2025-26 Track Roster
Covington, Jakerra
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Wednesday, February 07
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Wednesday, March 09

Jakerra Covington
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Rockingham, NC
- High School:
- Richmond Senior High
Bio
2025 Outdoor Track & Field:
24-25 Indoor Track & Field:
2024 Outdoor Track & Field:
23-24 Indoor Track & Field:
2023 Outdoor Track & Field:
22-23 Indoor Track & Field:
2022 Outdoor Track & Field:
Prep/Personal:
- Opened the season at the Charlotte 49er Classic with a personal-best 14.71 in the 100m hurdles, finishing eighth
- Placed third in the javelin at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier with a throw of 41.60m
- Concluded the season at the ACC Championships, finishing 14th in the javelin with a mark of 38.51m
24-25 Indoor Track & Field:
- Set a personal best of 11.68m in the shot put at the Virginia Tech Challenge to place fifth
2024 Outdoor Track & Field:
- Continued to compete across jumps, sprints, and throws
- Opened the season with a fifth-place finish in the high jump (1.58m)
- Threw 41.41m in the javelin to finish eighth at the Raleigh Relays
- Won the javelin at the Aggie Invitational with a throw of 37.71m
- Finished eighth in the javelin at the ACC Championships with a mark of 41.35m
23-24 Indoor Track & Field:
- Competed in jumps, sprints, and throws throughout the season
- Posted a season-best 9.01 in the 60m hurdles at the Virginia Challenge
- Finished fifth in the high jump with a mark of 1.58m at the Virginia Challenge
- Competed in the pentathlon at the ACC Championships, scoring a personal-best 2,732 points, which included a personal-best 1.61m in the high jump
2023 Outdoor Track & Field:
- Set a PR of 43.63m and finished ninth in the javelin throw at the ACC Outdoor Championships, a mark that sits as second-best in NC State history
- Finished second in the javelin throw at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier with a throw of 38.70m
- Competed in the long jump, javelin throw, and high jump during the 2023 campaign
22-23 Indoor Track & Field:
- Reached 1.59m in the high jump to set a new PR at the Tiger Paw Invitational
- Posted a PR in the long jump at the Virginia Tech Challenge, leaping 5.25m
- Competed in javelin throw, high jump, long jump, shot put, and 60m hurdles throughout the season
- Set a PR in shot put at the Hokie Invitational with a throw of 11.08m
- PR’ed in both the 60m and 60m hurdles at the Bob Pollock Invitational
2022 Outdoor Track & Field:
- Did not compete
2021-22 Indoor Track & Field:
- Did not compete
Prep/Personal:
- 2021 Region Shot Put Runner-Up
- 2019 Regional High Jump Champion
- 2019-2021 Conference High jump Champion
- 4x100m State Championship - Fourth Place
- National Honor Society member
- Beta Club member