B. J. Johnson


Bernard Henry Johnson is an American swimmer who specializes in breaststroke events.
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Early life

Johnson was born in Seattle, Washington, and is Jewish. His parents are Sandra and Bernard Johnson, and he has a sister, Roxanne. His nickname is Baba Juice.
He attended Garfield High School in Seattle, Washington, where he graduated in 2005. He swam for Stanford University under Head Coach Skip Kenney, graduating in 2009 with a major in Mechanical Engineering.

High School

At Garfield High School, Johnson was an All-American swimmer during both his junior and senior years. At the 2005 Washington state championship, he finished second in the 100 fly and the 200 IM.

Stanford

Swimming for Stanford University, in both 2007 and 2008 Johnson was Pac-10 All-Academic first-team. In his junior season in 2007-08, his 2:04.07 time in the 200y breaststroke was the seventh-fastest time for Stanford on record, and his 57.25 time in the 100y breaststroke was the eighth-fastest.
Johnson qualified for the FINA 2013 World Aquatics Championships after he placed 2nd in the 2013 US National Championships in the 200m breaststroke with a time of 2:10.09. He also placed 4th in the 100m breaststroke with 1:00.68. In 2013 his personal best of 2:10.09 at the U.S. nationals led to him being ranked # 2 in the US, and # 9 in the world.

Competition highlights

In December 2014 Johnson won the 200y breaststroke at the King Marlin Elite Pro-Am in Oklahoma City with a time of 1:54.10.
As of February 2015 Johnson had recorded the all-time 9th-fastest U.S. time in the 200m breaststroke, and was on the U.S. National Swim Team. In July 2015 he represented Team USA at the 2015 Pan American Games, coming in 4th in the 200m breaststroke and 7th in the 100m breaststroke.
In April 2016, he won the 200m breaststroke in 2:14.16 at the Arena Pro Swim meet.

Maccabiah Games

Johnson was on Team USA at the 2017 Maccabiah Games, having chosen not to compete in the World Trials so he could place his attention on the Maccabiah Games. He won gold medals in the men's 100m breaststroke, with a time of 1:01.27, as well as in the 200m breaststroke, with a time of 2:11.60.
From 2013-2015, he swam for Stanford Masters, part of United States Masters Swimming, focusing on the 50, 100, and 200 Breaststroke, and achieved a few top ten age group times.