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The Varsity Track & Field Team competes as part of the Massachusetts Bay Independent League (MBIL) and in the NEPSAC Division 3 Championships.

 

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Team Records

Co-ed Varsity Track & Field Records

 

Meet the Coaches

 

Covenant Christian Academy Track and Field Coaches

 “When we run, jump and throw, we feel His pleasure.” —Chariots of Fire

 

Meirwyn Walters, Varsity Head Coach

An accomplished Masters sprinter, Mr. Walters currently competes in the 100m, 200m, and 400m. Most recently Mr. Walters anchored his 4x400m relay team to the M55 World Record at the 2022 Millrose Games in New York City. He was a silver medalist in the 400m at the USATF National Masters Indoor Championships (2018) and a bronze medalist at the USATF National Masters Outdoor Championships (2019). In the 4x200m relay, he and his teammates won a silver medal at the USATF National Masters Indoor Championships (2014). Mr. Walters is a certified USATF Track and Field coach. 

 

Favorite verse:  “He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” –Micah 6:8

 

Peter Pound, Varsity: Hurdles, Jumps

Coach Pound competed for Oxford University (UK), McGill University, and ACS Hillingdon (UK). At Oxford, he was the winner of the Oxford-Cambridge 110m hurdles (1998). He achieved the distinction of being awarded Varsity Blue, “the highest honor granted to individual sportspeople at the University of Oxford.”  At McGill, Mr. Pound competed in the 55m hurdles, high jump, and 4x200m and twice qualified for the Canadian collegiate national championships (CIAU). 

 

During his high school years, he was the European ISST champion in 110m hurdles for multiple years and also competed and medaled in 400m hurdles, high jump, 4x100m, and 4x400m. He continues to hold his high school high jump record (1993) with a height of 6’4”.

 

Favorite verse:Well done, good and faithful servant.” — Matthew. 25:21

 

AJ Migonis, Varsity: Long Distance

Coach Migonis was a three-sport collegiate runner at Colgate University. He is a 12-time marathoner with a personal best of 2:28. He is a two-time Coach of the Year for Cross-Country in the Cape Ann League at Manchester Essex High School. He started and built a cross-country program that, under his coaching, went on to win several D4 state titles, regularly placed at Sectionals, and won several Cape And League titles for both boys and girls varsity. Six of his athletes went on to compete at the collegiate level.

 

With almost 20 years of experience as a history teacher, he brings his passion for teaching onto the track and inspires athletes to set and exceed goals they never thought possible.

 

Jonathan Garcia, Varsity: Hurdles, Jumps

Coach Garcia is a three-time collegiate national champion and a six-time NCAA Division III All-America. He won national championships in three consecutive years, taking the 55m hurdles indoors in 2006, the 110m hurdles outdoors in 2007, and in his final race for the UMass Dartmouth Corsairs, won the 55m hurdles indoors in 2008. Mr. Garcia appeared in seven NCAA championship races throughout his indoor and outdoor track career. He has competed in the high jump, long jump, triple jump, 100m, 200m, 400m hurdles, 110m hurdles, and the decathlon at the high school and collegiate level.

 

As a college senior, Mr. Garcia earned the prestigious New England Division III Men’s Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year. He is the current UMass Dartmouth school record holder for the 110m high hurdles and was inducted into the college’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013.

 

Mr. Garcia was the assistant coach for jumps and hurdles at UMass Dartmouth (2008-2009). From 2011-2014, he joined the Stoneham High School Varsity T&F team as an assistant track coach. During his time there, the program grew from 25 to 75 athletes and went on to win both the Class D State Championships and the Class D State Relay Championships. In just his first year of coaching, Mr. Garcia helped turn 9 student-athletes into Middlesex League All-Stars and States Qualifiers, and each year he coached he consistently had the top 3 hurdlers in the Middlesex League with at least one of his hurdlers ranked in the top 8 in Massachusetts.

 

Mr. Garcia’s greatest passion is having the opportunity to instill in his athletes the life skills born on the practice field that foster personal responsibility, accountability, leadership skills, camaraderie, character, and applied excellence. 

 

Favorite verse:Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” 

–Hebrews 12:1

 

Laura Bergey, Varsity: Assistant Coach

Coach Bergey ran both track and cross country in high school and was team manager of her track team. During her time at Gordon College, she was a floater coach for the Gloucester High School Varsity Track and Field team. As a teacher at Covenant, Bergey is looking forward to the opportunity to serve and encourage her students outside of the classroom. She has a passion for youth ministry and championing students to push themselves and use their gifts. Bergey values the community, camaraderie, and character that is built on the team, and she is excited to encourage the runners to grow physically, mentally, and with each other this season.  

 

Favorite verse: “Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.”  –2 Corinthians 4:16