Seven Mason County track and field athletes received all-state honors from the Kentucky Track and Cross Country Coaches Association based on state meet performance.
Ava Thompson (pole vault) and the boys' 4x800 meter relay team of Bryant Curtis, Ed Brannon, Peyton Ullery and Deshawn Overly were named First Team All-State.
Madison Howard (long jump) and Sarah Payne (pole vault and 200 meter dash) were named Second Team All-State.
Mason County senior Bryant Curtis signed on Wednesday to continue his academic and running careers at Georgetown College.
This past season, Curtis was the Class 2A Region 6 cross country individual champion and led the Royals to their first region championship since 1973.
Curtis was 35th at the state meet and helped Mason County close the 2023 season as the state runner-up, the best finish in program history.
As a freshman, Curtis led the Augusta cross country team to the 2020 Class A Region 5 championship, the school's first-ever cross country region championship. He also was a member of Augusta's region winners in 2021 and 2022.
Congratulations to Mason County Royal Bryant Curtis on signing today to continue his running career at Georgetown College. #togetherwewin pic.twitter.com/HtXPczBNzi
— Mason County XCTF (@MasonCountyXCTF) January 11, 2024
The Mason County Royals cross country team is the state runner-up, the best finish in program history.
The Royals had 151 points at the KHSAA Class 2A meet at Kentucky Horse Park on Saturday.
The Covington Catholic Colonels won the state championship with 62 points.
Deshawn Overly led Mason County with a 16th place finish with a time of 17:16.94.
Ed Brannon was 24th (17:44.76), Bryant Curtis 35th (17:58.85), Peyton Ullery 41st (18:04.96) and Nicholas Schiltz 51st (18:16.16) to roundout the Mason County team score.
Two other Royals ran in the race: Elijah Reed finished 140th (20:10.18) and Casey Magee came in 229th (22:50.10).
In the girls' race Kolby Galloway was 34th (22:06.61) and Calleigh Passmore finished in 121st place (25:08.95).
Boys XC Class 2A State Runner-Up ! pic.twitter.com/e4aZsHGR9S
— Mason Co. Athletics (@RoyalsAth1etics) October 28, 2023
The Mason County boys' cross country team's 50-year wait for another region championship ended Saturday.
The Royals had four of the top five finishers and won the Class 2A Region 6 meet at Morgan County.
It is the boys' first region championship since 1973.
Bryant Curtis won the individual championship with a time of 17:11.78. Ed Brannon was the runner-up (17:17.11), Nicholas Schiltz was third (17:24.69) and Peyton Ullery was fifth (17:35.83).
Those four combined for 11 points.
Elijah Reed finished in 14th place (19:43.59) giving Mason County a team score of 25.
Casey Magee was 38th (21:46.86) and Daniel Klump 46th (25:37.26).
The top five finishers account for the team score.
One of the Royals' top runners, Deshawn Overly, sat out the race due to an injury.
East Carter was the runner-up with 65 points and Boyd County was third with 76 points.
Mason County had four runners in the girls' race: Kolby Galloway finished 10th (22:31.89), Calleigh Passmore was 34th (27:39. 62), Lily Dean was 37th (28:39.16) and Cece Hiatt was 38th (29:07.09).
Galloway and Passmore are individual qualifiers for state.
The KHSAA State Cross Country Championships are next Saturday at Kentucky Horse Park.
Royals XC 2023 Region Champs ! pic.twitter.com/uZSTcK1Y2j
— Mason Co. Athletics (@RoyalsAth1etics) October 21, 2023
The Mason County Royals cross country team won the Area 7 Championship in dominating fashion at Rowan County Friday.
The Royals finished with 22 points. The Russell Red Devils were the runners-up with 77 points.
Deshawn Overly led Mason County with a second place finish in a time of 16:57.83. Ed Brannon (17:17.98), Peyton Ullery (17:39.33) and Bryant Curtis (17:50.28) finished fourth, fifth and sixth respectively.
Augusta junior Grayson Miller took third place in a time of 17:13.19.
Mason County Lady Royal Kolby Galloway finished in sixth place in a time of 22.02.47.
The Mason County Royals cross country team won the KTCCCA Meet of Champions Tuesday at Kentucky Horse Park, the site of the state meet.
The Royals edged the Conner Cougars 61-64. Cooper was a distant third with 157 points. Fifteen boys' team competed in the race.
Mason County was led by Dashawn Overly in sixth place in a time of 17:43.29.
Three other Royals had top 20 finishes: Peyton Ullery in ninth place (18:15.91), Bryant Curtis in 12th place (18:26.88) and Nicholas Schiltz in 19th place (18:50.67).
The Mason County Royals cross country team won the Varsity Black Division race at the 18th Annual Saturday Night Lights in Centerville, Ohio.
The Royals finished 23 points ahead of the runner-up team in a race featuring twenty-six teams and 237 runners.
Four Mason County runners finished in the top 20. Bryant Curtis was 9th (17:22.8), Dashawn Overly was 12th (17:27.4), Ed Brannon was 16th (17:33.7) and Peyton Ullery was 19th (17:37.2).
Mason County will run in the KTCCCA Meet of Champions at Kentucky Horse Park Tuesday and the Area 7 Championships at Rowan County Friday.
Mason County junior Dashawn Overly won the Roy Wright Invitational at Rowan County Saturday with a time of 16.49.53, finishing almost 50 seconds ahead of the runner-up.
Mason County senior Bryant Curtis finished fourth (17:41.46), Mason County freshman Nicholas Schiltz came in sixth (17:55.23) and St. Patrick sophomore Gabe Sammons took 10th place (18:41.85).
Mason County freshman Calleigh Passmore finished 20th (29:49.46) in the girls' race.
The Mason County Royals cross country team won the Morgan County Sorghum Run in West Libery Tuesday evening.
Five Royals finished in the top 20, including three in the top 10.
Dashawn Overly led the way with a third place finish in a time of 16:50.90.
He was followed by Bryant Curtis in fourth place (17:19.70), Ed Brannon in eighth place (18:15.20), Nicholas Schiltz in 19th place (19:11.80) and Elijah Reed in 20th place (19:12.50).
Kolby Galloway led the Lady Royals with an eighth place finish in a time of 22:27.00.
Mason County will run in the Roy Wright Invitational at Rowan County Saturday.
With five runners finishing in the top 10, the Mason County Royals cross country team cruised to a victory in the Giovanni's Pizza Boyd County Invitational Saturday.
The Royals beat runner-up East Carter by 82 points.
Mason County was led by Dashawn Overly with a second place finish in a time of 16:35.73.
The other Royals in the top ten were Peyton Ullery in fifth place (17:02.34), Bryant Curtis in sixth place (17:12.53), Alex Brannon in eighth place (17:31.08) and Nicholas Schiltz in ninth place (17:41.39).
Elijah Reed finished in 18th place (18:38.79).
Kolby Galloway was the Lady Royals' top runner, finishing in eighth place (21:26.82).
The Mason County boys' cross country team finished fourth out of 14 teams at the Ryle Invitational in Union Saturday.
The Royals had 107 points, just one point behind the third place team, St. Henry.
Two Mason County runners won medals: Dashawn Overly in 10th place (17:18.29) and Bryant Curtis in 15th place (17:44.55).
Kolby Galloway was the Lady Royals' top runner, finishing in 31st place (22:23.89).
The Mason County Invitational is this Saturday.
The Mason County boys' cross country team won the Ripley Invitational and had the top three individuals Saturday.
Bryant Curtis was the individual champion (17:32), DeShawn Overly was the runner-up (17:45) and Peyton Ullery finished third (17:51).
Kolby Galloway led the Lady Royals with a fifth place finish (22:21).
Bryant Curtis won the 40th Annual Knights of Columbus Joe Donovan Memorial River Run this morning in Maysville.
Bryant completed the 5K course through downtown and the west end with a time of 18.14.
Layla Henderson was the female winner, crossing the finish line with a time of 20:45.
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