BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Indoor Track and Field began this past Friday as the Scots traveled a few hours south for the Birmingham Indoor Icebreaker. 

Despite this being the first meet of the year, Covenant didn't waste any time as it had a few student-athletes break indoor school records. 

WOMEN'S RESULTS:

• In the first meet of her senior year, Emma Christensen competed in three events, the 60m, the Long Jump, and the Shot Put. Her results were a time of 8.43 in the 60m, a jump of 4.52m in the Long Jump, and a throw of 6.77m in the Shot Put. 
• Josephine Swinburnson had a strong performance which included a school-record jump in the Long Jump of 4.67m. She also led Covenant's sprinters in the 200m (28.34) and the 400m (1:05.17). 
• Sophia Wiersema broke the school record in the Shot Put with a throw of 9.96m.
• In the Pole Vault event, Sarah Holler started off her senior campaign with a throw of 2.65m, which is second-best in school history. 
• Daehla Smith, another senior for the Scots, competed in three events. She ran the 200m in 28.67, the 400m in 1:08.10, and posted a jump of 4.18m in the Long Jump. 
• Evangelia Berry (11:15.09), Emerson Tillery (11:29.20), and Greta McLean (12:38.55) were Covenant's distance runners in the 3000m. 
• Kali Hina was Covenant's lone participant in the 1 Mile, posting a time of 6:41.80.
• Freshman Kenzi Stapleton began her track career with a time of 3:29:38 in the 1000m. She became the first runner in school history, according to our record books, to compete in this event. 

MEN'S RESULTS:

• Leading a group of four runners for the Scots in the 3000m was Josiah Mellott with a time of 8:54.21 for a new school record. John Purtill (9:40.14), Samuel Harrelson (9:51.73), and Aidan DeVries (10:06.03) also raced in this event. 
• Ethan Saiki was Covenant's lead runner in the 1 mile, posting a time of 4:34.82. Chandler Lines (4:45.11), Jacob Howington (4:55.11), and Andor Agustsson (5:07.58) were Covenant's other runners in the event. 
• Ethan Caswell (2:48.26), Alex Burns (2:53.65), and Jack Dupree (2:47.41) , like Stapleton on the women's side, became the first runners in school history, according to our record books, to race in the 1000m event. 
• Freshman Codey Parrish, in his first collegiate meet, had the second-best throw in school history in Shot Put with a throw of 10.62m. 

UP NEXT: Covenant returns to Birmingham on January 11th for the UAB Blazer Invite. . 

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