-
- Hometown:
- Fontanelle, Iowa
-
- Year:
- Jr.
-
- High School:
- Nodaway Valley
Bio
Honors & Awards
- Two-time letterwinner (2023, 24)
2024 | sophomore
- Competed in five races
- Recorded a season-high 15th place finish at the Bill Buxton Invitational
- Ran a season-best 8K time of 27:41.6 at the Les Duke Invitational
2023 | freshman
- Competed in five races for the Storm
- Finished fifth on the team in the Open JV race at the Augustana Interregional
- Set a season-best 28:47.59 at the Les Duke Invitational
High School
- Graduated in 2023 from Nodaway Valley High School
- State runner-up in cross country (2019)
- Four-time conference champion in cross country and track
- Nine-time state qualifier in cross country and track
- Three-year letterwinner in basketball
- School record holder for most steals in a game
- National Honor Society member
Personal
- Son of Dan Berg and Kate Reading
- Has five siblings, two brothers and three sisters
- Majoring in management
- Also a member of the Storm track and field team
News Mentions
Leggett and Johnson pace Storm for seventh place finish at NCAA Regionals
Led by Cole Leggett and James Johnson’s top-30 performances, the Simpson men’s cross country team took seventh overall at the NCAA...
November 15, 2025
Johnson and Leggett earn All-Conference; lead Simpson to fourth at A-R-C Championships
With top-20 finishes, James Johnson, and Cole Leggett were named A-R-C All-Conference performers, leading the Storm to a fourth place finish at...
November 1, 2025
Storm come up big at Dan Huston Invitational
The Simpson men’s cross country refused to slow down, racing a second place finish, including wins over four regionally ranked opponents, at...
October 4, 2025
Johnson claims individual title, Storm take second at Les Duke Invite
Nobody could catch the sophomore as James Johnson won the Les Duke Invitational on Saturday, outpacing the second place finisher by nearly seven...
September 13, 2025
Johnson paces Simpson to first place at the Bill Buxton Invitational
Shaving over a minute off his time from last year, James Johnson led Simpson to a title at the Bill Buxton Invitational to start the 2025 cross...
August 29, 2025
