{"id":49500,"date":"2021-05-30T06:04:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T10:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=49500"},"modified":"2021-06-08T17:22:09","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T21:22:09","slug":"johnson-alderfer-compete-at-ncaa-national-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2021\/johnson-alderfer-compete-at-ncaa-national-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson, Alderfer compete at NCAA National Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/mtrack\/2020-21\/bios\/johnson_alijah_hoip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alijah Johnson<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;(Upper Marlboro, Md.\/Frederick Douglass) and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/mtrack\/2020-21\/bios\/alderfer_isaac_tslx\">Isaac Alderfer<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;(Broadway, Va.\/Broadway) concluded standout track seasons this past week at the NCAA National Championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Johnson ran in his first-ever national meet, finishing 14th as the lone Old Dominion Athletic Conference representative in the 17-man field. He ran in the third heat and finished with a time of 21.88, just shy of his PR time of 21.45. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/06\/01061401\/wz87rq0dyqc3o4sy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/06\/01061401\/wz87rq0dyqc3o4sy.jpg 600w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/06\/01061401\/wz87rq0dyqc3o4sy-300x132.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Alijah Johnson competes in the NCAA National Championships Thursday in Greensboro, N.C (Courtesy of d3photography)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p> Alderfer narrowly missed qualification in the 800m race in order to advance, missing the eighth qualifying spot by mere milliseconds with a time of 1:53.13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/06\/01061248\/7tc9a8v8morb2jtm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/06\/01061248\/7tc9a8v8morb2jtm.jpg 600w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/06\/01061248\/7tc9a8v8morb2jtm-300x132.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Isaac Alderfer competes in the NCAA National Championships Friday in Greensboro, N.C.(Courtesy of d3photography)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>This was the first outdoor National Championship for the junior, who is coming off of an ODAC championship and record, alongside many other personal records across the season. Alderfer was a seven-time ODAC Athlete of the Week across the indoor and outdoor seasons.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their coaches were pleased with both the efforts and the caps to their breakout seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Alijah had a tremendous season,&#8221; said Associate Coach Kyle Dickinson. &#8220;He was able to have a break-through season mentally and physically. He had multiple PRs, broke an ODAC Championship Record and was able to break through and qualify for the National Championships. Alijah is a tremendous young man who is going to come back even stronger next year as we continue to rewrite the record books. (Coach) Bob (Hepler) and I are extremely proud of him.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Johnson earned All-ODAC First Team honors after winning the 200m at the ODAC Championships. He also claimed All-Region honors in the 200m after both the indoor and outdoor seasons this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alderfer wraps up a decorated season, one that contains an ODAC championship, an ODAC scholar-athlete award, and many other accolades from the ODAC, the region, and EMU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Head Coach Bob Hepler on Alderfer: &#8220;I&#8217;m very proud of Isaac. He had such an amazing year with four school records, an ODAC championship and championship record, and an all-time ODAC record in the indoor mile. He made huge strides as an athlete in his first college outdoor season. Isaac is more than an amazing runner. He is a true scholar and an amazing young man. I am blessed to be a part of his life.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alijah Johnson&nbsp;(Upper Marlboro, Md.\/Frederick Douglass) and Isaac Alderfer&nbsp;(Broadway, Va.\/Broadway) concluded standout track seasons this past week at the NCAA National Championships. 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