Junior Eva Drumm got into running in seventh grade from her friend mentioning it to her. Ever since then, she’s been so into running. She and her friends are always there to support each other in running.  

“In seventh grade, my friend Gracie told me that I should come to cross country practice, and I just did. And I have done it ever since,’’ Drumm said.

Drumm thinks running is a hard sport physically. 

“Training your body physically and improving your stamina is good for your performance. But it takes self-motivation to be able to run a good race. If you tell yourself you won’t be able to run that well, then you’ll get in your head and not run your best,’’ Dumm said. 

Drumm doesn’t think a runner can be perfect. 

“No one really is a perfect runner. But what makes a good teammate is cheering on your teammates and lifting them up when they have a bad race,’’ Dumm said.

Drumm looks up to her coach. 

“I look up to my coach because not only does she help me become a better runner, but she makes me become a better person,” Drumm said. I also look up to a former runner Reese Wilber. She graduated last year. I look up to her because she is a D1 athlete at Buffalo and she has taught me a lot about being a better runner.’’

“My greatest accomplishment is probably having consistent times throughout the season,” Drumm said. “Last year I was trying to break 24 and now I’m running low 23’s working on breaking 23. Another accomplishment of mine is probably coming back from all the injuries I’ve had. My ninth-grade indoor season I had an injury in my hip bone, and I couldn’t run at all for 4 months. My 10th grade indoor season I had a knee injury that still affects me today. I have patella tendinitis and I had to go to physical therapy for like three months. And like I said before I sprained my ankle at the Kiski meet and I was out for two meets. Usually this wouldn’t bother me as much, but it was the end of the season and I was looking forward to breaking 23 and I’m still trying to get back to running from those two weeks off. Trying to stay positive while not being able to do the thing I love really affected me and it’s an accomplishment that I’m proud of.”

Drumm came in second place by a 40 second gap at a home meet at Logan elementary.

“As of last year I placed 5th at this meet and this year I had a big chance of finishing in first. There was a lot of pressure and I went into the meet thinking I wasn’t going to do as good as some expected me to. With motivation around me I was able to place first,” Drumm said.