ARIZONA
2010: Competing Indoors, Johnson was a productive weight thrower, managing to place 9th Indoors at the MPSF Championships with a throw of 17.77m. Redshirted outdoors. Competed unattached in the Tucson Elite Throwers Classic meet outdoorsand recorded a personal best throw of 63.81m.
2009:An impressive surprise for Arizona during his freshman year, Johnson qualified for the NCAA West Regional Championships in the hammer throw with a career's best mark of 58.80m (192-11) set at the Pac-10 Championships...Johnson finished just shy of All-Conference honors at the meet with his ninth place finish...Also competed in Trinidad at the 2009 Junior Pan-American games in the event, finishing fifth overall...Was third at the US Junior Nationals, earning him the position at the bi-annual Junior Pan- American Games...
HIGH SCHOOL
Bishop Gorman High School, Las Vegas, Nev.: Holds the school record in the discus throw at 188-9...Competed in the Nevada 4A state meet three times and finished second in the discus his senior year...Took first place in the Great Southwest Meet in 2008 in the hammer throw...Lettered all four years of high school...
PERSONAL
Tyler Johnson...Born 2-07-1990 to Scott and Margaret Johnson in Las Vegas, Nev...Planned academic area of interest is business...
PERSONAL BESTS
Weight: 18.19m(i) Hammer: 63.81m