The senior, who was representing the Silver Creek/Forestville team, totaled 3,564 points to easily capture the pentathlon at Alden High School on Saturday.

After winning the 110-meter hurdles, the high jump and shot put on Friday, Mays placed second in the long jump and fourth in the 1,500 meters 24 hours later to breeze to the title, well ahead of second-place Cameron Christiano of Depew, who finished with 2,872 points.

Mays’ total — which is second in the state this year — broke the local record of Clymer/Sherman/Panama’s John Swabik, who accumulated 3,527 points in 2021. Swabik will compete in the NCAA Championships this coming week for Kansas University.

Mays wasn’t the only area male athlete to find a place atop the podium.

OBSERVER Photo by Tim Frank Dunkirk's Brady Dobek clears a hurdle during the boys Class B 400-meter hurdles Saturday at the Section VI Track & Field State Qualifier at Alden High School.

Also claiming first-place finishes Saturday were Salamanca’s Xazavier Escobar, who won both the Class C 100 meters (11.46) and 200 meters (23.19); Jamestown’s Beckett Lumia who captured the 400 meters in Class A (50.66); Samuel Bowers of Silver Creek/Forestville who prevailed in the Class C 400 meters (49.89); Frewsburg’s Noah Erickson who crossed the finish line first in the Class C 400-meter hurdles (55:44); and the Bears’ 1,600-meter relay team of Erickson, Cole Vaughn, Lucas Randolph and Henry Eckert (3:29.99).

Other top-five Jamestown finishers in Class A boys were Lumia, second in the 400-meter hurdles (57.80); Angel Martinez, third in the 100 meters (11.62) and fifth in the 200 meters (23.75); Clevon Wofford, third in the 1,600 meters (4:27.88); Wyatt Olmstead, third in the 3,200 meters (10:08.68); Tyler Tellez, third in the pole vault (13-0); the 1,600-meter relay, third in 3:28.12; and Jorge Rivera Jr., fourth in the discus (141-11).

Other top-five finishes in Class C boys were Ryan Ohl of Southwestern, second (50.58), and Lucas Randolph of Frewsburg, fifth (51.67), in the 400 meters; Tyler McIntyre of Southwestern, second (152-11) in the discus; Noah Brown of Southwestern, third (5-10) in the high jump; Bowers, fifth (23.77) in the 200 meters; Ethan Verbosky of Maple Grove, second (4:25.36) in the 1,600 meters; Nathan Keefe of Fredonia, second (15.71) and Brandon Gabel of Cattaraugus-Little Valley, third (16.48) in the 110-meter hurdles; Gabel, second (56.98), Keefe, third (58.29) and Sawyer Whitney of Clymer/Sherman/Panama, fourth (58.85) in the 400-meter hurdles; and Grant Cornell of Franklinville/Ellicottville, third (10:27.15) and Flynn Fadale of Clymer/Sherman/Panama, fifth (11:24.56) in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.

Also placing in the top five in Class C were Max Parmentier of Falconer/Cassadaga Valley, second (11-9), Dylan Moore of Maple Grove, third (11-0), and Josiah Hartman of Southwestern (11-0) and Marcus Parmentier of Falconer/Cassadaga Valley (11-0), tied for fourth in the pole vault; Maple Grove, second (3:32.13) and Silver Creek/Forestville, fourth (3:38.41) in the 1,600-meter relay; Michael Horvath of Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Brocton, fourth (42-1.5) in the triple jump; and Maple Grove, fifth (8:20.16) in the 3,200-meter relay.

Finally, in Class B, Dunkirk turned in a couple of fine efforts. Brady Dobek placed second in the 400-meter hurdles (58.03); Malik McCall was tied for fourth in the high jump (5-10); and the 1,600-meter relay finished third (3:36.35).

GIRLS

Mikayla Johnson continued her dominance in the weights.

A day after claiming the Class C discus title, the Southwestern senior posted a victory in the shot put with a toss of 38 feet, 8.5 inches, which was more than enough to hold off Falconer/Cassadaga Valley’s Ellyson Baglia, who placed second with a throw of 35-11. Mya Sullivan of Franklinville/Ellicottville finished fifth (33-7).

Joining Johnson atop their event podiums in Class C were teammate Marlana Cresanti, Alessandra Bugaj of Fredonia, Eva Green of Franklinville/Ellicottville and the Trojans’ 1,600-meter relay.

Cresanti posted a winning time of 58.35 in the 400 meters; Bugaj was first in the triple jump (35-7.5); Green recorded a winning time of 1:06.18 in the 400-meter hurdles to just edge Finley Mitchell of Clymer/Sherman/Panama (1:06.98); and the Trojans’ 1,600-meter relay team of M’Kenzie Zavala, Katie Bishop, Tryniti Card and Marlana Cresanti crossed the finish line first in 4:06.91, which was more than enough to beat second-place Silver Creek/Forestville (4:12.88) and third-place Fredonia (4:16.53).

Following are the other area girls who finished in the top five in their respective events in Class C: Savannah Whitney, Clymer/Sherman/Panama, second (4:53.70),1,500 meters; Sydney Simmons, Maple Grove, second (16.47), M’Kenzie Zavala, Southwestern, third (17.09), and Aiyanna Goldsmith, Randolph, fifth (17.48), 100-meter hurdles; Cresanti, third (13:43), 100 meters; Chymerah Genovese, Silver Creek/Forestville, third (26.87), 200 meters; Serena Smith, Randolph, third (1:00.56) and Charis LaBarr, Fredonia, fifth (1:02.53), 400 meters; Zavala, third (1:07.73), Molly Shaw, Silver Creek/Forestville (1:09.41), fourth, and Brynn Helms, Falconer/Cassadaga Valley (1:11.12), fifth, 400-meter hurdles; Grace Gilevski, Frewsburg, fourth (8:10.13), steeplechase; Mariella Russo, Fredonia, fourth (4-8) and Ayden Curtis, Falconer/Cassadaga Valley, fifth (4-8), high jump; Silver Creek/Forestville, fourth (51.90), and Falconer/Cassadaga Valley, fifth (52.63), 400-meter relay; and Southwestern, fourth (10:00.94), 3,200-meter relay.