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Race to the record books [video]

Ali Ince's run at history
Anna Dunne, Drew Farmer and Avani Rai
May 23, 2022

Heading into the 2022 IHSA State Track and Field meet, Ali Ince had already achieved her share of accolades. Ince added two more State titles Saturday, May 21 -- taking first in the 800 and 400 -- before anchoring the Lady Iron's 3rd place 4x400 relay team. Check out the Inkspot's feature story...

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Sports Briefs: March 4-5

Sports Briefs: March 4-5

Girls Track & Field Members of the Lady Iron track and field team kicked off the indoor season at the Illinois Meet of Champions in Gately Park, IL on Saturday, March, 5.  Ali Ince (’24) teamed up with two commits from Stanford and one from the University of Arkansas to break a distance medley...

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Ali Ince and Olivia Hartke first ran cross country together when Ince was in the 6th grade and Hartke in the 8th -- this seasons State meet marked the final time the friends would race together.

State meet marks final cross country race for friends Ince, Hartke

Jade Ryan, JD Koehler and Tyler Tanton
Nov 18, 2021

When sophomore Ali Ince and senior Olivia Hartke raced at the IHSA girl's State cross country meet on Saturday, Nov. 6 it marked the last time the pair would compete at Peoria's Detweiller Park together. Since junior high, Hartke has served as a distance running mentor for Ince. "I've... looked...

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Sports briefs: Week of Nov. 1

Sports briefs: Week of Nov. 1

Jonah Kramer and Eli Schneider
Nov 5, 2021

Lady Iron Cross Country Ali Ince (’24) and Olivia Hartke (’22) finished 5th and 13th respectively at the IHSA Cross Country Sectional on Oct. 30, qualifying for the IHSA State Meet at Peoria’s Detweiller Park on Nov. 6.  The Lady Iron finished 9th at Sectionals as a team, seven points shy...

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Boys, girls cross country finish 2nd at Intercity

Boys, girls cross country finish 2nd at Intercity

Dylan Wehmeyer, Senior Staff Reporter
Sep 24, 2021

The varsity boys and girls cross country teams finished 2nd in the Randy Sharer Intercity meet Tuesday, Sept. 21, with each race decided by a tiebreaker. Varsity Boys After Community and U-High's first five runners crossed the finish line, the teams were tied for 1st place with 38 points apiece. Jonah...

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Ali Ince speaks to Channel 25 News about her performance and experience winning  the Randy Sharer Intercity cross country meet. The meet held at Maxwell Park Tues, Sept. 22 was renamed to honor the longtime Pantagraph reporter who covered cross country and track before his retirement.

Lady Iron cross country: season of firsts

Eli Schneider, Senior Staff Reporter
Oct 2, 2020

The Lady Iron cross country team heads into Saturday's Peoria Notre Dame Invitational amidst a historic season. A Normal Community girls cross country team, since 1979 when the IHSA records began, has never finished the season among the state's Top Ten teams. A feat which rivals -- the U-High Pioneers...

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