Jeremy Johnson
Jeremy Johnson
Cross Country
Senior
Albuquerque, N.M.

Jeremy Johnson is a repeat honoree as the Qwest Student-Athlete of the Week. Johnson dominated the field in a wire-to-wire victory (24:23) at Mountain West Conference Cross Country Championship meet held at the UNM North Golf Course on Saturday. The Albuquerque Manzano product became the first native New Mexican to win a conference cross country title for the Lobos since the great John Baker in 1964.

Johnson was one of five UNM runners to finish in the top-20 as the team placed second (51 points) - just five points behind BYU - in its best conference meet performance since winning the Western Athletic Conference title in 1988. The men of New Mexico recorded their best score at a conference meet since the 1965 team won the WAC Championship with a program record score of 27.

Johnson was just the second UNM runner to win a men's conference title in the last 41 years, joining Albuquerque La Cueva product Shadrack Kiptoo-Biwott (2004).