It was not a good day for Hopkins Friday in Belding at the O-K Silver Conference meet.
The Lady Vikings entered the contest with a 5-1 league dual meet record and they had their hearts set on challenging Belding for the overall title. They wound up third with 105 points, one less than runner-up Calvin Christian, while Belding took all the marbles with 159.
The Viking boys settled for fourth place after going 4-2 in dual meets. Belding won that competition as well, with 131, followed by Godwin at 103 and Calvin Christian at 100.
There were some bright spots for the Hopkins guys.
Junior Trey Collins won the league title in the pole vault and once again set the school record by clearing 13-6. He and freshman teammate Logan Klinge routinely have been bettering the 18-year-old record set by Jack Klunder at 12-6. Klinge finished second Friday at 11-6 and he was third in the 110-meter high hurdles.
Collins also was fourth in the high jump andin the long jump.
Junior distance ace Todd Henley, who has been suffering from a subpar spring, captured the league championship in the 3200-meter run with a time of 10:12.03 and he was second in the 1600 with a time of 4:48.38.
The Hopkins 3200-meter relay team of Nolan Hugmeyer Henley, Zach Nutter and Dan Rausch was runner-up with a clocking of 8:55.13.
Sophomore Trevor Long continued his promising work in the shot put, finishing third at 40-11, and Nathan Tew was fourth in the discus.
Evangelina Helderop, in her first year in track despite being a junior, emerged as conference champion in the open 400 at 60.83 seconds and was second in the 200-meter dash at 27.87 seconds
In perhaps the most pleasant surprise for the Lady Vikings, Savannah Emaus won the pole vault with a more than respectable 10-9.
Rising the occasion was junior Olivia Barry, who claimed second in the 110-meter hurdles with her career best time of 17.55 seconds. Sophomore Lauren Brown was fifth in the 300 hurdles.
Emma Helder was third in the 800, Jasmine Fisher and Alyssa Beilby both were in the top seven in the 1600 and 3200 races.
The best relay performances were a second in the 3200 by Fisher, Mary Wells, Beilby and Helder and thirds by the 1600 with Helder, Cassidy Finney, Brown and Helderop and the 400 that included Alex Jackson, Paris Corneille, Anna Washburn and Kelsey Dusseau.
Shannon Henshaw claimed a second in the discus and third in the shot put and Washburn was third in the long jump.
