Nashua North's Jack Sullivan gets over the high jump bar during the first day of competition Saturday in the 65th annual NH Decathlon at Nashua North. (Telegraph photo by TOM KING)

NASHUA – One Titan is in the lead, and another is in contention after Day 1 of the annual New Hampshire Decathlon-Heptathlon at Nashua High School North.

North junior Jack Sullivan is in front in the 64th Decathlon with 3,127 points, just ahead of Conant’s Ben Sawyer, who has 3,046, and his Oriole teammate, Ethan Vitello, at 3,023. Manchester Memorial’s Bryce Foster is fourth (2,955) while Merrimack’s Sam Epstein is fifth (2,670)

And in the 45th annual Heptathlon, Plymouth Regional’s Katherin Luehrs is in front at 2,522. Technically St. Paul’s School’s Kristina Allard is second (2,456) but she is not eligible to compete for the title. So next is Newport’s Maddox Lovely at 2292, and third is North’s Oliva Mazerolle at 2,208. And her Titan teammate Isabel Di Vernieri is fourth at 2,118. Mazerolle, who just graduated North, has been the runnerup the last two years.

The competition continues today with the final events. There are just three left for the Heptathlon,

For the Decathlon, left to be held today are the 110 hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin and 1500 meter run. The discus and pole vault will be held at Nashua South.

In the Heptathlon, just three events remain: the javelin, long jump, and 800 meters.

Here’s a look at how the day unfolded:

DECATHLON

Other locals in the top 10 mix are Nashua South junior Rory Olsen, seventh at 2650, and North’s Ethan Preston-Teixeira, ninth at 2618.

Sullivan was the most consistent local, finishing fourth with a fourth-place time of 11.71 in the 100 meter dash, did a third-place 6.1 meters in the long jump, was third at 11.12 in the shot, and was in a four-way tie for second as he high jumped 1.78 meters. Then he ended the first day with a time of 53.83 in the 400, good for fourth. So he was right in the top five of every event.

Epstein, who graduated in the morning and came and ran his first couple of events upon arrival just after noon, was 17th in the 100 in 12.20 seconds, long jumped 5.64 (ninth), threw the shot 10.93 meters (fifth), high jumped 1.69 (eighth), and ran a 58.39 400, but that was only good for 24th.

South’s Olsen was tied for 10th in the 100 in 12.02, sixth in the long jump (5.70 meters), but was 27th in the shot, 20th in the high jump, and took third in the 400 in 53.50 seconds.

Preston-Teixeira did a 12.02 100 (tied for 10th), 5.62 meters in the long jump (10th), was 23rd in the shot put, in that second place,1.78 tie in the high jump and a 57.53 400.

Conant’s Vitello got points with a second in the 100, and he and Sawyer were one-two in the long jump (6.29 meters, 6.12 meters) as well as the 400 (52.68, 53.23) so they got points right away. They were 10th and 11th respectively in the shot, and Sawyer was in the four-way second place high jump tie.

Memorial’s Bryce Foster got a great start by winning the 100 in 11.42 as well as the high jump (1.85). He was fifth in the long jump (5.80) Foster was 13th in the shot as well as the 400.

Nashua North’s Olivia Mazerolle, left, and Isabella Di Vernieri are in contention after the first day Saturday of the 45th annual NH Heptathlon at North. (Telegraph photo by TOM KING)

HEPTATHLON

Also locally in the top 10, Merrimack’s Alexis Best is sixth with 1,947 points. South’s Ruthy Mosley is 11th overall with 1,649 points, if you include Allard’s placing. Mosley won the shot put with a throw of 30-2.75 (feet-inches).

Luthers captured the 100 meter hurdles in 15.46 seconds, was seventh in the shot put at 26-7.25, third in the high jump at 4-9.75, and was third in the 200 meters in 26.59.

Mazerolle, meanwhile, was fourth in the 110 hurdles in 17.37 and eighth in the shot at 26-6.50. But she got major points by winning the high jump (actually tying with Allard) at 4-11.75, and was 11th in the 200 in 28.35. She’s a strong long jumper so the key for her may be the javelin and the final event, the 800.

Di Vernieri ran a 17.51 in the hurdles (fifth), 28-7.50 in the shot (third), 4-6 in the high jump (eighth), and 27.74 seconds in the 200 (sixth).

Merrimack’s Best also had a good day, with a 19.48 in the hurdles (ninth), struggled a bit at 23rd (20-4.50) in the shot, but was fifth at 4-7.75 in the high jump, and ran a second-place time of 26.19 in the 200, tops among eligible title competitors as Allard was technically first in 26.11

For complete results of both the Decathlon and Heptathlon, go to northstartiming.com.