If he does post a sub-10.3 time, Johnson would be in rarefied air among the high school ranks. According to rankings from Athletic.net, only four high schoolers nationally have run sub-10.3 this spring and only six have hit 10.30 or better. Coincidentally, that list includes former Husker verbal commit and target Marquez Beason (Duncanville, Texas) who ran 10.30 on April 18.
And there’s plenty of reason to think Johnson can approach his goals, too. Start with last weekend’s Penn Relays, for example. Johnson ran the anchor leg of Bergen Catholic’s 4x400 and 4x100 teams. He didn’t have an individual split listed for the 4x100 (Bergen was down the stacked field some at 44.