Warrenton girls track Head Coach Steve Wurtzel’s dream of depth came to fruition Thursday at the Wildcat Invitational at Wright City.The Warrenton girls track team cruised past the competition and won the event by 33 points.“I’m ecstatic,” Wurtzel said. “The biggest thing is that these girls are working together as a team. We scored points in every event except one, and that shows the depth that we’ve got with a lot of our younger kids. We have kids coming up that are able to score points for us.”Kids that came back have helped, too.After taking last season off, junior jumper Sabrina McRoberts won the high jump at 4 feet, 8 inches.“I know she wanted 4-10, but you’ll take what you can get, and that was a huge help for us,” Wurtzel said. “Our assistant coaches have been doing great jobs and it shows. The kids are working hard and the results are happening.”In the hurdles, Courtney Richardson and Allison Tonioli combined to pick up 25 points for the Warriors.In the 100-meter hurdles, Tonioli finished second (17.90 seconds) while Richardson came in fourth (18.42).In the 300, Richardson came in second (51.56) and Tonioli came in fifth (53.19).“They’ve almost kind of flipped roles. Tonioli is becoming that strength in the 100 hurdles and Courtney is really a strength in the 300,” Wurtzel said. “They create that competitive edge with each other. In the St. Dominic meet, the difference between the 300-meter hurdle result was a hair flip, and either could have had their hair flip. And that shows the kind of competitiveness we’re trying to create.”The sprint relay teams continued to shine in Wright City.The 1,600-meter relay team of Tonioli, Andrea Poole, Brooke Smith and Rylie Cox finished second in 4:20.64.The 400- and 800-meter relay teams finished third in their respective races, and Wurtzel was happy to see the balance on those teams.“In the 4X4, they ran a 4:20 and had 1:04 and 1:05 splits,” he said. “If you want to talk about creating a competitive atmosphere, we’ve got two kids that could run the 4X4 that didn’t even run it. Our kids are making our lives difficult, but that’s a positive thing.”Freshmen Brooke Smith, Isabel Saavedra and Macey Ransom joined upperclassmen like Cox, Emma Housewright and Poole to create balance across the board for Warrenton in relay events.“We’re starting to get experience and speed out of our younger kids, and that has really helped the competition. To be able to see that type of environment created by our younger kids, that’s what we’re looking for.  Our younger kids are starting to learn that you might have a great race and not always finish first or second. But it’s about helping your team and being able to go and create that competitive atmosphere.”Housewright won the 100-meter in 13.51, and was joined in the winner’s circle by Kayla Nelson, who tossed a personal-best 37-1.5 to win the shot put.The Warriors return to the track Friday afternoon at Fort Zumwalt North.“I know it’s going to be a really good meet, like at Dominic. I don’t know if it’s going to be a Wright City kind of meet where we have the opportunity to go away with first, but it will be a good competitive meet,” Wurtzel said. “And in the end, that’s what we want. We want that competitive edge that’s going to drive us even further.”.CLEARING THE BAR — Sabrina McRoberts looks to clear the bar in the final round of Thursday's Wildcat Invitational high jump. McRoberts won the event with a final height of 4 feet, 8 inches. Kory Carpenter photo.