Former SEC champion and All-American Jackie Johnson enters her third season assisting with Oregon's hurdles, sprints and relays groups. The former Jackie Madison was a key member of the South Carolina track team from 1998-2001. She was on the Gamecocks' first SEC Outdoor Championship team in 1999 and developed into one of the conference's top hurdlers under the direction of Coach Curtis Frye. Johnson won the 2001 SEC title in the 60-meter hurdles and also earned All-America that season. She was an eight-time scorer at the conference level in the 60-meter hurdles, 100-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles and led the team to a fourth-place finish at the 2001 NCAA Outdoor Championships.

Johnson is the current South Carolina record holder in the 55-meter hurdles.
Prior to Oregon, Johnson served as an assistant coach at her alma mater for two seasons (2007-09). Before that, she worked as a certified personal trainer in the Columbia, S.C., area before moving to Atlanta, Ga., where she spent time as
both a personal trainer and licensed massage therapist.  
Johnson holds a bachelor¹s degree in exercise science from the University of South Carolina (2001). She also completed study at the Columbia campus of the Southeastern School of Neuromuscular and Massage Therapy.
She is married to Oregon’s Associate Head Coach Robert Johnson.

Quicksilver Track Club means to me a new family, life long brothers and sisters, and friends and memories that can never be replaced.  I had the opportunity of observing what great coaches looked like, and how selfless and dedicated they were to us not knowing that this example will serve me well in my own life.  Quicksilver meant a better life for me, an upgrade shall I say, it helped me make better life decisions.  Til this day I still chuckle at something Coach Dixon and Coach Foster said to me “never trust a man shorter than 6’0,” I guess that’s why I married a man that’s 6’6.  Quicksilver allowed me to set goals for myself and know that such goals were attainable.  Quicksilver allowed me to see the world, allowed me to meet a lot of great people, and allowed me to better myself.  Quicksilver was the best decision my parents made for me and the best decision I followed through with.  Quick, Quick, Quicksilver….