CLEVELAND, Tenn. - Covenant resumed its Outdoor Track and Field season on Friday and Saturday at the Lee University Invitational. Led by record-breaking performances from Emma Christensen and Ethan Saiki, the Scots continued to get valuable reps under their belt. 

WOMEN'S RESULTS:

• Emma Christensen broke the school record and finished third in the Triple Jump with a jump of 10.15m. The senior also finished seventh in the High Jump with a jump of 1.58m and 26th in the 200m, posting a time of 27.86.
• In the 400m event, Josephine Swinburnson placed eighth with a time of 1:02.65 while Sophia Velleco ran it in 1:04.26 to place 13th. Both times were personal records.
• Swinburnson also competed in the Long Jump where she finished 18th with a jump of 4.38m.
• Daehla Smith featured in three events, led by a 16th-place result in the 100m with a time of 13:49. The other two events Smith competed in were the 200m (28.15, 30th) and Long Jump (4.07m, 21st).
• Evangelia Berry led a group of three Covenant runners in the 1500m event with a time of 5:03.81 to place 19th. Claire Mellott (5:30.49, 37th) and Kali Hina (5:50.01, 52nd) also competed. 
• Hina raced in the 800m event as well and placed 32nd with a personal-record time of 2:51.90. 
• Covenant also had three runners in the 5,000m event with Emerson Tillery leading the way with a personal-record time of 19:01.20 to place 17th. The other two Covenant runners in the race were Kenzi Stapleton (19:50.49, 28th) and Greta McLean (20:41.31, 35th).
• Sarah Olson was Covenant's lone runner in the 10,000m event where she finished 11th with a time of 41:12.58.
• Sarah Holler with a jump of 1.30m placed ninth in the High Jump and earned an NH in the Pole Vault event. 
• Sophia Wiersema headlined Covenant in the throwing events placing 11th in the Shot Put with a throw of 9.70m and 16th in the Discus with a throw of 24.90m.
• Elie Berndt represented the Scots in the Javelin where she had a personal-record throw of 20.18m to finish 14th. 

MEN'S RESULTS:

• Ethan Saiki set a new school record in the 10,000m event with a time of 32:32.71 that put him in fourth place at the event.

• Covenant had seven runners compete in the 1500m event:

  • Chandler Lines: (4:14.04, 34th)

  • Trey Faulk: (4:18.39, 44th)

  • Alex Burns: (4:18.74, 45th)

  • Ethan Caswell: (4:21.93, 49th)

  • Jack Dupree: (4:29.08, 55th)

  • Samuel Harrelson: (4:33.56, 58th)

  • Aidan DeVries: (4:37.30, 61st)

• Josiah Mellott led three Covenant runners in the 5,000m event with a time of 16:12.30 to place 23rd. Jacob Howington (17:08.12, 31st) and John Purtill (17:10.20, 32nd) also ran in this event. 
• Covenant's lone competitor in the 800m event was Andor Agustsson who ran it in 2:08.74 to place 49th. 
• Cheney Byrd led Covenant in the Discus Throw where he had a throw of 36.91m to place 13th. He also led the Scots in the Hammer Throw where he recorded a throw of 35.77m to finish 16th.

• Codey Parrish competed in three throwing events for Covenant.

  • Shot Put: (11.93m, 12th)

  • Hammer Throw: (22.54m, 21st)

  • Discus Throw: (30.61m, 25th)

UP NEXT: Covenant competes in the Emory Thrills in the Hills on Friday night.  

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