Unity's Barry, Camp Point Central relay team qualify for state track and field finals

She's Barry good, Unity track star poised for third-peat at state

Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks Mendon Unity's Saylor Barry floats down the runway, leaping 5.77 meters — 18 feet, 11.25 inches — to defend her 2024 state title in the long jump at the IHSA Girls' Track & Field State Finals at O’Brien Stadium on the Eastern Illinois University campus in 2025. Becoming the first two-time state champion in Mustang school history her junior year, as a senior she is on the way to a historic three-peat after leading the…

Unity's Barry, Camp Point Central relay team qualify for state track and field finals

CHARLESTON, Ill. — Saylor Barry’s quest for a three-peat got off on the right foot. The Mendon Unity senior nailed a jump of 5.64 meters — 18 feet, 6 inches — on her first attempt Thursday at the Class 1A state track and field championships at Eastern Illinois University’s O’Brien Stadium. Barry, who is the two-time defending state champion in the long jump, fouled on her next two attempts, but her first jump was enough to secure first place goi…