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“This means a lot,” Thynes said as he walked to his discus. “It gives us time to acclimate to it before regions. It’s just an actual track. So it’s pretty nice to throw discus that aren’t shredded up… We have a little tiny dirt track and just like a block of cement and you just throw out onto the gravel so…Right now, in the season, I am just trying to get used to throwing again and making the small critiques to everything, making sure the form is good and on par, just kind of getting used to everything again. Hopefully by regions and state that’s when you’re peaking. My goal is to break the school record, which is 134 feet and I think six inches. I was at 126 and 11 inches so I’m really hoping this year I can dial it in. All I need is another eight feet… I’ve been trying to put on a little muscle. I’m excited for this year. I’m really hoping I can get one more good throw out there.”

released his discus farther than last season’s region country wise email marketing list mark and past his third-place state place throw. If he were in Petersburg it might have taken out a window in the elementary school or bounced on the playground roof or set off a car alarm in the parking lot. It may have been lost in the woods.

Fully committed to the University of Montana at Missoula for track and in pursuit of an engineering degree, Thynes is working through a hip flexer issue and shin splints but can’t pass up the big field opportunity. That is the life of a four-year, small-town track and field athlete.

“Don’t be afraid to mess up,” Thynes said when asked what his advice would be to a first-time track athlete. “Because that is the only way to learn is by messing up. And don’t be afraid to seek advice from other coaches because most of the Southeast coaches are really nice, especially the ones in Juneau, and Ketchikan and ours. Yeah, just don’t be afraid. Get out there and have fun and just try to do your best.”