COVER PHOTO: Sophomore Kambria Moored was conference champion in both the high and intermediate hurdles.
The Hopkins boys’ varsity track team was runner-up to Sparta Friday in the O-K Silver Conference meet at Belding.
The Lady Vikings checked in third behind Belding and Sparta, missing second place by six and a half points.
Senior Trent Baugh won the open 400-meter run with his personal best time of 52.34 seconds and teammate Noah Corneille was fourth. Baugh won the long jump with a leap of 20-4.75.
Sophomore Jacob Helder was runner-up in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles at 42.93 and freshman Clayton Kerber was right behind in third.
Also finishing in second was the 3200-meter relay quartet of Miles Corneille, Kaden Edwards, Jack Estelle and Elder, who checked in at 8:54.83, less than half a second slower than first place Sparta.
The 1600-meter relay team of Noah Corneille, Jacob Helder, Miles Corneille and Trent Baugh was conference champion with a time of 3:32.29.
Mason Tomes also took second in the shot put at 43-2 and teammate Aiden Janowsky was third in the discus.
Landen Klinge cleared a personal best 12-6 in the pole vault, but had to settle for runner-up.
In the girls’ meet, freshman Riley Homrich turned in a personal best time of 13.41 seconds in the 100, but missed first by 22-hundredths of a second.
Nevaeh Helderop finished third in the 800-meter run with personal best time of 2:32.81 and she was fourth in both the 1600 and the 3200.
Sophomore Kambria Moored came through in her special, the hurdles, winning the 100-meter highs in 16.74 seconds and the 300 intermediates in 49.59.
Moored hooked up with Ellarie Baugh, Sierra Emaus and Riley Homrich to take second in the 400-meter relay in 51.72, just 13-hundredths of a second behind Godwin Heights. Navaya Ingle, Emaus, Homrish and Moored combined for a third in the 800 relay.
Jaeden Harshberger emerged as the O-K Silver champion in the high jump at 4-10.
Freshman Ellarie Baugh was first in the long jump with a leap of 14-10.5.
