2024-25 Track and Field Roster
Covington, Jaiya
Jaiya Covington
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Eisenhower
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
Bio
JAIYA COVINGTON
HONORS AND MEDALS
TEXAS A&M ALL-TIME TOP-12 PERFORMERS LIST
JUNIOR YEAR (2025)
SOPHOMORE YEAR (2024)
FRESHMAN YEAR (2023)
HONORS AND MEDALS
- NCAA indoor champion 60m hurdles (2025)
- NCAA First Team All-American (2025)
- SEC indoor 60m hurdles bronze medal (2025)
- All-SEC Third Team 60m hurdles (2025)
- SEC Women's Runner of the Week (1/28) (2025)
- NCAA outdoor Second-Team All-American 100m hurdles (2023)
TEXAS A&M ALL-TIME TOP-12 PERFORMERS LIST
- #1 indoor women's 60m hurdles - 7.90
- #5 outdoor women's 100m hurdles - 12.86
JUNIOR YEAR (2025)
- Indoor
- Competed in six meets during the indoor season
- Broke the 60m hurdles school record four times throughout the season, culminating in a time of 7.90 which stands at the top of the record book
- Won the first conference medal of her career at the SEC Championships, placing third in 8.05
- Became the 2025 60m hurdles NCAA indoor champion, with a school-record time of 7.90
- Her national title in the 60m hurdles marked the first time an Aggie has won the event at the national meet
SOPHOMORE YEAR (2024)
- Indoor
- Competed in six meets during the indoor season
- Recorded best finish of the season at the McFerrin-12 Degree Invitational, placing second with a personal-best time of 8.18
- Ran a pair of personal bests in the 60m (7.62) and 200m (25.26) at the Charlie Thomas Invitational
- Outdoor
- Competed in 10 meets during the outdoor season
- Won four 100m hurdle events throughout the year at the Carolina Spring Break Classic, Texas A&M Invitational, 44 Farms Team Invitational and Texas A&M Alumni Muster
- Qualified for NCAA Outdoor Championships with ninth-place finish in the 100m hurdles at the NCAA West First Round
- Ran a personal-best time of 12.17 in the 100m at the Texas A&M Invitational
FRESHMAN YEAR (2023)
- Indoor
- Competed in six meets during the indoor season
- Secured best finish of the season at the Arkansas Invitational, placing third in the 60m hurdles in 8.38
- Finished 13th in the 60m hurdles in her first conference meet
- Outdoor
- Competed in 10 meets during the outdoor season
- Claimed her first two collegiate victories at the Island Relays Bahamas in the 4z100m and 100m hurdles
- Won her third event of the season at the Victor Lopez Classic in the 100m hurdles, crossing the line in 13.46
- Ran a personal-best time of 12.93 in the 60m hurdles at the NCAA West Preliminary Round to qualify for her first NCAA Championships
- Secured Second-Team All-America status with a 13th-place finish in the 100m hurdles
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Tuesday, May 27
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Wednesday, May 07
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Thursday, April 10
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