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ODU's McGee, Wright lock up spots in NCAA wrestling championships

Old Dominion freshman Michael McGee topped Brock Hudkins of Northern Illinois on Sunday in the 125-pound final at the Mid-American Conference wrestling championships, securing an automatic bid to next week's NCAA tournament in Cleveland.

McGee avenged a regular-season loss to Hudkins with a 3-1 decision.

Oscar Smith High grad Seldon Wright won his third-place bout at 174 pounds, 3-2 over Kent State's Dylan Barreiro, and will also head to Cleveland.

Larry Early dropped his third-place match at 174 pounds, falling to Colin Heffernan of Central Michigan 5-4.

Kenan Carter (149) and Shane Jones (165) won fifth-place matches for the Monarchs, who finished seventh in the eight-team field with 80.