Blake Johnson Class: Graduated Hometown: Saline, Mich. High School: Saline

2010: Had top-10 finishes at the Wisconsin Badger Classic, seventh overall with 8k time of 25:34.2, and National Catholic Invitational, 10th overall with a 5k time of 25:12...Ran a season-best 8k time of 24:47.2 at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational...Placed 38th at BIG EAST Championship in 26:30.2 and 54th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional in 31.39.9 ...BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

2009: Was MU's first- or second-place finisher is each of the 2009 cross country meets...Recorded a best 8K time of 25:30.1 at the Wisconsin/adidas Invitational...Finished 43rd at the Big East Championships in 26:30 and 30th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional in 31:55.14.

2008: Led the Golden Eagles at the NIU Huskie Invitational with a team-best time of 27:06, good for fifth place...Finished the BIG EAST Championships 55th with a season-best time of 25:34.

High School: Johnson was a four-time letterwinner in track and field as well as a two-time letterwinner in cross country...Was captain of track squads junior and senior years at Saline High, while also leading the cross country squad as a senior...All-state selection his senior year in track and cross country and an all-state selection as a junior in track...MVP of track and cross country squads his senior year.

Personal: Johnson was born on September 27, 1989 in Fridley, Minn. to Todd and Christine Johnson...He has one older brother, Garett...Plans to major in Exercise Science.