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JANI JOHNSON- MEN & WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD
jjohnson@cuesta.edu
    Jani JohnsonJani begins her sixth season as the Head Coach of Cuesta’s Track and Field teams.  Jani coached both sports for five years, but then decided to concentrate on track and field. The Cuesta Men and Women’s Track and Field teams enter the 2008 season with an eye on improving the teams overall performance.  Coach Jani Johnson has assembled a coaching staff that will enable her to have every discipline mentored by an expert in thefield.  Her husband Jan Johnson and Cuesta Instructor Dave Pomfret have been on her staff all six years and she also has Phil Volta back for his fifth year in the throws.  Sprint Coach Greg Ross is back for his third run with the Cougars.  The pole-vaulters will be under the expert eye of former Olympic medalist and World Record Holder Jan Johnson, who has guided 17 athletes to the State Meet in the last five years.  Pomfret earned All-East NCAA honors in the pole vault, javelin and decathlon while at Bucknell and will work with athletesin the jumps, javelin and multi-sport events.  Volta was a thrower at Cuesta before transferring to Humboldt State to play football and has combined those two by coaching football at Morro Bay High and the throwers at Cuesta.  He will have the advantage of a new hammer ring and significantly upgraded facilities last year.  Ross, a former hurdler a Cal-Berkeley, will concentrate on the hurdlers and sprinters. Both Cuesta track and field teams have been finished in the top ten in the Western State Conference in each of Johnson’s years.  This year with the new throwing facilities and an on site weight room in the plans, Coach Johnson believes her teams are ready to make another jump in the standings.  She is excited about the ability to serve every discipline and to have a new home for the hammer event.
    Jani has extensive running experience and is one of Cuesta’s most accomplished coaches.  The New Zealand native was the first female athlete to receive an athletic scholarship at Cal Poly SLO and excelled for the Mustangs as a seven-time National Qualifier and four-time All American.  In 1979, she earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Physical Education and in 1981 she earned her Master’s Degree in Education from Southern Illinois University.    Jani continued to compete at a national level after college.  She ran for the Nike South Team in 1980-81 and moved on to the Reebok Aggies Racing team from 1987 to 1990.  She competed in the half marathon at the 1988 Olympic Festival and won the 1989 Southern California Grand Prix of Road Racing.   
    Jani has been at Cuesta since 1990 and has had a diverse career as a coach at Cuesta College.  She served as the assistant track coach in 1991, the assistant cross country coach in 1996, was the assistant for Cuesta’s first women’s soccer team in 1995 and continues to serve as the coordinator for the college’s Employee Wellness Program.  She served as the Assistant Track and Field Coach Atascadero High from 1998-2001. She helped guide the Greyhounds to the 1999 CIF Title.
    Jani lives in Atascadero with her husband Jan, a Bronze Medallist at the 1972 Olympics in Pole Vault, and runs the Skyjumpers Pole Vaulting Camp.   The couple has two kids, Chelsea and Clay.  Chelsea won a pair of NCAA pole vault titles at UCLA.
Track Team

Roster

Cuesta Track and Field 2008[all pictures]
MEN (click here for Women)
Name Ht Wt Event   Yr Hometown/High School
Tom Arnold 6-2 180 Decathlon   So Santa Rosa/ Santa Rosa
Josh Bornstein 5-8 150 Sprints   Fr San Francisco/ Redwood
Kenji Conaway 5-11 155 Jumps   Fr Grover Beach/ AGHS
Kevin Conner 6-0 230 Throws   Fr O'Neals/ Yosemite
Drew Cormier 5-10 135 Sprints/LJ/TJ   Fr San Luis Obipso/ Templeton
Mike Felts 5-6 138 Sprints/LJ/TJ   Fr Arroyo Grande/ AGHS
Chris Garza 5-9 160 Distance   Fr San Luis Obispo / SLO HS
Ish Gomez 5-0 115 Distance   So Santa Maria/ Santa Maria
Zachary Hanner 6-4 175 TJ/HJ/Hurdles   Fr Rio Vista/ Rio Vista
Daniel Johnson 6-1 160 Mid-Distance   Fr Lompoc/ Lompoc
Robert MacKenzie 6-2 200 Throws   Fr Los Osos/ Morro Bay
Brandon Martinez 5-8 160 Pole Vault   So Bakersfield/ Stockdale
Danny McIntire 6-3 208 Throws   Fr Riverside/ Notre Dame
Ray Mikell 5-10 150 Sprints/ LJ   Fr Lompoc/ Lompoc
Paul Miltner 6-1 183 Distance   Fr Tahoe City/ North Tahoe
Anders Raine 6-0 172 Hurdles/Jumps   Fr Templeton/ Temleton
Andrew Rapoport 5-9 180 High Jump   So Los Osos/ Morro Bay
Cortney Reagan 5-7 156 Distance   Fr Sacramento/ Sheldon
Justin Rovin 5-6 135 Hurdles   Fr Laguna Beach/ LBHS
Julian Salinas 5-7 150 Decathlon   Fr Arvin/ Arvin
Taylor Unruh 6-3 185 Throws   Fr Taft/ Taft
Tony Zapata 5-11 175 Sprints   Fr Sacramento/ Rio Linda
WOMEN
Name Ht Event Yr Hometown/High School
Colleen Allen 5-1 Pole Vault Fr Atascadero/ Atascadero
Kate Almond 5-4 Pole Vault So Gonzales/ Gonzales
Ally Barron 5-3 Hurdles Fr Grover Beach/ AGHS
Hannah Buhrmann 5-7 PV/Sprints Fr Merrill, WI/ Merrill
Lauren Cutler 5-9 PV/Throws So Templeton/ Templeton
Cassie Freeman 5-10 Throws So Morro Bay/ Morro Bay
Jamie Hopper 5-7 Distance Fr San Jose/ Pioneer
Brittany Hubner 5-4 Distance Fr Los Osos/ Templeton Ind.
Amy Inlow 5-7 Throws So Los Osos/ Templeton Ind.
Alexandria Jones 5-4 Throws So Tujunga/ Verdugo Hills
Liz Lawrence 5-5 Distance Fr Paso Robles/ Paso Robles
Sian Morgan 5-5 PV/LJ/TJ Fr Bury, England/ SLO HS
Cidnee Potter 5-6 Mid Distance Fr Pomona/ Diamond Ranch
Cassie Schultz 5-10 Hurdles So Atascadero/ Atascadero
Ashley Tateo 5-3 Distance So Discovery Bay/ Liberty
Head Coach: Jani Johnson
Year: 6th
Assistant (Jumps): Dave Pomfret (6th)
Assistant (Pole Vault): Jan Johnson (6th)
Assistant (Distance): Brian Locher (1st)
Assistant (Throws): Anton Alves (1st)
Office Phone (805) 546-3100 x2716
2007 WSC Record, men 8th
2007 State Meet, men 29th
2007 WSC Record, women 5th
2007 State Meet, women 36th

 

Quick Facts/Johnson Record

Men and Women’s Track and Field
Coach
:Jani Johnson  
Year 6th
Assistant (Jumps): Dave Pomfret (6th)
Assistant (Pole Vault): Jan Johnson (6th)
Assistant (Throws): Phil Volta (5th)
Assistant (Distance): Miles Neisser (3rd)
Assistant (Sprints): Greg Ross (3rd)
Office Phone: (805) 546-3100 x2716
2008 WSC
Finish, men: 11th
2008 State Meet, men: N/A  
2008 WSC Finish, women: 8th
2008 State Meet, women: 12th  
Sports Information Director: Pete Schuler (805) 546-3211
Athletic Trainer: Sue Gin/John Malinowski ( 805) 546-3225
Athletic Director: Bob Mariucci (805) 546-3100 ext.2709

The Johnson Record  
        M X-Country W X-Country M Track W Track
Conf State Conf State Conf State Conf State
02-03 11th ----- 5th 18th 3rd 15th 3rd 23rd
03-04 7th ----- 4th ----- 3rd 22nd 2nd 7th  
04-05 6th ----- 6th ----- 6th 41st 5th 17th  
05-06 7th ----- 2nd 8th 4th 21st 3rd 8th  
06-07 10th ----- 11th ----- 8th 29th 5th 36th  
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0