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- Hometown:
- Marshalltown, Iowa
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- Year:
- So.
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- High School:
- Marshalltown
Bio
Honors & Awards
- One-time A-R-C All-Conference (2025)
- One-time A-R-C Runner of the Week (9/29/25)
- One-time letterwinner (2024)
2024 | freshman
- Competed in all six races
- Recorded a season-high eighth place finish at the Bill Buxton, and Les Duke Invitational
- Ran a season-best 8K time of 26:14.9 at the A-R-C Championships
High School
- Graduated in 2024 from Marshalltown High School
- Qualified for the State Cross Country Championships (2023)
- First-team All-Conference in Cross Country (2023)
- 3200m State qualifier in Track (2024)
- Earned first-team all-conference in the 1600m and 3200m (2024)
- Two-year letterwinner in Cross Country and Track and Field
Personal
- Parents are Adam Johnson and Ashley Goff
- Has eight siblings, Mason, Ellie, Brody, Eliot, Lilia, Drake, Wyatt, and Nash
- Majoring in exercise science and sports administration with a minor in coaching
- Member of the Storm’s Track and Field program
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
Storm hold at seven in latest USTFCCCA regional ranking
After a strong finish at the A-R-C Championships last weekend, the Simpson men's cross country team came in at seven in the latest U.S. Track...
November 4, 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
Engler guides Storm to fifth place finish at Bradley Pink Classic
As the season moves forward, Drew Engler continues to impress, setting a new personal record and leading Simpson to a fifth place finish at the...
October 17, 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's title at Dutch Open leads to A-R-C Runner of the Week award
Fresh off his second title of the year, James Johnson’s performance at the Dutch Open earned the sophomore the American Rivers Conference...
September 29, 2025
Johnson's second straight title powers Storm to second place finish
For a second straight meet, there was no one faster than James Johnson. The sophomore claimed his second individual title of 2025 as Simpson...
September 26, 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
Men's cross country tabbed seventh in preseason coaches regional poll
For the fourth straight year, the Simpson College men’s cross country team enters the season ranked in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross...
August 26, 2025
