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* Noah Breker rewrote the record books at Gale Woods Farm

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At the Hopkins Bauman/Rovn Invitational on Friday, history was made at Gale Woods Farm.

The man behind the action was Noah Breker. 

Breker set a new personal best, broke his own Robbinsdale Armstrong (MN) school record, broke the meet record, broke the Gale Woods Farm course record and ran the fastest 5K ever on Minnesota soil with a 14:57.20 in Minnetrista, a small suburb west of Minneapolis. 

He surpassed Olympians Obsa Ali, Hassan Mead, and Elliot Heath for the in-state record. 

What's interesting is that Mead and Heath ran their best performance at the same meet years ago. Looking deeper into the history books, Breker became the fourth Minnesota boy to run sub-15 minutes 5K. 

The No. 25 runner on the MileSplit50 preseason rankings won the race by 20-seconds and earned himself a 191 speed rating for his efforts. 

In the girls race, Sydney Drevlow was the only girl to break 18-minutes for 5K with a 17:33 and earned a 140 speed rating.  

VARSITY BOYS 5000 METER RUN FINALS	ALL RESULTS	
PLACE	ATHLETE		TEAM	RESULT	POINTS
1	Noah Breker	12	Robbinsdale Armstrong High School	14:57.20	1
2	Sam Scott	11	Minneapolis Southwest High School	15:18.00	2
3	Nolan Sutter	11	Chaska High School	15:30.20	3
4	Alex Omodt	12	Robbinsdale Armstrong High School	15:54.20	4
5	Landon Hering	11	Hopkins High School	16:03.40	5
6	Ethan Starfield	12	Lakeville South High School	16:04.20	6
7	Benjamin Batalden	11	Minneapolis Southwest High School	16:11.40	7
8	Sully Anez	10	Willmar High School	16:13.30	8
9	Andrew Defor	12	Edina High School	16:14.30	0
10	Nate Meyer	10	Minneapolis Southwest High School	16:18.70	9