Nate Rushtorfer qualified for the state meet for Hesperia at Saturday's Division 4 regional meet in Allendale,finishing in 12th place with a personal best time of 17:38.9.
It was Ruhstorfer's first time under 18 minutes this season and 19 seconds better than his previous best time, which he set at last year's regional.
The Panther boys finished seventh overall in the race.
Andy Lopez-Garcia was Hesperia's second finisher, with a time of 19:37.8, good for 37th place. Tony Lopez-Garcia set a career best time of 20:27.8, finishing 53rd. Hunter Tinkham was 57th in a time of 21:07.4, and Paul Winchel closed the scoring in a time of 22:02.0, setting a new personal best and coming in 63rd.
Rokhaya Ruhstorfer nearly qualified for state herself, but just missed despite setting a new personal best time of 22:49.1. She finished in 20th place. Elyssa Wright and Danielle Merritt both set season bests in the race, with Wright finishing in 43rd with a time of 28:27.2 and Merritt in 48th with a time of 35:24.8.
