A high turnout of athletes has been one reason why the Parkland boys and girls track and field teams have experienced plenty of success in recent years.

As the Trojans prepare for the spring season, Parkland will have over 300 athletes (322 combined to be exact) competing not only against other teams, but also against one another to push themselves to achieve their best.

Coming off an unbeaten 10-0 record in the final season of the Lehigh Valley Conference, the boys are looking to keep their streak of three consecutive (2012-2014) unbeaten league seasons alive in 2015. The girls, meanwhile, are coming off a successful season of their own, finishing 9-1 with their only loss coming to unbeaten Emmaus.

The goal this year is to once again compete for the regular season title in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference's inaugural season.

"[Our goal is] to get better every day and to win the championship," head coach Scott Levan said.

The boys have graduated Kareem Williams, a top-six finisher at districts in the 110-meter and 300-meter hurdles. But despite his loss, one of the Trojans' biggest strengths is their returning hurdlers.

A year ago at districts, senior Joey Hawkins placed fourth in the 300-meter hurdles and seventh in the 110-meter hurdles, one spot behind Williams in each event. Senior Zachary Trexler placed eighth in the 300-meter hurdles at districts. Both figure to be two of the Trojans' main point scorers once again in 2015.

Senior Unique Divine and junior Davonte Cross, a newcomer, will headline the sprinters.

One area the boys will need to focus on the most is the throwing events. With the graduations of Legend Boyesen (second in districts in javelin) and Stephen Laird (third in javelin), and the loss of Nicholas Hassler (seventh in javelin), a number of voids need to be filled on the field.

Senior Derek Ziegenfuss, a fourth-place finisher in the javelin a year ago, will return. Senior Alex Reed will be among the top scorers in the javelin event as well.

On both sides, Levan would like to see an increase in team unity this year.

"We want to be like one big family no matter how good each person is," Levan said. "We are a team that respects one another and helps others get better every practice."

Junior returner Zachary Hugo finished 10th in the pole vault at districts a year ago, while junior Daniel Kyvelos took eighth in the 3200-meter run to round out the Trojans top-10 placers at districts.

The girls, on the other hand, return much of their top performers from last year's district meet.

Stephanie Panny graduated after placing third in the shot put, but senior Avery Semler is looking to improve on her seventh-place finish in the same event.

Two sophomores, Emily Wilcox (400-meter dash) and Devyn Anderson (800-meter run) finished in the top eight at districts in their respective running events.

In the jumping events, junior Morgan Sherwin finished sixth in the high jump at districts a year ago to complete a well-rounded group of girls in numerous events.

"I would just say the depth of our team is going to be pretty good," Levan said. "Our team is probably just as good as it was last year, but I don't know how other teams are."