Woods and Lady Royals win region titles

Mason County 8th grader Julia Woods won her second consecutive region title and led the Lady Royals to their first region championship today. Woods won the Region 6 race at Mason County in a time of 20.39. Mason County had four other runners in the Top 10- Raylee Kirkland (3rd), Blaine Menke (6th), Iretta Carpenter (8th) and Sarah Bellingham (9th). Mason County's top runner, Valerie Rice, became ill during the race and was taken to the hospital. Another Mason County runner, Rachel White, was injured in an automobile accident Friday and was unable to run in the region meet. Eight Lady Royals were named to the All Region teams. Rice, Woods, Kirkland and Bellingham were named to the first team. White, Menke, Carpenter and Samantha Grayson were named to the second team. This is the first time Mason County's boys' and girls' teams have qualified for the state meet in the same year. The state meet is next Saturday at the Kentucky Horse Park.

Here is a link to the complete Region 6 results.

Photo credit: Tori Menke