In 2010, Providence Day sprinter Veronica Johnson rewrote North Carolina high school track and field history, winning the 100-, 200- and 400-meter runs.

It had been more than 30 years since an N.C. girl had won all three in a state championship meet.

Then she did it again last month.

At the N.C. Independent Schools Athletics Association's 3A track championship in May at Forsyth Country Day, Johnson won those three events and joined three teammates to win the 4-by-200 relay.

Her strong showing at the meet and throughout the season earned Johnson the Observer's girls' runner of the year for track and field.

Entering her senior year, Johnson said her goal for the state championship meet was to break the records in the three sprint events.

While she missed the records in the 100 and 400, she did break the mark in the 200 with a time of 25.19 seconds.

"She had a lot going back-to-back races (100, followed by 400), so we told her to just try to break one," said Providence Day coach Carol Lawrence.

When Johnson won the three events in 2010, she was still rehabilitating from a right hamstring injury.

Her mother Vanessa said she thought overcoming that injury was her daughter's biggest hurdle in her high school career.

"She ended up having to slowly rebuild, rehabilitate and get herself back into her times that she had previously been running," Vanessa Johnson said.

Next up will be college. She will enroll this fall at Villanova, a track and field power near Philadelphia. It is roughly a nine-hour drive from Charlotte, and Johnson admits she's a little nervous about the distance from home.

"My parents have been my coaches and always there at every meet, so it's definitely going to be different," she said.

Vanessa Johnson said she knows she'll miss her daughter, but she had told Varonica if they needed to get there, they'd be able to.

"Hopefully we'll be able to see her run in areas closer this way if they compete this way," Vanessa Johnson said. "I'm excited for her just for the opportunities this is going to bring about."