Pentwater fought through “a roller coaster of a weather day,” said coach Erika Fatura, to have some strong runs at Tuesday’s Mason County Eastern Cardinal Classic.
Four varsity runners earned personal best times, and both teams were able to score. The Falcon girls finished second by one point to host MCE, and the boys’ team finished fourth. Hesperia’s teams ran as well, with the Panther boys finishing third.
It was the final regular-season run for each team heading into the regional meet Saturday.
Bailey Case led the Pentwater girls by scoring her first-ever individual victory, with a time of 22:14.4. Second in the race was Hesperia’s Rokhaya Ruhstorfer with a time of 22:58.8.
Lily Smith took fourth for the Falcon girls, setting a personal best of 23:33.3. Lauren Davis was 10th (27:22.3) and Valerie Smith (12th, 28:38.9) and Maggie Jorissen (13th, 28:46.1) each earned PRs.
Elyssa Wright (15th, 29:29.8) and Danielle Merritt (21st, 35:46.4) scored for Hesperia as well. Ruhstorfer and Wright had PR times.
In the boys’ race, Nate Ruhstorfer placed fifth for Hesperia to lead county runners, with a time of 18:15.9. Tyler Zimmer of Pentwater set a PR of 19:01.3 and took eighth.
Andy Lopez-Garcia was 11th for Hesperia (19:51.9), followed by teammates Hunter Tinkham (19th, 21:03.7), Tony Lopez-Garcia (25th, 21:52.9) and Paul Winchel (30th, a personal best 22:16.4).
Falcon runners Tyler Zimmer, Wyatt Roberts and Bode Powell finished as a trio, with Roberts in 22nd (21:49.6), followed by Powell (21:50.4) and Roberson (21:51.2). Michael Smith closed the scoring in 43rd (28:18.6).
