Unity relay squad finishes 5th at indoor championships

Photo: Dan Chamness for the Sentinel

BLOOMINGTON - Members of Unity's 4x400 relay team pose after running their race at the Illinois Top Times Indoor Championships on Saturday. Running in the Class 2A race, the squad finished two seconds behind Normal U-High and Mt. Zion at 4:12.04 in fifth place. The quartet is composed with Josie Cler, Ashlyn Denney, Grace Wherely, and MacKenzie Pound. Cler, Denny, and Pound also ran in the 4x800 race taking the meet title.

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Decker breaks school record at Illinois Top Times Championships

Photo: Dan Chamness for the Sentinel

BLOOMINGTON - Unity's Emily Decker keeps a steady pace in the 3200-meter run at the Illinois Top Times Indoor Championships on Saturday. The Ball State signee set a school record with a time of 10:57.37, placing fourth. She also finished fifth in the mile run.

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Rockets advance in three events at state track

Unity's Ashlyn Denney hands off the baton to teammate Arianna Pruitt-LeFairve while competing in the 4x400 Relay at the Illinois High School Association Track & Field State Finals. The Rockets' time of 4:10.38 qualified the squad for the Class 2A finals in Charleston on Saturday. Unity will have an entry in two other events, including the 4x800 Meter Relay and Kayla Nelson in the 200-Meter Dash. See more Unity Rocket photos from state.

Photo: PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks

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Photo-of-the-Day: January 24, 2022

State relay title dashed

Charleston, IL -- After a fumbled exchange, the baton floats between Unity's Steven Migut and Jackson Schweighart during their race in the Class 2A 4x200-Meter Relay finals on Saturday, May 26, 2018 at the IHSA State Track & Field Meet. The Rockets finished the Class 2A state finals tied in 10th place with St. Laurence and Dixon High School with 22 points.

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Photo of the day: January 26, 2021

Quarter of the way to fourth

Sprinter Migee Kim takes the baton from teammate Ashley Shroyer during the 4x100m relay at the 2007 News-Gazette Honor Roll Meet at the University of Illinois track and field complex. The Rockets finished in fourth-place with a time of 52.61 thanks to speedy efforts of the duo.

(Photo: PhotoNews Media
Clark Brooks)