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Seniors - Kyle Bangen; Josh Beaudoin; Ben Clark; Kevin Evans; Chris Johnson; Pat Johnson; Joey Jorde; Matt Kuske; Alex Wohl; Spencer Bickel; Michael Cartwright; Logan Erz; Lee Greuel; Giacomo Murazzi; Josh Nelson.

Juniors - Ben Aasen; Sam Beaudoin; Joe Berg; Max Boeckel; Tim Breidenbach; Aaron Brentrup; Tanner Bryantt; Stephen Buch; Joel Deckert; Sheldon Delonais; Drew Eman; Tyler Erickson; Tyler Genre; Kaplyn Gorney; Wyatt Grindy; Rhett Hoffman; Brock Keller; Erik Larson; Leif Larson; Evan Lawson; Tyler Loeffler; Kent Luetzen; Mason Murphy; Alex Nelson; Jace Olander; Taylor Richards; Ethan Rostvedt; Jake Rylander; Donte' Smart; Phillip Streccius; Ryan Tetzloff; Roman Waldera; Jon Walter; Kevin Weston; Terence Younger; Wyatt Zietz.

Sophomores - Sean Allen; Dillon Bercier; Jake Berg; Sutton Bourquin; Cameron Dostert; Jeff Erck; Taylor Foley; Tyler Franca; Kyle Helgeson; Seth Hill; Brandyn Kuske; Jimmie LaVallie; Dakota Larson; Tanner Mehl; Taylor Meland; Alex Palmgren; Isaiah Steinwand.

Freshman - Josh Bell; Alex Buchholz; Tim Budhoo; Trevor Davis; Wyatt Goheen; Trey Graves; Braden Hodenfield; Barrett Hulse; Stefan Jechort; Karl Joyner; Khiem Le; Aaron Lunstad; Austin Marquardt; Matthew Olson; Justice Osborne; Tanner Preskey; Colton Razo; Caleb Roach; James Roberts; Ryan Schlaepfer; Jacob Schmidt; Mason Schmidt; Brayden Soderholm; Colton VanEst; Jonathan Westerman; Porter Williams; Kiya Windley; John Wrona.

2009 MHS boys track and field schedule

March - today, WDA Indoor at University of Mary, 3 p.m.; 26, at Beaver Builder at MSU Dome at 3 p.m.; 27, at NDSU Indoor at Fargo, 2:30 p.m.; 31, Minot Indoor/Outdoor, 3 p.m.

April - 4, at Bismarck Invite, 10:30 a.m.; 9, at Dick Karlgaard, noon; 17, at ND Relays at Bismarck, 4 p.m.; 18, at ND Relays, 11 a.m.; 23, at Bismarck Kiwanis, 3 p.m.; 28, at Duane Carlson, 3 p.m.

May - 2, at Mandan MAR, 11 a.m.; 8, Classic at Fargo South, 5 p.m.; 16, West Region at Bismarck, TBA; 22-23, State at Bismarck, TBA.

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The Minot High School boys track and field team finished strong in the 2008 season.

The Magicians placed third at the Class A State Meet, their best finish of the spring.

The Magicians hope to build on that strong finish this spring, as they get their season started with the WDA Indoor Meet today in Bismarck.

"We have a nice group back," MHS head coach Barry Holmen said. "I think we have 10 or 11 returners from the state meet. Many aren't quite ready to compete because they're coming out of other sports, but it's a nice nucleus to build around."

Among those returners are senior runners Josh Beaudoin and Alex Wohl. The pair were part of both Minot High's state title teams in the 1,600 relay and the 3,200 relay.

"I think we're going to have some good quality and depth in the 400, 800 in the middle distance range," Holmen said. "We have half of those (state title) teams back. We should be able to make our relay teams very competitive."

Also returning in the hurdles will be senior Lee Greuel and junior Kent Luetzen. Greuel placed in both hurdle events at state last season.

Weather has kept the Magi indoors for the first three weeks of practice, but Holmen said the team has responded well to the indoor training.

"We're hoping the weather will continue improving and we can get out and compete," he said. "It's hard to train indoors for that long of a period. We're pleased with how things have gone so far. Kids have trained really hard in the weight room beacuse we haven't had a lot of options some days. That will pay off."

The Magicians have been traditionally strong in the throws and junior Ben Aasen should be among the state's top returners in the javelin.

Holmen believes the WDA Indoor will be good to set a baseline for the team to work from.

"I just think we need a meet to let the young kids know what it's all about," he said. "The training hasn't even been close to sufficient to make us realy sharp, but there's a handful or kids that have been working out all winter. We just want to see where we're at. We just don't know about our conditioning base and our readiness level and I don't imagine any other schools will be ready either."

The numbers are strong for the Magicians again this year, as Holmen said there are 90 student-athletes out for the team.

"We're over 90 right now and waiting to see if a couple kids from the winter sports team join us, so we're right in the 90-95 range," he said.