The Hesperia boys' team finished in 20th place in the small-school
division at Friday's Ottawa Hills Invitational, led by Nate Ruhstorfer
in 81st place.
Ruhstorfer finished in a time of 18:21.5 to set a new season best time, a theme for runners Friday on a fast course.
Andy
Lopez-Garcia finished 117th for the Panthers (19:02.9), and Hunter
Tinkham placed 171st (22:04.7). Paul Winchel was 173rd (22:23.6) and
Tony Lopez-Garcia closed out the scoring in 179th (22:32.8).
The
Panther girls had four finishers in the race, with Rokhaya Ruhstorfer
the leader with a time of 24:00.3, good for 138th place. Other finishers
were Elyssa Wright (196th, 32:03.7), Danielle Merritt (205th, 42:45.7)
and Alana Javinsky (206th, 43:40.3).
