Connor Covert

Photo by: Benjamin Suddendorf

ITF Class:
Junior
OTF Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Coldwater, Mich.
High School:
Coldwater

PERSONAL RECORDS
Outdoor
Shot put: 15.33 meters
Discus: 49.76 meters
Hammer throw: 56.93 meters

Indoor
Shot put: 16.54 meters
Weight throw: 19.09 meters

2020 (Indoor): Finished sixth in the shot put (15.85 meters) and seventh in the weight throw (18.91 meters) at the Mid-American Conference Championships in Akron, Ohio (2/28-29) … finished fourth in the shot put with a personal-best toss of 16.54 meters, and eighth in the weight throw (18.15 meters) at the Michigan Silverston Invitational (2/21) … set a personal record with a toss of 19.09 meters in the weight throw at the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational (2/7-8) … placed third in the shot put (15.30 meters) and fifth in the weight throw (19.09 meters) at the CMU Jack Skoog Open (1/31) … won the shot put (15.40 meters) and placed fourth in the weight throw (17.17 meters) in a dual meet at Akron (2/17) … placed sixth in the weight throw (17.54 meters) at the GVSU Holiday Open (12/6).

2019 (Outdoor): Placed third and set a personal best of 56.93 meters in the hammer throw, was fourth in the discus (46.93 meters), and placed 10th in shot put (14.69 meters) at the Mid-American Conference Championships in Muncie, Ind. (5/9-11) … placed fifth in the hammer throw (56.90 meters) and sixth in the discus (49.37 meters) at the Michigan Len Paddock Open (4/3) … finished fifth in the discus (47.12 meters) and 10th in the hammer throw (55.10 meters) at the Ohio State Jesse Owens Classic (4/26-27) … finished seventh in the discus in a career-best 49.76 meters at the Virginia Challenge (4/19-20) … also set personal record with a 15.33-meter toss in the shot put at the Virginia Challenge … placed fourth in the discus (48.43 meters), eighth in the shot put (15.15 meters) and eighth in the hammer throw (50.45 meters) at the Vanderbilt Black & Gold Invitational (3/22-23).

2019 (Indoor): Placed seventh in the weight throw (17.45 meters) and 11th in shot put (14.73 meters) at the Mid-American Conference Championships at Kent, Ohio (2/22-23) … finished eighth in the weight throw (17.19 meters) and 10th in shot put (15.52 meters) at the Kent State Doug Raymond Invitational (2/9) … placed fifth in the shot put (16.26 meters) at the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational (2/1-2) … placed fifth in the weight throw (16.81 meters) and seventh in the shot put (15.78 meters) at the Notre Dame Invitational (1/19) … finished second in the shot put (16.11 meters) and third in the weight throw (16.45 meters) in the CMU Jack Skoog Open (1-11) … placed ninth in the shot put (14.81 meters) at the GVSU Holiday Open (12/7).

2018 (Outdoor): Placed fourth (52.38 meters) in the hammer throw, sixth in the discus (46.78 meters) and 10^th in the shot put (15.04 meters) at the Mid-American Conference Championships (5/10-12) in Buffalo, N.Y. … placed fifth in the discus (46.96 meters) at the Ashland Alumni Open (4/27-28) … placed fifth in shot put (14.76 meters), seventh in the hammer throw (48.03 meters) and eighth in the discus (45.79 meters) in the Ole Miss Joe Walker Invite (4/13-14) … placed second (52.41 meters) in the hammer throw in the in the Michigan State Spartan Invitational (4/6-7) … placed ninth (47.50 meters) in discus in the North Carolina State Raleigh Relays (3/30-31).

2018 (Indoor): Placed eighth (15.08 meters) in the shot put and 10^th in the weight throw (16.15 meters) in the Mid-American Conference Championships in Bowling Green, Ohio (2/23-24) … placed ninth in shot put (14.65) in the Grand Valley State Big Meet (2-9) … placed fourth (14.41 meters) in shot put, second (43.88 meters) in the discus, and third in the weight throw (16.22 meters) in the Akron-College Invitational (2/2-3) … placed seventh in weight throw (14.58 meters) in the Saginaw Valley State Doug Hansen Open (1/19) … placed sixth in shot put (14.13 meters) and fourth in weight throw (15.32 meters) in the CMU Jack Skoog Open (1/12).

High School: 2017 Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 2 state discus champion … placed sixth in the shot put … won the discus at all 12 meets and won the shot put in 10 meets he entered in the 2017 season … finished runner-up in the discus at the Midwest Meet of Champions … high school regional champion in both the discus and the shot put in 2017 … finished fifth in the discus and in the shot put at the 2016 MHSAA Division 2 state meet … two-time Interstate 8 Athletic Conference champion in the discus (2016-17) … won league title in the shot put in 2017 after finishing runner-up in 2016 … two-time Branch County champion in both discus and the shot put (2016-17) … set school discus record at 181-10.