Patrick Johnson, a sixth-grade teacher at Walnut Grove Elementary School in the Ferguson-Florissant School District, has set the state record for 38-year-olds in the two-mile run. Johnson set the record of 13:16 during the 2018 Sweatfest sponsored by the Strafford School Foundation in Strafford, Missouri this past July. Johnson supported the Strafford School Foundation through his participation in the event.
Johnson, a role model at Walnut Grove who encourages students to stay fit, went on to demonstrate his speed and skill on the track by placing first in seven other events at the Sweatfest. He placed first in the 200m dash, 400m dash, 800m run, 3000m run, as well as first in the short and long hurdles.
Johnson’s seven-first place finishes qualify him to compete in the State Games of America in Lynchburg, Virginia next summer.
