As the weather begins to creep back into the 30s and the possibility of snow looms in the forecast, the Colonial League track and field season has been delayed a bit.

But when the Salisbury boys and girls track and field teams get under way (their season is now set to open on April 1 at Saucon Valley) the Falcons will retain a number of its top athletes from a year ago.

Despite losing nine girls from last year, the Lady Falcons are returning a number of top competitors from last season's District XI Class AA Track and Field Championships. Junior Kaitlyn Toman-who jumped 11-00 in the pole vault competition-is the Lady Falcons' lone district gold medalist from 2013. Toman also placed fourth in the long jump at 16-00.50. She returns looking to improve on those marks this year.

A number of key basketball players for the Lady Falcons this year (sophomore Lindsay Bauer, and juniors Holly Szita and Kelly Gonoude) will also return looking to make an impact on the team.

"We're trying to reel them back, and keep them from wanting to go 100 percent right off the bat," Hensinger said. "They're just those kind of kids that want to do that."

Bauer earned four top-four finishes at districts last year, including three runner-up finishes for the Lady Falcons. She placed second in the long jump (17-04.50), 200-meter dash (26.92) and 400 meter dash (1:00.42). She came in fourth in the 100-meter dash (13.11).

Szita, meanwhile, placed third in the high jump at 5-02, while Gonoude earned fourth in the 1600-meter run (5:35.58) and seventh in the triple jump (32-02.50).

On the boys' front, 15 Falcons graduated from last season's team, including district champs Austin Bartholomew, Dylan Bonge and Dan Reichenbach.

Kyle Gonoude, a key piece to last year's team, who unfortunately missed districts due to injury, is back ready to pick up where he left off.

"He ran all the way up until the district meet," Hensinger said. "So I'm sure he's looking to get some redemption there since he wasn't able to compete [in districts].

"I'm sure he does have that motivation to prove himself this year. He did everything he could during the season, and it was just unfortunate with the injury. I'm sure he's looking to change that this year."

Due to a large freshman class-20 girls and eight boys-the Falcons have their highest number of athletes under Hensinger. The number is above 100 and that only helps drive competition among the athletes.

"There are a lot of new people around, and they're just learning," Hensinger said. "They really don't know what they're good at yet. It's a trial and error thing with them because they're trying to find an event."