Weather cost the Adel-Desoto-Minburn Tigers girls track team another competition with the cancellations of yesterday’s annual Rams Track and Field meet at Greene County High School. With the deadline to qualify for the annual Drake Relays looming later this week, the ADM girls track team is kicking off the competition week this afternoon in the DC-G Fillie Invitational at Dallas Center-Grimes High School. Competitors from Ballard, Carlisle, Creston, Dallas Center-Grimes, Earlham, Grinnell, Indianola, Nevada, and Norwalk will battle on the track for team bragging rights.

The Drake Relays features 16 high school track and field events on the Blue Oval annually including five relays, four individual races, four field events, and two hurdles races. The top 24 high school performances recorded across Iowa before midnight this Friday will receive an invitation to compete at the 2018 Drake Relays, April 26-28 in Des Moines.

According to Quikstats Iowa, ADM has multiple individual athletes and relays who could qualify for Drake. Senior Keaton Kester’s best 100 meter dash time of 12.54 seconds in Grimes on March 29 is the ninth fastest result. Junior Anna Kenny’s top 400 meter hurdles result of 1:09.17 Thursday in Waukee currently ranks 16th in the state. Junior Sadie Jurgens finest half mile time of 2:22.4 at Van Meter on April 5 ranks 19th overall. The Tigers Shuttle Hurdle Relay team of Kristen Baier, Abigail Calligan, Holland Zwank and Sami Schepers top time of 1:09.91 recorded Thursday in Waukee currently sits 20th in Iowa. Finally, ADM’s sprint medley crew of Josi Lonneman, Kester, Kenny, and Jurgens best result of 1:51.84 sits 12th overall entering the week.

First events of the DC-G Fillie Invitational start around 4:15 p.m. today from Dallas Center-Grimes High School.