Trio of national indoor honors for Chris Johnson, Boogie Johnson, Rachel Glenn

FAYETTEVILLE – National indoor honors announced by USTFCCCA on Monday included three accolades for the Razorback women’s program. Chris Johnson earned Coach of the Year, Boogie Johnson received Assistant Coach of the Year, and Rachel Glenn collected Field Athlete of the Year.

A successful national title defense had the Razorbacks winning the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championship with 55 points and included individual national championships for Glenn in the high jump and Amber Anning in the 400m.

In Johnson’s first year as head coach the Razorbacks swept SEC and NCAA Indoor team titles. Previously, Johnson has been named National Assistant Coach of the Year five times, with three accolades indoors and twice outdoors.

Boogie Johnson, in his first season as women’s assistant coach at Arkansas, earns his first collegiate national coaching honor following seven regional accolades. He has twice been named USATF National Coach of the Year as a professional coach.

Historic achievements this indoor season included Arkansas producing the first-ever 1-2-3 sweep in the 400m for 24 points at the NCAA Indoor meet with Nickisha Pryce and Rosey Effiong following Anning.

During the SEC Indoor Championships, which the Razorbacks won by 51 points with a total of 131, Arkansas totaled 31 points in the 400m off a 1-2-3-4-7 finish. Anning improved her collegiate-leading time in the 400m to 50.43, which ranks No. 6 on the collegiate all-time list.

Another collegiate leading performance included a 3:25.59 by the Razorback 4 x 400m relay team, which ran four of the top 10 times during the 2024 indoor season.

Overall, the sprints, hurdles, and jumps group accounted for 51.25 of the 55 NCAA Indoor team points as well as 83 of 131 conference points this season. 

Glenn claimed her second NCAA high jump title with the victory in Boston. Previously, she won the 2021 NCAA Outdoor title with a 6-4 (1.93) clearance. At NCAA Indoor meets, Glenn has a silver medal from 2021 and bronze from 2022.

In becoming the first Razorback to win the women’s NCAA Indoor high jump, numerous records were established with Glenn’s winning height of 6-6.75 (2.00).

She equaled the collegiate record set by Texas A&M’s Lamara Distin in winning the SEC Indoor title this season. Glenn ranks equal No. 3 on the U.S. all-time indoor list and equal No. 7 on the U.S. absolute all-time list.

Glenn broke a pair of American collegiate records along with the NCAA Indoor meet record.

The indoor American collegiate record and meet record of 6-6 (1.98) was set in 2009 by Destinee Hooker of Texas. The absolute American collegiate record of 6-6.25 (1.99) was set by Arizona’s Brigetta Barrett in 2013.

During the NCAA Indoor high jump Glenn equaled her career best of 6-4.5 (1.94) and then improved to 6-5.5 (1.97), which is the Olympic Games standard for Paris this summer. Glenn is one of just two American high jumpers to clear the Olympic standard, the other being Vashti Cunningham.

Glenn finished the 2024 indoor season as the U.S. leader in the high jump and equal No. 2 in the world.

Additional career best marks for Glenn this indoor season included 8.14 in the 60m hurdles and 23.03 in the 200m. On the UA all-time list, Glenn ranks No. 10 in the hurdles and No. 12 in the 200m.