Johnson Wins Heptathlon

Bridget Johnson had a long day on Saturday. Pacific's associate head coach for track and field spent much of the day and night helping to run a Pacific Twilight meet that featured 23 teams and nearly 600 athletes.

Apparently, the long day didn't take too much out of Johnson. The former Western Oregon standout won the heptathlon at the Willamette Multi-Event on Monday. Her total of 4,870 points well outdistanced Willamette's Brooke Smith at 4,398.

Johnson won three of the four events on Sunday, capturing the 100-meter hurdles (14.70 seconds), the high jump (5-4.25) and the shot put (34-3), and then won the long jump (18-9.25) on Monday. She was also second in the 200 meters (26.50) and third in the javelin (119-8).

Johnson, a 2006 graduate of Western Oregon, holds the Wolves' record in the heptathlon at 5,080 points and was a NCAA Division II All-American after finishing fourth at the NCAA Championships. After college she competed for the Team XO post-collegiate club until it disbanded last summer.