The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Rhiannon Johns Tabbed Second-Team CoSIDA Academic All-District
6/3/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
June 3, 2010
2010 Academic All-District Teams 
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. --- UAB's Rhiannon Johns has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV track and field/cross country second team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). This marks her first career academic all-district honor.
"I think it's tremendous recognition and well deserved," UAB head cross country coach/assistant track and field coach Blake Boldon said. "Rhi typifies what we try and accomplish at UAB cross country and track and field. She's a conference champion with a 4.0 GPA and does a tremendous job."
Johns, a mathematics major, boasts a perfect 4.0 GPA. The sophomore distance runner was selected to Conference USA's Women's Track & Field All-Academic Team earlier this week, and was named to the 2009 C-USA Cross Country All-Academic Team last fall.
She is a two-time C-USA Academic Medal recipient and C-USA Honor Roll selection, and has received UAB Presidential Honors (4.0 GPA) and named to UAB's Dean's List every semester of her career.
The Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada product qualified for the East Preliminary Round of the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter events. In the 10,000-meter, she recorded a time of 36:08.85 to place 22nd. She ran a time of 17:01.19 to place 11th in her heat and 28th overall in the 5,000-meter.
Johns became a conference champion in the 10,000-meter at the 2010 C-USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships after recording a time of 35:07.25. She owns the top 10,000-meter time in C-USA after running a personal-record 34:40.30 at the Stanford Invitational. Also at the C-USA Championships, she ran a personal record time of 16:48.38 to place seventh and score for the Blazers in the 5,000-meter.
Johns claimed the 3,000-meter title at the indoor Tiger Paw Invitational and Niswonger Invitationals. She ran a personal-record time in the 5,000-meter to place seventh (16:57.16), and recorded an eighth place-finish in the 3,000-meter (9:46.59) at the C-USA Indoor Championships.
During the 2009 cross country season, Johns earned C-USA Cross Country Athlete of the Week honors for her first-place finish at the Earl Jacoby Memorial/Fleet Feet Sports 5K on Sept. 15. Johns also finished in the top five at the Belmont Opener. She did not participate in two meets due to injury, but returned for the C-USA Championships and the NCAA South Regional meet.
