On May 16, 2015, Kortnei Johnson made the Gladiator Nation proud by dominating at the 2015 Track and Field State Championship in Austin. In order to fully appreciate her road to success, however, one must trace her journey back.
UIL Girls 2A state track meet’s seven time gold medalist Ms. Kortnei Johnson will have two final races as a Lady Gladiator on Saturday, May 23, 2015, 6:00 p.m at Clyde Hart Stadium, Waco, Texas
Italy High School is proud to announce that the following Lady Gladiators have qualified to advance to the State track meet in Austin on May 14-16. These ladies competed in the Regional Track meet on May 1-2 at Kinkaid Stadium in Dallas. Way to go Ladies! You make us proud!
Profile for 2015 Italy High School senior, Kortnei Johnson.
Members of the Lady Gladiators track team competed at the Texas Relay this past weekend in Austin.
With everyone in suspense on where she might go, Italy’s Kortnei Johnson selected LSU over University of Houston and Kansas State and will continue her track career as a Lady Tiger at the D1 level. Not bad for an athlete from a small school without a track.
On Friday, November 14 we will honor Kortnei Johnson as she signs her letter of commitment to run track at the collegiate level. We will have a short signing ceremony at 3:10 pm in the Dome followed by cake to honor Kortnei.
Gladiator gold to meet with olympic gold with Italy High School track star Kortnei Johnson expecting a recruiting visit on Wednesday from the University of Houston’s head track coach Leroy Burrell and 9 time olympic champion and Cougar assistant coach Carl Lewis who his in his 26th year as a coach at UH.
Kortnei’s Car Wash will be Saturday, July 27, to raise money for travel and lodging expenses for Italy High School’s, Kortnei Johnson (jr.) who is hoping to compete in the Junior Olympics, August 1, in Detroit.
Watch State Champion Kourtnei Johnson (jr.) represent Italy High School and Ellis County during the 2013 edition of the AAU Track & Field Club Championships live online at ESPN3.com starting Sunday at 8:00 a.m. Texas time.
Donations needed immediately to send Kortnei Johnson to Florida to compete in the Nationals this summer. An account has been setup locally at Citizens National Bank to receive deposits on Kortnei’s behalf.
If you need assistance or have any questions please contact Barry Byers at (972) 921-1231.
Kortnei Johnson continued receiving accolades for her track and field accomplishments at the meeting of the Ellis County Commissioners Court Tuesday afternoon.
On Saturday, May 18th, 2013, Italy school and city leaders have planned a downtown Italy parade to honor state record breaking track sprinter, Kortnei Johnson along with state qualifying runners, Halee Turner, Ryisha Copeland and Kendra Copeland. Parade time is 10:00am. Also included in the parade will be a send off for the Gladiator Baseball team as they head out to battle Trenton in game two of a best of three series for the regional quarter-final title. The entire community is welcome to come and hail these outstanding young athletes.
Led by Kortnei Johnson who broke two state track records this past weekend, Italy’s track team proved their might in Austin.
Italy Track & Field — Saturday’s regional results in Abilene:
Kortnei Johnson, a sophomore at Italy High School, becomes a gold medalist in the 100m dash at the 2013 Texas Relays in Austin with a time of 11.82.
Jameka Copeland, Jimesha Reed and Kortnei Johnson represent Italy High School during the regional track meet held at Tarleton State University with Johnson advancing to the state meet in Austin.
Italy freshman, Kortnei Johnson, qualified for the 85th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays (High Schools) as a 7th Grader back in 2010 and traveled to Austin on Friday to test her speed against the state’s top sprinters.
