Another sweep for the Mason County track and field teams

For the second straight week, the Mason County girls' and boys' indoor track and field teams swept a Mason County meet on Saturday.

The Lady Royals finished with 166 points. The Harrison County Fillies were a distant second with 40 points.

The Royals had a team score of 108.5. Madison Southern finished second with 61 points.

Mason County athletes with first place finishes include:

• Kenzie Gulley, girls' 55 meter dash (7.58)
• Sarah Payne, girls' 400 meter dash (1:03.00)
• Lexi Young, girls' high jump (5-0) and girls' long jump (16-9.25)
• Ava Thompson, girls' pole vault (11-1)
• Dashawn Overly, boys' 1600 meter run (4:45.50) and boys' 3200 meter run (10:29.17)
• Nazir Metts, boys' high jump (6-0)
• Keenan Galloway, boys' pole vault (11-6)
• The girls' 4x400 meter relay team (4:34.00)
• The boys' 4x400 meter relay team (3:55.78)

Mason County will host Indoor Meet No. 3 this Saturday.

Mason County sweeps first indoor track and field meet of the season

The Mason County girls' and boys' indoor track and field teams swept the Mason County No. 1 meet on Saturday.

The Lady Royals finished with 122 points. Ryle was the runner-up. The Royals tallied 107 points. Bishop Brossart took second place with 67 points.

Mason County High School athletes with first place finishes include:

• Jaxen Crabtree, boys' 55 meter dash (6.94)
• Ava Thompson, girls' high jump (5-00.00)
• Trazon Lang, boys' high jump (6-00.00)
• Sarah Payne, girls' pole vault (10-00.00)
• Keenan Galloway, boys' pole vault (11-06.00)
• Reese Hardeman, girls shot put (33-07.00)
• The boys' 4x800 meter relay team (9:28.20)
• The girls' 4x400 meter relay team (4:35.99)

Mason County will host its second meet this Saturday.

Another meet sweep by the Mason County girls' and boys' track and field teams

The Mason County girls' and boys' track and field teams swept Mason County Indoor Meet #4 on Saturday, the final meet of the regular season.

The Lady Royals and Royals swept three of the four Mason County meets. The Lady Royals won all four meets at their home facility.

Despite not being at full strength on Saturday, according to coach Mark Kachler, the Lady Royals finished with 96 points. Dixie Heights took second place with 50 points.

In the boys' meet, the Royals had 64 points while Batavia finished second with 46 points.

Amirah Reed broke the girls' indoor school record in the 55 meter hurdles with a time of 9:58 and finished third.

Mason County athletes who won events on Saturday include:

• Lexi Young, girls' 55 meter dash (7.56) and girls' high jump (5-02.00)
• Sarah Payne, girls' 400 meter dash (1:04.90)
• Ava Thompson, girls' pole vault (11-00.00)
• Nicholas Schiltz, boys' 800 meter run (2:14.99)
• Dashawn Overly, boys' 1500 meter run (4:37.70)
• Keenan Galloway, boys' pole vault (11-00.00)

The Mason County teams will find out later this week how many athletes qualify for the state championships. Athletes must be in the top two of their team and also have a top 24 Class 2A performance in their event or events. 

The Class 2A state championships will take Saturday at the Norton Healthcare Sports and Learning Center in Louisville. 

Decker and Royals are XC region champions, Overly and Royals are runners-up

Mason County senior Paige Decker was the individual champion and she led the Lady Royals to the team title today at the Class AA Region 6 cross country meet at Boyd County. It's the Lady Royals 10th regional team championship in the last 15 years.

In the boys' meet, Mason County sophomore Deshawn Overly was the individual runner-up and he led the Royals to a runner-up finish, their best finish since 2012.

The Lady Royals had 35 points. Boyd County was a distance second with 65 points and Russell was third with 66.

Decker crossed the finish line with a time of 19:02.06.

Layla Henderson was third (20:08.18), Elizabeth Lavinder was seventh (20:46.96), Morgan Carpenter was 12th (21:50.83), Ava Thompson was 13th (21:57.93), Alexis Decker was 22nd (22:47.56) and Hadley Maher was 31st (23:28.78)

Boyd County won the boys' meet with 34 points followed by Mason County with 66 and East Carter with 81.

Overly had a time of 17:24.23.

Peyton Ullery as seventh (17:36.15), Alex Brannon was 16th (18:37.61), Elijah Reed was 19th (19:19.45), Jackson Truesdell was 22nd (19:38.88), Keenan Galloway was 31st (20:32.88) and Casey Magee was 34th (20:46.06).

The Lady Royals and Royals both advance to the state meets next Friday at Bourbon County.

Lady Royals Paige Decker wins Region 6 AA individual XC title leading her team to the title over Boyd Co pic.twitter.com/fTbkbqaBSE

— Mason County XCTF (@MasonCountyXCTF) October 21, 2022

Mason County's Lexi Young is a middle school state champion in three events

Mason County eighth grader Lexi Young is a middle school track and field champion in three events.

Young won the 100 meter dash (12.53), the 200 meter dash (26.22) and the long jump (17-08.75) at the KTCCA Middle School State Championships at Eastern High School on Saturday. She finished in fourth-place in the high jump (4-08.00).

Young, the only Mason County girl who qualified for the middle school state meet, earned enough points for a fourth-place finish in the team rankings. She will compete in KHSAA Class 2A state high school championships on Friday.

Mason County eighth grader Keenan Galloway medaled with a sixth-place finish in the pole vault with a personal record of 9-06.00.