Lake Placid track and field team (Enterprise photo — Justin A. Levine)

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid track and field team is perennially stacked with top-notch athletes. But the small school district also has trouble getting a lot of kids, which can hurt when meets are scored by the number of events a team competes in.

But despite the setback of fewer athletes, coach Mel Frazer thinks the teams — and some standouts — will do well this season in Class D, Section VII competitions.

“The girls’ team is a little tiny, which is a bummer,” Frazer said. “But the girls we do have will do well, we just don’t have the depth for points.

“For distance [races] we’ll have depth, just not many people on the field.”

Although there is a lack of depth on the girl’s side, both the boys and girls teams will benefit from a seasoned stock of multi-sport athletes. Three-sport senior Graci Daby and juniors Sara Rose-McCandlish and Bea Hollander all bring experience and leadership to the team, as do seniors Scott Schulz and Carter Grady on the boy’s side.

Schulz had a stellar winter on cross-country skis, claiming a state championship and numerous podium finishes at ski competitions around the country. Grady said he’s hoping to top a school record, and is confident he can get there during the season.

“I’m trying to set the school record [in the 100-meter dash] this year,” Grady said at practice in March. “I’m getting pretty close. Like 0.2-seconds away I think.

“I just want to be the best this year. I think my biggest rival graduated last year, so I’m going to try and be the best and make it to states this year.”

Sara Rose-McCandlish, who also had a great winter season on the high school nordic ski team, said she thinks the girls will do well in the distance events, even though many on the team are young.

“I’m really hopeful about our 4×800 team, that’s always been a favorite of mine,” she said. “I’m hoping this year that we can get a good team in and go to states.”

Rose-McCandlish, whose younger sister Annie is also on the team and competed on the nordic ski team as well, said there’s a sibling rivalry between the two that acts as a great motivator.

“I was faster than her at skiing, so now I have to get back to her beating me at running because she’s a lot faster than me,” she laughed. “There’s definitely a competitive edge. Like last year I was faster than her and completely smoked her in the last lap of the mile, and I have a feeling she’s going to do that to me this year.”

The Blue Bombers were scheduled to open the season at home on April 19 against Ticonderoga.