Ben Saarel breaks Luke Puskedra's Utah State Record in 8:49

He's unstoppable. Ben Saarel's 8:49.08 at the BYU Invite shattered the old Utah state record of 8:54.40, which was held by Luke Puskedra. Did we mention the race was at almost 5,000ft altitude? Place Name Year Team Time 1. Ben Saarel Sr Park City HS 8:49.08 2. Jacob Heslington Sr Timpanogos HS 9:07.31 3. Jordon Cross Sr Ogden HS 9:10.97 4. Connor Mantz So Sky View HS 9:14.03 5. Brayden McLelland Sr American Fork HS 9:17.61 6. Ricky Faure Jr Rock Springs HS-WY 9:24.73 7. Dakota Lange So Payson HS 9:25.19 8. Brady Earley Jr Riverton HS 9:25.24 9. Connor McMillan Jr American Fork HS 9:26.22 10. Gordon King Sr Mountain View HS 9:28.58 11. Andrew Brewer Jr Bingham HS 9:33.07 12. Andrew Aposhian Sr Davis HS 9:33.61 13. Austin Slade Sr Stansbury HS 9:34.35 14. Tomy Gutierrez Sr East HS 9:34.66 15. Zac Jacklin So American Fork HS 9:34.93 16. Tyson Green Sr American Fork HS 9:35.91 17. Jaydn Asay Sr Mountain View HS 9:41.82 18. Jack Evans Jr Skyline HS 9:43.14 19. Owen Gardner Jr Springville HS 9:43.72 20. Gabe Adams Sr Provo HS 9:43.96 21. Brian Probst Sr Wasatch HS 9:44.57 22. Mike Buckley Jr Ogden HS 9:46.63 23. Brayden Cromar Sr Davis HS 9:47.09 24. Erich Olschewski Sr Bingham HS 9:47.39 25. Joshua Mcphie Jr Desert Hills HS 9:50.34 26. Alex Hedquist Sr Davis HS 9:58.23 27. Hunter Chamberlain Sr Dixie HS 10:06.23 28. Asher Catterall Jr Rock Springs HS-WY 10:06.58 29. Ryden Crowther Sr Preston HS-ID 10:22.62 DNF Chris Rushing So East HS DNF DNS Josh Ward So Davis HS DNS DNS Preston Johnson Sr Davis HS DNS