Klaire Kovatch

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
Throws
Hometown:
Seeley Lake, Mont.
High School:
Seeley Swan

Accolades
NCAA USTFCCCA All-American Honorable Mention (2023, 2025)
Mountain West Individual Champion (OTF 2025)
Mountain West All-Conference (OTF 2025)
USTFCCCA All-Academic (2022-25)
COSIDA Academic All-District (2023-24, 2024-25
Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2021-25)
Academic All-Mountain West (2022-2024)
Women’s Track and Field Letterwinner (2022-25)

Collegiate-Best Marks

Kovatch at NCAA Championships
(OTF)
2023 - Discus - 21st - 51.81m
2025 - Discus - NM

Kovatch at NCAA Regionals
(OTF)
2023 - Discus - 4th - 55.55m
2024 - Discus 25th - 53.86m
2025 - Discus - 12th - 54.32m/178-2

Kovatch at Mountain West Championships
(ITF)
2023 - Shot Put - 10th - 13.29m
2023 - Weight Throw - 9th - 17.12m
2024 - Shot Put - 8th - 14.46m (PR)
2024 - Weight Throw - 10th - 17.15m
2025 - Weight Throw - 4th - 18.84m/61-9.75
2025 - Shot Put - 10th - 13.24m/43-5.25
(OTF)
2023 - Discus - 5th - 53.63m
2023 - Hammer Throw - 7th - 55.83m
2023 - Javelin - 9th - 42.98m
2024 - Shot Put - 8th - 14.26m
2024 - Discus - 4th - 54.26m
2024 - Hammer Throw - 8th - 54.94m
2024 - Javelin - 10th - 40.72m
2025 - Discus - 1st - 57.92m/190-0
2025 - Hammer Throw - 6th - 55.75m/182-11
2025 - Shot Put - 10th - 13.43m/44-0.75

Kovatch’s Top 20 Appearances
(ITF)
Weight Throw - 16th - 18.84m/61-9.75
Shot Put - 18th - 14.46m/47-5.25
(OTF)
Discus - 7th - 57.92m/190-0
Javelin - 45.41m/149-0

Year-By-Year
2024-2025: (Outdoor) Competed in 10 meets ... Set a personal best in the hammer throw with a mark of 56.01m/183-9 at the Doug Max Invitational ... Launched a PR to win the discus at the Mountain West Championships (57.92m/190-0) while also collecting points in the hammer ... Advanced to her second appearance in the NCAA Outdoor National Championships with a 12th-place finish at Regionals ... (Indoor) Competed in five meets ... set a PR in the weight throw with a mark of 18.84m/61-9.75 to take fourth at the MW Indoor Championships.
2023-2024: (Outdoor) Competed in eight events ... placing second in the discuss toss three times ... (Indoor) Competed in eight events ... personal best 14.6 to finish eighth place at the MW Indoor Championships (Feb 22-24).
2022-23: Competed in 10 outdoor meets… top shot put was 12.93m… top discus throw was 55.59m… top hammer throw was 55.83m… top javelin throw was 45.51m… Competed in five indoor meets… top shot put was 13.29m… top weight throw was 17.12m…
2021-22: Competed in four indoor meets… top shot put was 11.56m… top weight throw was 16.66m… Competed in four outdoor meets… top shot put was 11.92m… top discus throw was 52.01… top hammer throw was 48.47… top javelin throw was 42.30m…
(2020-21): Competed in two indoor meets… top shot put was 11.81m… top weight throw was 15.67m…

Personal/High School:
Attended Seeley Swan HS...Montana Gatorade Girls Track & Field Player of the Year for 2020-21...Helped lead Seeley Swan HS to a team state championship in 2021...Three-time state discus champion...Holds the Montana Class C return for discus at 159'3'' which ranked 22nd nationally in 2021...2021 MHSA Class AA-C Discus Champion, completing a sweep of 13-for-13 in discus events as a senior...2021 MHSA Class AA-C Runner-Up in shot put and javelin, notching PRs in both of 37'3.75'' and 123'7'', respectively...Won three shot put events and one javelin as a senior...Member of the 2021 MHSA Class AA-C 4x100m and 4x400m Relay Championship Teams...Also ran the 200m...Had junior season cancelled due to COVID-19...With HS sports cancelled, she competed at the Big Sky Games - an amateur multi-sport event affiliated wiith State Games of America - and she won a title and set a meet record for the 16-18 girls age range with a throw of 148'9''...Helped Seeley Swan HS win the girls title as a sophomore...2019 Montana State A-C Champion in discus...Won six discus meets as a sophomore...2018 Montana AA-C Champion in discus as a freshman...Won four discus events as a freshman...Owns the school records in shot put, discus, 4x100m relay while third in javelin...Earned Academic All-State...Named Valedictorian...Also played basketball and volleyball...Member of National Honors Society, Student Government President, LEOS Club President, Missoula County School Board Student Trustee...Volunteered as a youth ski coach and basketball referee...Young brother, Klayton, is also a thrower...Daughter to Kalvin and Karen Kovatch.