Local results for the XC state championships

The Mason County Lady Royals finished 25th at the Kentucky Beef Council KHSAA Class AA State Cross Country Championships on Saturday at Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington.

Junior Kolby Galloway led the Lady Royals with a time of 22:31.19.

The other five Lady Royals and their times include: 

Lily Dean 24:25.02

Ava Winter 25:55.56

Calleigh Passmore 26:02.60

Sophie Dean 26:16.27

Ellen Clarke 33:19.73

Four Royals were individual qualifiers for the boys' race:

Daniel Klump 18:17.22

John Yazell 19:48.69

Parker Mead 20:58.08

Shawn Hardin 21:01.12

St. Patrick senior Gabe Sammons was an individual qualifier for the boys' Class A meet and finished with a time of 19:08.84

Class AA Kentucky Beef Council KHSAA Cross Country State Championships are Saturday

Ten Mason County runners will compete in the Kentucky Beef Council KHSAA Cross Country State Championships on Saturday at Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington.

Runners for the Lady Royals include Ellen Clarke, Lily Dean, Sophie Dean, Kolby Galloway, Calleigh Passmore and Ava Winter.

Four Royals—Daniel Klump, Shawn Hardin, Parker Mead and John Yazell— were individual qualifiers.

The boys' race is scheduled at 12:30 p.m. followed by the girls' race at 1:15 p.m.

Lady Royals qualify for state XC meet with a fourth place finish in the region meet

The Mason County Lady Royals finished fourth at the Class AA Region 6 cross country meet on Saturday in Ashland to earn a spot in the state meet.

Junior Kolby Galloway led the Lady Royals with a ninth place finish in a time of 21:56.30.

Junior Calleigh Passmore had a top 20 finish, taking 15th place in a time of 22:29.94.

Mason County senior Daniel Klump finished seventh in the boys' meet in a time of 17:73.53 and qualified for the state meet.

The Royals finished fifth in the team standings and failed to qualify for the state meet.

Mason County and St. Patrick XC teams opened the season at Ripley

The Mason County and St. Patrick cross country teams opened the season on Saturday at the Ripley Invitational.

Mason County junior Kolby Galloway was the runner-up in the girls' race with a time of 21:47.6. Mason County junior Calleigh Passmore finished in sixth place (23:54.8).

Two Mason County boys had top 20 finishes — senior Daniel Klump in 11th place (19:10.1) and sophomore Cade Poe in 16th place (19:41.8).

St. Patrick senior Gabe Sammons finished in 15th place (19:40.8).

Royals XC team is state runner-up

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

Royals XC team wins first region championship since 1973

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

Dashawn Overly wins Roy Wright Invitational

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.