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Emily Covert
- Position:
- Distance
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Minneapolis, Minn.
- High School:
- Washburn
Bio
Personal Records
Cross Country
- 5k: 16:25.9 (2023)
- 6k: 19:23.8 (2022)
Indoor Track
- 3,000m: 9:04.20 (2022)
- 5,000m: 15:35.40 (2022)
Outdoor Track
- 1,500m: 4:31.91 (2021)
- 5,000m: 15:40.40 (2022)
- 10,000m: 32:30.82 (2022)
SEC Scoring
Indoor Track
- 2024 - 3000m - 6th - 9:18.84
- 2024 - 5000m - 5th - 16:05.43
NCAA Scoring
Cross Country
- 2023 - 6k - 50th - 20:12.6
- 2022 - 6k - 105th - 20:39.0
- 2021 - 6k - 31st - 19:51.8
- 2021 - 6k - 96th - 21:29.0
Indoor Track
- 2022 - 5000 - 10th - 15:56.66
Outdoor Track
- 2022 - 5000 - 14th - 15:52.99
- 2022 - 10000 - 4th - 33:14.64
HONORS
- 2022 Outdoor All-American - 10,000m
- 2022 Outdoor All-American - 5,000m
- 2022 Indoor All-American - 5,000m
- 2021 Cross Country All-American
2024 TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor- Placed third in the 10,000m with a time of 34:03.03 at the SEC Outdoor Championships (5/11)
- Finished in the top-five in the 5000m at the SEC Outdoor Championships (5/11) with a time of 15:52.26
- Placed sixth in the 5000m with a time of 15:48.29 at the Wake Forest Invitational (4/19)
- Ran the 10,000m at the LSU Battle on the Bayou (3/30) with a time of 33:34.94
Indoor
- Competed in the SEC Indoor Championships (2/24), placing fifth in the 5000-meter with a time of 16:05.43 and placing sixth in the 3000-meter with a time of 9:18.84
- Made Tennessee debut at the David Hemery Invitational (2/9), clocking a time of 15:52.89 in the 5000-meter
Prior to Tennessee
- Competed at the NCAA Cross Country Championships for the Colorado Buffaloes in the 6k
- Set a PB in the 5k at the Virginia Invitational, securing fifth with a time of 16:25.9
- Broke a personal best in the 6k at the Pac-12 Championships, with a time of 19:23.8 to capture a bronze finish
- Competed in the 5,000m and 10,000m at the outdoor Track and Field NCAA Championships for Colorado
- Set a personal record in the outdoor 10,000m with a time of 32:30.82 at the Pac-12 Championships, with a bronze finish
- Finished second in the outdoor 5,000m at the Pac-12 Championships
- Finished 10th at the Indoor NCAA Championships in the 5,000m
- Set a PB in the indoor 5,000m with a second place finish and a time of 15:35.40 at the Husky Classic
- Broke a PB in the indoor 3,000m at the Pac-12 Championships, clocking a time of 9:04.20
- Competed at the NCAA Cross Country Championship for the Buffaloes in the 6k
- Took home silver in the Cross Country Pac-12 Championships in the 6k
- Set a PB in the outdoor 1,500 at the Jack Christiansen Invitational, recording a time of 4:31.91
- Competed at the NCAA Cross Country Championship for the Buffaloes in the 6k as a Freshman
- Made Collegiate debut at the FSU Winter Classic for the Colorado Buffaloes
HIGH SCHOOL / PERSONAL
- Daughter of Sheila and Joe Covert
- One brother, Chris
- Two-time Minnesota State High School League Class AA State Cross Country Champion
- Won the MSHSL Section 6AA and Minneapolis City Conference Championships
- Won her first of three Roy Griak Invitational High School Division titles in seventh grade
- Also won in 2017 and ’18 after recording a second-place finish at the NXR Heartland Regional Championships in 2017 (where she clocked a state record of 16:55.8), she would go on to win the title the following season
- Won the 2018 Foot Locker Midwest Regionals after placing second in 2017
- Earned a pair of top-10 finishes and All-American honors at Foot Locker Nationals, placing ninth in 2017 and fifth in 2018
- Placed fourth at Nike Cross Nationals in 2018
- Won the 2018 MSHSL 3,200-meter run championship in state record time (10:06.19)
- In the 1,600 and 3,200, she recorded six top-five finishes, including her state title
- Placed second in the 2-mile run at the 2018 New Balance Outdoor Nationals, finishing in 10:05.19
Everything Orange S2 | Sarah Schmitt (Track & Field)
Thursday, April 17
Track & Field | 400m Hurdles Feature
Wednesday, May 22
Track & Field | Tennessee Invite Recap
Wednesday, April 10
Track & Field | Battle on the Bayou Recap
Saturday, March 30
