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2025-26 Men's Track & Field Roster

Dewayne Johnson

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Park Forest, Ill.
  • High School Pontiac Township
  • Major Crop Sciences
  • Instagram pebble_johnson

Biography

2025

Indoor

  • Placed first, set a new personal best, and recorded the sixth-fastest time in program history in the 60m hurdles (7.78) at the Fighting Illini Open
  • Set a new personal best in the 200m (21.81) at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic
  • Placed first in the 60H (7.81) at the Hoosier Horsepower Invitational 

Outdoor

  • Set a personal-best 200m (21.22) in his 19th-place finish at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships
  • Placed sixth in the 400m on a personal-best time (47.17) at the Gary Wieneke Memorial
  • Ran a personal best 110mH at the Florida Relays (13.87) and placed 10th

Outdoor

  • Achieved a new personal-best in the 400H (55.27) at the USF Alumni Invitational

At Illinois State (2022-24)

  • Newcomer of The Year
  • 2024 MVC 2nd place finish in the 60mH with a time of 7.96
  • 2023 MVC 3rd place finish in the 110mH with a time of 14.06 (0.6)

High School

  • 2022 110m hurdles State Champion

Personal

Born January 12, 2004... Son of Daniel and Shaquon Peterson... Has one brother, Vandell and one sister, Makayla... Chose Illinois because "Excellent education and amazing coaching."

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Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25Junior

    Sprints
  • 2025-26Senior

    Sprints