The Hopkins boys’ cross-country team fielded a full lineup in the first O-K Silver Conference meet of the season, at Rogue River Park and the girls’ squad was runner-up.
The Lady Vikings finished just three points behind perennial league power Sparta, 58 to 61, and Belding was a point back of Hopkins at 62.
Senior Jaeden Harshberger paced the Vikings with a five-kilometer time of 22:20.97 and junior Kambria Moored also was among the top 10 individual runners, checking in sixth at 22:47.31.
Rounding out the scoring were sophomore Allison Breining 16th, senior Abigail Zalis 17th and freshman Lillian Dewey 19th.
The Viking boys were just eight points behind runner-up NorthPointe Christian and three points ahead of Belding. Sparta, to no one’s surprise won the boys’ race with just 26 points.
Sophomore Jack Estelle, who was missing from the lineup in a meet last week, returned to lead the way for Hopkins with a fifth-place finish in 18:18.21.
Kenyon Katje was 18th in 20:18.74, freshmen Isaiah Robinson and Derek Zapolnik were 26th and 27th, respectively, and Vijay DeZeeuw was 36th.
The Rogue River site is the home course of Comstock Park.
