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. 

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

Royals win KTCCCA Meet of Champions

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).

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.

Royals XC team wins Morgan County Sorghum Run

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.

Royals XC team wins Giovanni's Boyd County Invitational

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).

Royals XC team at MCIT

The Mason County Royals cross country team finished third out of 15 teams at the Mason County Invitational Saturday.

Deshawn Overly led the Royals with a runner-up finish in a time of 16.40.40. Peyton Ullery was ninth (17:08.10) and Nicholas Schiltz was 16th (17:35.00).

Gabe Sammons was St. Patrick's top finisher in 32nd place (18:06.20).

Mason County Lady Royal Kolby Galloway finished in 15th place (21:24.30).

There were 145 boys and 133 girls in the varsity races.

The meet also included elementary school, middle school and junior varsity divisions.

Mason County seventh grader Nicholas Schiltz is middle school state champion in the 800 meter run

Mason County seventh grader Nicholas Schiltz is the middle school state champion in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:11.

Schiltz won the race at the middle school state championships in Louisville on Sunday.

The middle school championships are not divided by classes, so Schiltz is the champion of the entire state.