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Senior Clay Sturts (Lexington) and freshman Mack Fincham (Springfield/Kenton Ridge) represented Ohio Wesleyan during the first day of North Coast Athletic Conference decathlon competition, hosted by Oberlin College on Saturday in Oberlin.

Sturts was in ninth place with 2649 points and Fincham was in 11th place with 2373 points.

Sturts opened Saturday with the second-best time in the 100-meter dash, finishing in :11.47 to collect 759 points.  He scored 598 more points with a :55.03 in the 400-meter dash and 512 additional markers with an 18-6½ in the long jump.

Fincham tied for second overall in the high jump, clearing 6-0 to record 653 points.  His time of :12.44 in the 100-meter dash was good for 567 points, and Fincham added 441 more points with a 17-4¾ in the long jump.

The NCAC decathlon concludes on Sunday with the 110-meter hurdles, the discus, the pole vault, the javelin, and the 1500-meter run.

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