Revisiting The Boys Pentathlon State Records

The Pentathlon is a grueling two day event at the New York State Spring Track And Field Championships. It was also the last remaining Boys' event not chronicled in the "Larry Byrne Archives," which tracks the Top 50 All-Time Marks in each event in State History.  Consider that hole filled, as we tracked down all the results we could, and compiled them all below.  We did not differentiate between two-day and one-day competitions, although that surely has an effect on scoring potential.

The current State Record Holder is Pat Buckheit (Hamburg), pictured above, who set, and reset his mark numerous times in 1995.  First setting the Record at the Carl Roesch Classic, he rebroke it at the ECIC Champs, before settling at the current record of 3848.  His marks consisted of 110HH at 14.54 (906pts), High Jump at 6-7 (813pts), Shot Put at 47-2 (752pts), Long Jump at 22-6.5 (783pts), and a 1500m at 4:54.37 (594pts).  His 110HH mark was originally reported as 14.2 (faster than the open hurdle winner), but was adjusted to account for the reported Point Total.  The total is also believed to be the National Record.

That Record was challenged in 2016, as Kyle Rollins (Geneseo) became only the second person to ever crest 3800 points.  Likewise, the freshman State Record, formerly held by Jahmahl Pardner (Aquinas Institue) at 3041, was broken last year at States by John Swabik (CSP).  Recently, Swabik moved to NY #2 All-Time for Sophomores at the Section 6 State Qualifier, with one more chance to improve next week.  Check out the full list of verified marks below.

Note: See anything missing?  Reach out at kbrazeil@milesplit.com

 Pentathlon
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 Fr:  3130    John Swabik (Clymer-Sherman-Panama)   2018 (Jun 9, States, Cicero-N. Syracuse, NY)
 So:  3568    Rudy Winkler (Averill Park)           2007 (Jun 9, States, Kingston, NY)
 Jr:  3642    Walt Henning (St. Anthony's)          2008 (Jun 6, Meet Of Champs, Marion, NY)
 Sr:  3848    Patrick Buckheit (Hamburg)            1995 (Jun 10, States, Univ. Of Buffalo, NY)