Relay races: Unity girls' track and field has entries in all four relays at state meet
May 22—TOLONO — This particular Instagram reel is a popular one in 2026. Have people show how they're doing before a possible strenuous task — like kindergarten teachers before the first day of school — and then show how they're faring after said task is complete. The Unity girls' track and field team's 1,600-meter relay team of junior Grace Wherley and seniors Cameron Kaiser, Jillian ...
May 22—TOLONO — This particular Instagram reel is a popular one in 2026. Have people show how they're doing before a possible strenuous task — like kindergarten teachers before the first day of school — and then show how they're faring after said task is complete. The Unity girls' track and field team's 1,600-meter relay team of junior Grace Wherley and seniors Cameron Kaiser, Jillian Schlittler and Mackenzie Pound did their own take on this trend earlier this season.
All four sport smiles and a relaxed nature before sprinting one lap around a track. All four experience much different feelings in the seconds after they ran their particular 400 meters. Struggling to catch their breath.
Pained expressions on their faces. Overall unhappiness. "After I get the baton," Kaiser said, "I like to leave it all on the track.
" Understandable. And if the Rockets want to come home this weekend from the IHSA Class 2A state meet at O'Brien Field on the Eastern Illinois University campus in Charleston with another state trophy after a second-place finish in 2025, the success of their relays arevital. Unity qualified all four relay teams — the 400, 800, 1,600 and 3,200 — for state at the Mattoon Sectional on May 14.
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