PITTSBURG, KAN. -- For the second straight year, Lenoir-Rhyne sent Jacob Wadsworth and Marlin Davis to the NCAA Indoor Championships. Wadsworth completed the first day of the heptathlon while Davis ran the 60m dash and 200m dash. 

Wadsworth, who finished fourth in the heptathlon last year, sits in 11th after the first four events. Wadsworth grabbed a sixth-place finish in the 60m, finishing in 7.02 seconds. Wadsworth's best finish of the day came in the long jump where he placed fourth with a leap of 7.01. The junior rounded out the day with a 16th place finish in the shot put and an eighth place finish in the high jump. 

Day two of the heptathlon starts at 1 p.m. on Saturday with the 60m hurdles, pole vault and 1000m. 

Davis, who was part of the 2021 record-breaking 4 x 400 indoor relay team, competed on his own this year. In the 60m dash, Davis sprinted a time of 6.83 which placed him 13th in the event. Davis would follow that with a time of 21.99 seconds in the 200m which placed the sophomore 16th. 

Day two at the Robert W. Plaster Center starts at 11 a.m. with Wadsworth hunting for his second straight All-American honor in the heptathlon. 

DAY TWO
Wadsworth would complete the All-American performance in the second day of the heptathlon. The junior opened the day with a 14th place finish in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.79 seconds. In the next event, the pole vault, Wadsworth was 12th, meaning he needed a big performance in the 1000m. Wadsworth responded with a second-place finish in the event, sprinting a 1:42.43 to finish in 10th place overall and grab a Second Team All-American accolade. The junior finished the event with 5126 total points.