2021-22 Track Roster
Covington, Mikieja
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Wednesday, February 07
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Wednesday, March 09
Mikieja Covington
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Wendell, N.C.
- High School:
- East Wake
Bio
3x All-ACC Performer
Collegiate-Best Marks
2022 Outdoor Track & Field:
2020 Outdoor Track & Field:
2020-21 Indoor Track & Field
2019-20 Indoor Track & Field
2019 Outdoor Track & Field
2018-19 Indoor Track & Field
2018 Outdoor Track & Field:
2017-2018 Indoor Track & Field:
Prep/Personal:
- 2022 Indoor Pentathlon (4th place)
- 2020 Indoor Pentathlon (3rd place)
- 2019 Indoor Pentathlon (5th place)
Collegiate-Best Marks
2022 Outdoor Track & Field:
- Competed in the 100m hurdles, shot put and long jump during the season
2021-22 Indoor Track & Field:
- Posted a Second Team All-ACC finish in the pentathlon with a score of 3986, the second-best score in program history
- Recorded three top-five finishes on the season
2020 Outdoor Track & Field:
- Did not compete
2020-21 Indoor Track & Field
- Recorded a first-place finish in the 60m hurdles at the Virginia Tech Challenge, with a season-best time of 8.67
- Took fourth in the 60m hurdles at the Gamecock Opener (8.84)
2019-20 Indoor Track & Field
- Earned bronze-medal pentathlon honors at the ACC Championship (3,883 pts.)
- Notched the program’s fifth-best 60H time at the Texas Tech Invite (8.66)
2019 Outdoor Track & Field
- Won the 100m dash title at the High Point VertKlasse Meeting
- Recorded a season-best long jump (18'6", 5.64m) in the heptathlon at the ACC Championships
- Placed eighth in long jump at the Phoenix Invitational (17'6.25", 5.34m)
- Jumped for 17'7.5" (5.37m) in long jump at Raleigh Relays
- Placed seventh in the heptathlon at the ACC Championships
2018-19 Indoor Track & Field
- placed fifth at ACC Championships in pentathlon competition
- earned Second Team All-ACC status, pentathlon
- won two long jump titles, at the JDL Kick-Off and Clemson Opener
- set a personal-best mark in long jump at the JDL Kick-Off (18'10.50", 5.75m)
- set a peronal-best in 60m hurdles at Texas Tech Classic, clocking in at 8.82
2018 Outdoor Track & Field:
- Competed unattached in the long jump at the Raleigh Relays
2017-2018 Indoor Track & Field:
- Redshirted the season and did not compete
Prep/Personal:
- Full name is Mikieja Re'Shell Covington
- Daughter of Kimberly Holmes Covington
- Attended East Wake High School in Wendell, N.C. where she competed under coaches Wood and Romenski
- Triple jump conference champion (2016)
- Long jump regional champion (2016)
- Earned all-conference honors in 2016 and followed that season with all-state honors in 2017
- Named to the NCSU Trio Program Honor Roll and the Greater Neuse 4A All-Conference Academic Team
- Served on the NAACP Youth Council, Beta Club and Delta Academy
- Member of the NCSU Trio Program, Mime Ministry, NCSU Summer Program and Notional Technical Society