Campbell Johnson’s Record-Breaking Day in Montevallo

Photo / Trevecca Athletics

On the middle day of the 2025 Gulf South Conference men’s and women’s outdoor track and field championships in Montevallo, Alabama, the air seemed to crackle with both fatigue and possibility. Athletes traded strained smiles between heats and field circles, chasing points the way others chase time—one fraction, one toss, one step at a time.

For Trevecca Nazarene University, the noise grew strongest around Campbell Johnson, a senior finally racing and throwing on Alabama soil one last time. In the women’s heptathlon, she didn’t just compete—she detonated the program record. Johnson scorched past the previous best by more than 400 points, finishing with a staggering 3,627. That mark didn’t simply break a number; it shattered a benchmark that had stood for years, set back in April 2023.

She powered that success with a series of decisive performances. Her javelin throw—34.53 meters—was the best of anyone in the heptathlon, and in the shot put she added authority with a 10.20-meter toss. Then, when the heptathlon’s final test arrived, she ran the 800 meters in 2:30.96, turning speed into placement and placement into points—landing Trevecca an eighth-place finish with a point gained that felt like a victory in itself.

Across the day, Hadar Biger kept momentum alive in the 5,000 meters, crossing sixth in 17:38.83. Meanwhile, on the men’s side, Zion Griffin qualified for the 100-meter final with 10.89 in the prelims, while McCaden Selby and Anthony Kosinski pushed the 5,000-meter standard higher—both posting new personal bests that lifted Trevecca’s total to nine personal records and even a program record through the first two days.