Mountain West Conference Names Indoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week

BYU's Kyle Perry and TCU's Neidra Covington Take the Awards

TCU's Neidra Covington
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Feb. 19, 2008

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - BYU junior Kyle Perry and TCU sophomore Neidra Covington have been selected as the Mountain West Conference Men's and Women's Indoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week, respectively.

Perry set his second national automatic qualifying mark of the 2008 indoor season on Saturday, this time in the men's 3,000-meter run. The Sandy, Utah, native clocked a time of 7:51.20 at the Husky Classic in Seattle, Wash., to finish second. His time was not only a personal-best, but it is also an MWC all-time record and currently ranks third in the nation, according to TrackShark.com. It is the fastest time in the Conference by more than 13 seconds. Perry finished behind Northern Arizona's David McNeill, who owns the second-fastest time in the nation this season, and also competed against athletes from No. 2 Arizona State, No. 3 Texas A&M, No. 10 Kentucky and No. 12 Oregon.

Hailing from St. Petersburg, Fla., Covington had one of the most successful weekends in TCU jumping history, competing at the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark. Covington finished first in the women's long jump with an NCAA provisional mark of 6.13m (20'-1.50"). She followed that by placing seventh overall in the women's triple jump, leaping to an NCAA provisional mark of 13.11m (43'-0.25"). Her long jump mark earned her a second-place position in the league so far this season and 28th in the nation, according to TrackShark.com. Her triple jump mark was a personal-best, breaking her previous Horned Frogs record and giving her the lead in the Conference this season. Her leap is the 12th-longest in the nation, according to TrackShark.com, and is the second-longest in all-time MWC history. Covington competed against a nationally-ranked field, including athletes from No. 1 LSU, No. 3 Michigan, No. 5 Stanford and No. 7 Arkansas.

This marks Perry's third weekly honor of the season and Covington's first of her career.