St. Regis track headed up to Thompson Falls last week to compete.

     For the boys, Jared Pippers took a fifth place finish in the discus with a throw of 105-11.

      Arianna Jones took a third place finish in the javelin  with a distance of 92-2.

      The track team will compete on April 23 in the Seeley Invitational. On April 30, the team will be in Superior.

      The team will be about halfway through the season after this week and the district track meet, which is scheduled to held in Polson, will only be about four meets away.

      Coach Maury Johnston said that each of the students set a goal that each one of them would like to achieve over the course of the season. He said that he also has his own hopes for them.      “My expectation would be for us to have personal bests for all the kids, to have success by getting to divisional and to state, and to have fun,” Johnston said.

     Johnston is in his fourth year of coaching track and this will be his second year at St. Regis. He said that he really enjoys track because of the type of students who come out for the sport.

      “I like track because you typically get kids who are committed and disciplined and who are willing to do what it takes to meet their goals,” Johnson said.

      The season is just getting underway and there’s a long way to go yet, but Johnston said he is looking forward to what’s to come.      “I look forward to seeing our kids progress and to getting into the season and enjoying watching other athletes from western Montana compete,” he said.