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Ty-Vonna Johnson                  Hometown: Newark, N.J. High School: Columbia Height: 5-3 Event: Middle Distance/Sprints Year (In/Out): So./So.

PERSONAL RECORDS

Indoors
400m: 58.60 (2012)
800m: 2:13.88 (2011)

Outdoors
400m: 55.42 (H.S.)
800m: 2:09.54 (H.S.)
1500P: 4:57.31 (2012)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: N/A

2012: Honors - None...Indoors - Competed in the 800m at the SEC Indoor meet, running 2:15.13...That mark did not advance her out of the prelims, and she finished 15th overall...Ran career-best 400m time of 58.60 at the Kentucky Invitational...Won the Blue Division 800 meters at the Akron Invitational, finishing in a season-best 2:14.81...Ran leadoff leg for UT's third-place DMR at the Auburn Invitational, helping the group finish in 12:38.89...Outdoors - Posted a 2:11.12 readout in the 800m prelims at the SEC Championships, which ranked as a season best...Ran the 400m, 1500m and 4x400m relay at the SEC/Big Ten Challenge, charting a 4:57.31 debut mark in the 1500m...Finished fifth in the 800m in 2:13.09 at the Vanderbilt Invitational...Placed seventh in the 800m in 2:16.36 at the UCLA/Washington State Double Dual...Took seventh in the 400m (57.63) and ninth in the 200m (26.00) at the Tennessee Challenge while getting some speed work in.

2011: Indoors - Came through with an indoor 800m personal record of 2:13.88 in the prelims of the SEC Indoor Championships...Next best effort was a 2:15.72 count at the Hokie Invitational...Ran on third-place DMR effort of 11:48.25 at the Penn State National...Outdoors - Ran a season best of 2:12.37 in the prelims of the SEC Outdoor meet...Scored in fourth place for the Big Orange at the UT-UCLA Dual, handling the 400m in 57.64...Ran on third-place 4x800m relay that checked in at 9:24.50 at the Sea Ray Relays...Qualified for the USA Junior Championships in the 800m but did not advance out of the heats.

HIGH SCHOOL: Placed second in the 400m in a career-best 55.42 at the 2010 Nike Track Nationals...Logged her 800m PR of 2:09.54 at the NJSIAA Meet of Championships to place fifth...At the 2010 New Balance National Championships, she joined UT teammate Brittney Jackson on her school's runner-up 4x400m relay unit, which set a state record (3:40.97) and the No. 4 mark in the country for the season...Also has a career best of 25.57 for 200m.

PERSONAL: Born in Jan. 5, 1992, in Newark, N.J....Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences...Interested in kinesiology...Parents are Tyrone and Iva Johnson...Siblings are Aaliyah Graham, Alicia Graham, Asad Braswell and A'mya Braswell.