Celia Kong-Johnson

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Class:
Freshman
Event:
Sprints
Hometown:
Honolulu, Hawaii
High School:
Punahou School
Concentration:
Geochemistry

Full Results on TFRRS

Before Brown: Four-time league medalist in the 100m and 300m hurdles…Four-time state qualifier in both the 100m and 300m hurdles…Named team MIP…Also was a forward on the soccer team…Named a first team all-league all-star in soccer…Member of the Leahi Soccer Club and Hawaii Surf Soccer…Athletic Award of Honor recipient…Scholar-Athlete…Senior Aloha…Excellence Award on Orchestra.

Personal: Daughter of Laura Kong and Kevin Johnson…Her sister, Noe Kong-Johnson played four years of soccer at Princeton…Her mother Laura played three years of softball and one year of basketball for Brown.

Why Brown?: “I was able to meet with a Brown University professor and she said Brown was like a liberal arts college but with the opportunities and facilities of a top-notch university, which is exactly what I was looking for. Brown's open curriculum also allowed me to explore my many interests.”