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Minneapolis Southwest Senior Sam Scott has got off to a hot start to his senior cross country season so far and if the results hold up, no one may come close to beating him this season.
So far Scott has run at the St. Olaf High School Showcase and the Hopkins Bauman/Rovn Invitational where he has come away with two wins, a new course record at St. Olaf, and a new personal best 5K time.
Sam Scott 2023 Results
| Meet | Time | Place | Speed Rating | All-Time Meet Rank | All-Time Course Rank |
| Hopkins Bauman/Rovn | 15:03.09 | 1st | 191 | #1 | #9 |
| St. Olaf HS Showcase | 15:16.50 | 1st | 191 | #2 | #2 |
Scott has dominated thus far this season winning St. Olaf by 16 seconds and Hopkins by 14 seconds with Chaska's Nolan Sutter finishing runner-up at both meets.
His time of 15:16.50 is the fastest August meet time by a Minnesota boy in our database and his time of 15:03.09 is the 15th fastest Minnesota boys 5K time of all-time (all-performances) and the 6th fastest on Minnesota soil.
All-Time Minnesota Boys 5K Times (All-Performances)
| Rank | Runner | Time |
| 1 | Noah Breker | 14:51.00 |
| 2 | Seth Eliason | 14:54.10 |
| 3 | Alex Miley | 14:54.20 |
| 4 | Noah Breker | 14:55.90 |
| 5 | Khalid Hussein | 14:56.53 |
| 6 | Elliott McArthur | 14:56.85 |
| 7 | Noah Breker | 14:57.20 |
| 8 | Obsa Ali | 14:57.50 |
| 9 | Hassan Mead | 14:58.70 |
| 10 | Jaret Carpenter | 14:58.80 |
| 11 | Elliott Heath | 14:58.90 |
| 12 | Aidan Jones | 15:01.20 |
| 13 | Jakub Zivec | 15:01.30 |
| 14 | Micah Mather | 15:03.00 |
| 15 | Sam Scott | 15:03.09* |
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All-Time MN Soil Boys 5K Times
| Rank | Runner | Meet | Time |
| 1 | Noah Breker | Bauman/Rovn (2022) | 14:57.20 |
| 2 | Obsa Ali | Lakeville AppleJack (2013) | 14:57.50 |
| 3 | Hassan Mead | Faribault Invite (2006) | 14:58.70 |
| 4 | Elliott Heath | Faribault Invite (2006) | 14:58.90 |
| 5 | Jakub Zivec | Swain Meet (2008) | 15:01.30 |
| 6 | Sam Scott | Bauman/Rovn (2023) | 15:03.09 |
| 7 | Rob Finnerty | Lakeville AppleJack (2007) | 15:06.60 |
| 8 | Emmett Gerres | Minnesota River Conference (2022) | 15:07.30 |
| 9 | Sam Scott | Section 6AAA Championships (2022) | 15:08.69 |
| 10 | Elliott Heath | Ev Berg (2006) | 15:09.00 |
Scott is off to a historic start to his season and is very close to making more history by running a sub 15-minute 5K, maybe becoming just the third boys Roy Griak 2x champion, inching his way towards the state record, and so much more.
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