Hopkins junior Todd Henley wasn’t able to meet his goal of breaking 16 minutes for a five-kilometer race Saturday at the Portage Invitational, but he finished third in Division 3 behind Sam Sharnas of Holland Black River and Cole Jensen of Montague.

Meanwhile, the Viking girls’ team did reasonably well, finishing 10^th among 35 teams entered.

Henley last weekend recorded a school record 16:03 performance at the Allendale Invitational and turned in a time of 16:34.4 on a very wet and slick course. It was the first time this season that he finished lower than second.

Henley earned a medal, as Lady Viking seniors Jasmine Fisher and Laura Velderman. Fisher crossed the finish line in 20:41.9 for 38^th place and Velderman was 49^th in 21:06.3. Emma Helder was 75^th, Alyssa Beilby took 91^st and Alexis Zalis was 108^th.

Hopkins scored 337 points as a team, Hart ran away with the team competition with an impressive 32 points and O-K Silver Conference rival Calvin Christian was runner-up with 103.

The Hopkins boys finished with 571 points in 20^th place. Shepherd won it with 135 and Benzie Central was second with 140.

Dan Rausch was second for the Vikings with a 17:35.1 clocking and 34^th place, also good for a medal. Zach Nutter was 149^th, Andrew Hazen was 242^nd and Jake Pastoor 274^th.

There were 384 runners in the boys’ race and 344 in the girls’ competition.

COVER PHOTO: Lady Vikings Laura Velderman (left) and Jasmine Fisher show their Portage Invitational medals.