The Minnesota State Outdoor Championships have barely started, but we already have state history on our hands in a Class AAA boys 3,200m race that saw two boys break the state meet record, three boys go under the 9-minute barrier and five boys under 9:10.
To start, Robbinsdale Armstrong senior Noah Breker repeated as the Class AAA state champion in the 3200m, as he clocked a new meet record time of 8:51.44.
He beat the old record of 8:57.07 set by Obsa Ali in 2013. Breker also ran the second-fastest unconverted 3,200m time in state history, only behind Joe Klecker.
MN All-Time 3200m Times (Unconverted)
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Year |
| 1 | Joe Klecker | 8:50.12 | 2015 |
| 2 | Noah Breker | 8:51.44 | 2023 |
| 3 | Aidan Jones | 8:54.48 | 2023 |
| 4 | Obsa Ali | 8:57.07 | 2013 |
| 5 | Sam Scott | 8:57.10 | 2023 |
Looking at the list above, alongside Breker, Aidan Jones and Sam Scott also both broke the 9-minute barrier once again and joined Breker in the top five all-time unconverted 3200m times in Minnesota.
This is only the second time in state history that three boys have gone under 9-minutes for the 3200m in the same race, joining the 2013 MSHSL State Track and Field Championships. In that race, Obsa Ali set the state meet record of 8:57.07 and both Eli Krahn (8:58.67) and Joey Duerr (8:59.03) joined him under that 9-minute barrier.
2023 MN State Championships - Class AAA Boys 3200m Results
| Rank | Athlete | School | Time |
| 1 | Noah Breker | Robbinsdale Armstrong | 8:51.44 |
| 2 | Aidan Jones | Minneapolis Washburn | 8:54.48 |
| 3 | Sam Scott | Minneapolis Southwest | 8:57.10 |
| 4 | Robert Mechura | Roseville | 9:06.01 |
| 5 | Nolan Sutter | Chaska | 9:07.49 |
| 6 | Max Westerlund | Minnetonka | 9:13.54 |
| 7 | Adam Lueth | Bloomington Jefferson | 9:17.89 |
| 8 | Nick Gilles | Minnetonka | 9:24.19 |
| 9 | River Santiago | Blaine | 9:24.35 |
In terms of average, this year's race of Breker/Jones/Scott had the fastest top-three average for a 3200m race in state history with an average time of 8:54.34 compared to the Ali/Krahn/Duerr average of 8:58.26.
Expand that to the top five times and the 2023 race has an average of 8:59.30 and 8:59.94 for the 2013 race.
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The Minnesota State Outdoor Championships have barely started, but we already have state history on our hands in a Class AAA boys 3,200m race that saw two boys break the state meet record, three boys go under the 9-minute barrier and five boys under 9:10.
