DMR (2017)
• USTFCCCA Division II Outdoor All-America First Team: 800 (2015, 2016, 2017)
• 2016 NCCAA Indoor Outstanding Performer of the Meet
• 2015, 2019 NCCAA Outdoor Outstanding Performer of the Meet
• 2015, 2016, 2019 NCCAA Indoor All-American
• 2015, 2016, 2019 NCCAA Outdoor All-American
• 2017 USTFCCCA Division II Indoor Region Athlete of the Year
• 2016, 2017, 2019 USTFCCCA Division II Indoor All-Region Team
• 2017 USTFCCCA Division II Outdoor Region Athlete of the Year
• 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 USTFCCCA Division II Indoor All-Region Team
• 2016, 2017 G-MAC Female Athlete of the Year
• 2015, 2016, 2019 G-MAC Indoor Team
• 2017 G-MAC Outdoor Track Athlete of the Meet
• 2015, 2017 G-MAC Outdoor Team
• 2015 G-MAC Freshman Athlete of the Year
• 2017 CoSIDA Academic All-America® First Team
• 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic
• 2017, 2019 NCCAA Scholar-Athlete
• 2016, 2017, 2019 G-MAC Academic Team
• Hold five indoor and four outdoor school records
• Holds CU's top nine indoor and top ten outdoor times in the 800 meters

Cross Country (2014-16)

• 2015 NCCAA All-American
• 2015, 2016 USTFCCCA Division II All-Region
• 2016 G-MAC First Team
• 2016 CoSIDA Academic All-America® First Team
• 2014, 2015, 2016 USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic
• 2016 NCCAA Scholar-Athlete
• 2015, 2016 G-MAC Academic Team

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