Adel-DeSoto-Minburn Sophomore Addy Bjork on the Girls Cross Country Team speaks on the tough competition the Tigers have run against so far this season.

The ADM Girls have ran really well as a team through six races. The Tiger placed top-10 to start the first four before traveling up north to Minnesota to run in the Roy Griak Meet, marking 11th out of 35 teams. The last meet was in Newton this past Tuesday, where ADM won out of seven teams. Sophomore Addy Bjork tells Raccoon Valley Radio that the race was a good reminder of the potential the Tigers have.

“The race at Newton really helped us gain our confidence back as a team because we have a super hard schedule that (Coach) Brown was just telling us at practice, compared to some other teams, so it was really nice to get out fast and run at a good course.”

Bjork credits the incorporation of some inclines in workouts to help speed up the pace during races.

“This year, compared to last year, we’ve done a lot more hill work, which has really helped us this year. And we’re doing more of the same mileage, but we’re running at faster paces, which is really helping us for meets.”

Bjork finished in seventh place overall with a time of 21:55 in the 5K (3.1 miles) in the Newton meet. ADM will look to carry over their performance on Tuesday as they travel to Williamsburg.