Steve Wurtzel used one of his team’s final meets of the season — last week’s Warrenton Invitational — to see what his athletes were capable of. He tried to see how many points his team could …
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Steve Wurtzel used one of his team’s final meets of the season — last week’s Warrenton Invitational — to see what his athletes were capable of.
He tried to see how many points his team could stack up in the conference meet, but he wanted to see if certain athletes could also be moved around at the district meet — increasing their chance of qualifying for the sectional or state meets individually.
“I kind of treated it like the conference meet because there was some things I wanted to see heading into the conference meet,” he said. “I wanted to see Brooke (Smith) and Lexi (Frederick) get used to running that open 400 leading into conference; I wanted to see Morgan (Frye) running that 200; and I wanted to see Grace (Bostic) run that 100, too.
The Warriors finished fifth overall with 73.5 points.
Frederick won the 400 in 1 minute, 1.93 seconds.
She also joined Smith, Bostic and Abbi Ebersohl in the 1,600 relay, and the quartet finished third in 2:17.31.
It was the fastest time for the relay team all season.
“And that was with Abbi Ebersohl instead of Sabrina, who was sick,” Wurtzel said. “We had some great splits in that race. Then we decided to put Abbi in the open 4 today (Tuesday) to see if we can get a solid time from her because the name of the game in conference is going to be going open heavy. We’re going to stand good chances in the 400 and 200. I have no idea where our 800s stand because St. Charles is heavy in that, so it’s all about where should we put certain runners? That’s the big question mark right now.”
Warrenton enters Friday’s GAC North meet as the four-time defending champions, but the team will likely face its toughest test in five years.
Kayla Nelson expects to help her team Friday in the shot put and discus.
The senior thrower won the shot put last week with a final toss of 37 feet, 8 inches. It was her second straight week at 37 or further, and less than a foot shorter than her personal best of 38-6.
“Hitting 37 again is great to see at this point in the season,” Wurtzel said.
Grace Bostic continued her impressive season with a third-place finish (50.68) in the 300 hurdles.
“That was a good test for her,” Wurtzel said. “At the second to last hurdle she said her knee buckled, so she didn’t get a clear run. So she might have had a chance to get a better time, and that’s great to see.”
Emma Lewis, who normally runs the 1,600 by itself, also ran the 3,200 Friday.
She finished sixth in 13:44.74.
“The 1,600 is her thing, but we’ve been working her in the 3,200 as well,” Wurtzel said. “We looked at some district times and sectional times, and we kind of predicted what her two-mile might be, so we’ve started looking at that as an avenue for her to get to sectionals and state.”
.HITTING HER MARK — Warrenton's Kayla Nelson tosses the shot put last week during the Warrenton Invitational. Nelson won the event with a toss of 35 feet, nine inches. Derrick Forsythe photo.
