In its final regular season meet, the Covenant College track and field team competed in the Cole Piper Open. You could say it was a successful day as three Covenant student-athletes finished first in their event.
For the second week in a row, Emma Christensen is bringing home silverware as she finished first place in the 100m with a time of 13.13. The junior also finished third in the triple jump with a jump of 10.12m, which breaks her own school record. Sarah Holler won the Pole Vault event with a jump of 2.60m.
The Scots final first-place finisher of the afternoon was Lydia Dorman in the 1500m with a time of 5:04.31. Evangelia Berry (third, 5:18.28), Claire Mellott (seventh, 5.18.28), Emerson Tillery (eighth, 5:49.26), and Kali Hina (11th, 6:11.39) also raced in the 1500m. Mellott's time is listed as a personal record and she also placed 10th in the 800m with a time of 2:49.03.
Daehla Smith started her day with a second-place result in the 400m with a time of 1:05.81. She also placed sixth in the Long Jump with a jump of 4.20m. Anna Dolan placed second in the 3k with a time of 14:26.14. In the Discus event, Emily Lane broke her own school record with a throw of 35.76m to finish third place. Sophia Wiersema broke a school record in the Shot Put with a throw of 10.22m to finish third. She also did the Discus and posted a throw of 26.91m.
On the men's side, Alex Burns started it off for the Scots with a personal-record time of 53.57 in the 400m to place seventh. Josiah Mellott led five Covenant runners in the 1500m with a time of 4:14.14. Ethan Saiki (ninth, 4:16.39), Ethan Caswell (13th, 4:19.13), Chandler Lines (15th, 4:19.64), and John Purtill (19th, 4:30.13) also raced in the 1500m.
Will Holland posted a time of 17:43.66 in the 5k to finish fourth. Cheney Byrd threw in the Discus and finished 10th with a throw of 34.09m. He also placed 12th in the Shot Put with a throw of 9.43m.
Riley Everett had the second-longest throw in school history in the Shot Put with a throw of 12.39m to finish third. Karsten Halvorson also competed in the Shot Put and registered a throw of 9.86m to finish 11th.
Covenant competes in the CCS Outdoor Championships back at Maryville May 7th-8th.