HANOVER

Coaches: Steve McConnell (8 years), Rileigh Goulette (1 year)

Last year: Boys were third at the Division II state meet.

League: NHIAA Division II

Returnees: Boys, seniors: Aidan Bradley, James Chafouleas, Justin Dickson, Lucian Gleiser, Joaquin Martin, Jack Olmstead, Aiden Powell. Juniors: Rex Gleason, Oliver Greenway, Abraham Healey, Jain Nandeesh, Alexander Valentino, Andrew Valentino, Owen Welch. Sophomores: Nicholas del Pino, Benjamin Hourdequin, Ethan Welder. Girls, seniors: Mia Bagnato, Emma Letendre, Eva Simpson. Juniors: Penelope Collins, Evelyn De Jesus, Jacklyn Anderson.

Newcomers: Boys, juniors: Iain Greger, Benjamin Thaler Wellborn. Sophomores: Joseph Simone. Freshmen: Alistair Craib, Drake Johnson, Daniel Zheng. Girls, freshmen: Alice Bell, Aria Deeb, Hayeon Song.

Outlook: Coach Steve McConnell said the Hanover boys return a solid team that should compete at the state meet.

“The sprinters, led by Joaquin Martin and Aidan Bradley, the distance crew by Lucian Gleiser, the throwers led by James Chafouleas, and hurdlers led by Aiden Powell should be in the mix for a top position,” McConnell said. “The girls team is lighter in numbers, led by Eva Simpson and Poppy Collins.”

HARTFORD

Head Coach: Mike Perry (26 years) Assist coaches: Ileana Sirios (1 year), Dennis Barr (1 year)

Last year: Boys won the Vermont Division II state indoor track meet

League: VPA Division II

Returnees: Boys, seniors: Payton Bessette, Jordan Davis, Jack Fournier-Stephens, Gabriel Guillette, Joseph Knapp, Maxwell Portnoy, Alexander Smith. Juniors: Conner Beland, Brandon Driver, Ayodele Lowe, Liam Mangieri, Bennett Moreno, Nolan Pichtel, Hugh Wendling; Sophomores: Jason Kelly. Girls: Juniors: Macy Bettwieser, Geneva Durgin, Simon Nichols, Dakota Smith. Sophomores: Barrett Ouelette.

Newcomers: Boys, seniors: Matthew Cooney. Juniors: Solomon Flores, Hayden Hewitt, Alec Husman, Samuel Morris, Coda Scott, Matthew Tsouknakis, Logan White. Sophomore: Gavin Irish. Freshmen: Elliott Brooks, Elijah Ofstad, Lucas Sanderson, Xavier Theriault. Girls: Junior: Ines Orgaz. Sophomores: Michaela Anderson, Rosemary DalPra. Freshman: Kathryn Summarsell.

Outlook: The Hurricane boys are a talented and deep group that return most of the athletes who helped win the state meet.

“The boys team has come off a very successful spring season and with the addition of 13 more boy athletes we should be very competitive this year,” Coach Mike Perry said. “As of now, we look pretty strong across the board. Many of the returning boys were point getters in the championship meet last year.

“On the girls side we have a small team but with the returning girls leading the way I believe we will have a better showing then last year.”

LEBANON

Coach: Kevin Lozeau (11 years)

Last year: Boys placed 5th at DII state meet, girls placed 10th in DII

League: NHIAA Division II

Returnees: Boys, seniors: Ryle Isuga. Juniors: Doyen Kodiweera, Nicolas Petrucci. Girls, Sophomores: Elise Brown, Sarah Smith

Newcomers: Boys, Seniors: Nicolas Engert. Juniors: Tomas Kennelly, Chip Silver, Palmer Susco. Sophomores: Ryder Desharnais, Gabriel Herring, Kieran Lord, Abe Pearson. Freshmen: Elias Chaffee, Koen Christie, Kyle Grant, Marek Rogers. Girls, Seniors: Oliva Cook, Marin Pearson, Izabella Rutherford. Juniors: Madalyn Parker. Sophomores: Eden Ames, Payton Breedlove, Madison Garrow, Jaskirat Kaur, Peyton Rutherford, Mariana Utell, Caroline Weber. Freshmen: Maeve Finnegan, Jo Griffin, Emily Groves, Kristen Higgins, Rachel Horak, Banipreet Kaur, Adelie Premore, Breanna Vorachak

Outlook: Both the boys and girls teams lost most of their top athletes to graduation and while the boys will be looking to rebuild and gain experience, the large girls teams could improve upon last year’s finish.

“The Lebanon boys are in a true rebuilding year with only three indoor track returners,” Coach Kevin Lozeau said. “Led by captains Ryle Isuga and Nick Engert, the boys do have some young talent this season and will look to gain valuable experience before the outdoor season.”

“The girls also graduated most of the team and only have two returners, but the addition of a large number of new sophomores and freshmen make this year’s team three times larger than the previous season,” Lozeau said. “While the girls are largely a very young team, many of the newcomers have track experience from middle school, and the team will look to improve upon their finish from last year.”

MASCOMA

Coach: Rick Currier (2 years)

Last year: Neither boys nor girls scored at the state meet.

League: NHIAA Division II

Returnees: Juniors: Gunner Currier, Jenney Lutz, Trevor Maheu. Sophomores: Brayden Bashaw, Carter Nadeau

Newcomers: Juniors: Emily Brewster, Emma Colburn, Neil Rugg. Sophomores: Liam Carriere, Barnaby Diehn, Georgia Kondi, Audrey Webber. Freshmen: Alex Boulton, Izzy Currier, Alex Deserranno, Karley Hollis, Sam Joyce, Carl Russell.

Outlook: While the Royals did not perform well at last year’s indoor track meet, the team is encouraged going into this year with notable performances in the outdoor season and recently completed cross country campaign.

Sophomore Georgia Kondi represented the outdoor team at New Englands in June, Emily Brewster was fifth in Division III state meet in shot put and Gunner Currier was fifth at the Division III cross country state meet in October with teammates Trevor Maheu and Carl Russell helping the team to a third place finish. Despite a lot of turnover and a young squad, Coach Rick Currier has reason to be optimistic with a solid core of performers and some promising freshmen.

“Our freshmen had very good success in middle school though and many will contribute right away at our smaller meets,” Currier said. “Georgia Kondi, Emily Brewster, Jenney Lutz, Gunner Currier, Carter Nadeau, and Barnaby Diehn could all contend to score for us at states.”

NEWPORT

Coaches: Jeff Miller (12 years), PJ Lovely (12 years)

Last year: Girls were 9th out of 25 scoring teams; boys were 17th out of 23 scoring teams. Maddox Lovely was second in the 55 hurdles, fourth in the high jump and sixth in the 300 meters. Kyle Ashley was third in the shot put.

League: NHIAA Division II

Returnees: Seniors: Kyle Ashley. Juniors: Maddox Lovely, Aaron Fellows. Sophomores: Bryce Palmer.

Newcomers: Senior: Kayla Zullo. Juniors: Peyton Blackinton, Cayden Forand, Jasmyne Lee, Jazmyn McNamara, Emry Hooper. Sophomores: Callie Dixon. Freshmen: Kaydence Moore, Abby Shay.

Outlook: “We have good numbers this year with several newcomers and first-time indoor track athletes,” Coach Jeff Miller said. “Maddox Lovely and Kyle Ashley should both contend for individual state titles, while Aaron Fellows is sleeper in the high jump. Bryce Palmer should be strong in the 600 and 1000 meters.”

OXBOW

Coaches: John Fields (2 years), Michael Gilbane (2 years)

Last year: Boys were sixth, girls 16th in the Vermont Division II state meet. Rueben Keefe was fourth in the high jump and Shane Morse was fifth in the 1,000 meters.

League: VPA Division II

Returnees: Juniors: Andrew Barrett, Cooper Brunet, Rueben Keefe, Shane Morse, Liam O’Connell. Sophomore: Lillian Benjamin, Miley Chen, Kevin Page, Ainsley Smith, Casey Wiedrick

Newcomers: Freshmen: Seamus Fleming, Reese McLam, Nettie Morse, Gabriel Nusbaum

THETFORD ACADEMY

Coaches: Charlie Buttrey (13 years), Joel Breakstone (13 years), Cole Chapman (2 years)

Last year: Girls were second and the boys third in the Vermont Division II state championship meet. Ava Hayden (3000), Ulysses Junker-Boyce (long jump) and the girls 4 x 800 relay team all qualified for New Englands.

Returnees: Seniors: Chase LeFevre, Cecilia Luce, Ben Mattern, Ben Perron, Maddy Thaxton. Juniors: Ava Hayden, Ulysses Junker-Boyce, Evan Rich, Brady Sloop, Romana Spelman. Sophomores: Daniel Mann.

Newcomers: Seniors: Asa Kelleher, Leo Downey, Annie Hesser, Acadia Cook. Juniors: Miguel Kutter-Walker, Hanae Debo, Alicja Perdrizet, Liam Murphy. Sophomores: David Thaxton, Reece Kenney, Wendell Dunham. Freshmen: Sebastian Perdizet, Sarah Marshia, Paul Kidd.

Outlook: Coach Charlie Buttrey is optimistic about the prospects for success with a “large, energetic and enthusiastic” team.

“Indoor track is the only team sport at Thetford Academy which competes at the D-II level, and our athletes welcome the challenge,” Buttrey said. “We benefit enormously from the coaching excellence of Thetford Academy’s cross-country program, so we expect to be strong, again, in the distance events, but we have the potential to be very good both on the track and in the field events.”

WINDSOR

Coaches: Hannah Claire (2 years), Ian Currie (2 years), Gabe Lippitt (2 years)

Last year: Tylor Saraguso (high jump), Eban Margolis (long jump) and Brooklyn Currie (high jump and shot put) competed at the state meet.

League: Vermont Division III

Returnees: Junior: Brooklyn Currie (captain). Sophomores: Tylor Saraguso (co-captain), Eban Margolis

Newcomers: Juniors: Justin Draper (captain), Emma Simino. Sophomores: Asher lema, Ethan Wood. Freshman: Isebella Ciccarelli, Tori Tatro, Marz Percy

Outlook: “We are looking forward to having a few strong boys relay teams,” Coach Hannah Claire said. “We are also excited that we have many new freshman girls jumpers and throwers. We are looking forward to being competitive in relays, jumps and throws this year.”

WHITE RIVER VALLEY

Coaches: David Mattern (13 years), Nalani Sutton (3 years)

Last year: Girls placed fifth and the boys 14th at the state meet.

League: VPA Division II

Returnees: Seniors: Amara Calhum-Flowers, Sadie Kinsley, Finn Bailey

Addie Isham. Juniors: Madelyn Gibson, Hayden Mabey. Sophomores: Bennett Hanson, Matt Bangerter

Newcomers: Juniors: Tomo Watanabe. Sophomores: Imari Taylor. Freshman: Liam White, Sam Armstrong

Outlook: The Wildcats girls team will be led by Calhum-Flowers who won the 55 meter dash at last year’s state meet and placed third in the high jump.

“We’re looking forward to a fun season,” coach Dave Mattern said.