The 5-foot-1 senior placed fourth at the national Foot Locker Cross Country Championships and ninth at the Nike Cross Nationals Final this past season, earning All-American honors at both events. Johnson also won the Division I state meet with a course-record time of 17:28.6, breaking the tape 7.1 seconds ahead of her next-closest competitor and leading the Wildcats to a 14th-place finish as a team. She is the first Ohioan to qualify for the FLCCC and NXN Final in the same year.
Johnson has maintained a 3.24 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a National Letter of Intent to run cross country on scholarship at Michigan State University this fall.
A member of the Central Ohio Student Athlete Leadership Committee, Johnson has volunteered locally as an elementary-school teacher's aide and as a youth running coach. "India Johnson had a fantastic season," said John Jarvis, head coach of Watkins Memorial High. "She was by far the top female runner in Ohio. She also showed herself to be one of the top females in the nation. She is well coached and has a great mixture of strength and speed. This allows her to adapt to various race scenarios as they take place."
