Conner Mantz

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Conner Mantz
File:Conner Mantz 2023 Chicago Marathon.jpg
Mantz at the 2023 Chicago Marathon
Personal information
Full nameConner Blair Mantz
Born (1996-12-08) December 8, 1996 (age 29)
Logan, Utah, U.S.
Home townSmithfield, Utah, U.S.
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in) [1]
Spouse
Kylie Mantz[2]
Sport
CountryFile:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States
SportTrack and Field,
Road running
Cross country running
Event(s)
1500m, 5000m, 10,000m, Half marathon, Marathon
University teamBYU Cougars
Turned proDecember 2021
Coached byEd Eyestone
Achievements and titles
Personal bests

Conner Blair Mantz (born December 8, 1996) is an American long-distance runner, who specializes in the marathon. Mantz ran collegiately for Brigham Young University, winning the 2020 and 2021 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships. Mantz holds American records in both the half marathon (set at the 2025 Houston Half Marathon), and the marathon (set at the 2025 Chicago Marathon). He has competed professionally for Nike since 2021.

Background and youth sports

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Mantz completed his first half marathon at age 12, which motivated him to participate in other races.[4] At age 14, he finished a half marathon in 1:11:24, averaging a pace of 5:26.8 minutes per mile. He attended Sky View High School in Smithfield, Utah, where he was a three-time All-American at the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships.[1] Mantz also represented the United States in the junior race at the 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Guiyang, China. He placed 29th over the 8 km race, leading Team USA to a sixth place finish.[5]

Mantz committed to Brigham Young University (BYU), among offers from several other institutions, including Princeton and Furman.[6] After high school, Mantz took a two-year hiatus from running to serve as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ghana.[7][1] Upon returning in 2017, Mantz redshirted his first year at BYU.[1]

His great grandfather, Paul Mantz, was a noted air racing pilot and flight instructor.[citation needed]

Collegiate competition

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Mantz ran for Brigham Young University (BYU). He won a national title at the 2020 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships in Stillwater, Oklahoma.[8][9] He won by over 20 seconds with a final time of 29:26.1. Mantz's victory broke a streak of wins by international athletes and made him the first American to win the event since Galen Rupp in 2008.[9]

The 2021 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships saw Mantz repeat as the winner.[10] He covered the first 5k of the race in 14:16.4 and the second 5k in 14:16.7 to finish in a course record of 28:33.1.[11] The win concluded an undefeated season of cross country for Mantz.

Performances by Mantz on the track included a world-leading performance of 13:34.46 over 5000 m at the UW Invitational in February 2021.[12] His time also broke the BYU school record for the indoor 5000 m. Later that year, Mantz finished runner up in the 10000 metres at the 2021 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.[13]

Senior competition

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2021

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File:Mantz Rupp OlympicTrials 2021.jpg
Mantz (left) and Galen Rupp compete in the 10000 metres at the 2020 US Olympic Trials.

Mantz competed in the 2020 United States Olympic trials in June 2021, which were delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic. He placed fifth in the 5000 m and eighth in the 10000 m.[14]

ln December 2021, Mantz won the USA Half Marathon Championships in Hardeeville, South Carolina with a time of 1:00:55.[15] He next took fifth at the NYC half marathon in 1:01.40.

2022

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In September 2022, Mantz won a national title at the USATF 20 Km Road Championships.[16] The following month, he debuted in the marathon at the 2022 Chicago Marathon, placing seventh in 2:08:16. He was the top American finisher in the race. His performance was the second fastest marathon debut by an American, trailing Leonard Korir's debut record of 2:07:56.[17]

2023

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At the 2023 Boston Marathon, Mantz stayed in the lead pack for most of the race. Running with a large group of leaders, including Eliud Kipchoge, Evans Chebet, CJ Albertson, Mantz reached halfway in 1:02:20. By the 20-mile mark, he was 45 seconds off the five leaders (which included Chebet and Benson Kipruto). He nearly blacked out at mile 24, but stayed upright to finish as the third American (11th overall) in 2:10:25.[18] At the 2023 Chicago Marathon, Mantz was the sixth place finisher and top American, lowering his personal best by 29 seconds to 2:07:47.[19] His time met the qualifying standard for the 2024 Paris Olympics.[20]

2024

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Mantz won the 2024 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympics,[21] where he placed 8th. He ran much of the race in Paris with his training partner, Clayton Young, who finished ninth.

File:Conner Mantz 2025 Chicago Marathon.jpg
Mantz at mile 25 of the 2025 Chicago Marathon before finishing 4th overall and breaking the American Record

Although Mantz's personal best was the 56th fastest in the field, he produced an eighth place finish in the marathon at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[22] In the lead up to the Olympics, Mantz suffered a two inch tear in one of his quad muscles. While recovering from the injury, he swam up to 10,000 yards in one day and worked on the hills he would face in Paris by running uphill and getting driven downhill in repetition. In his first marathon since the Olympic Games, Mantz placed sixth at the 2024 New York City Marathon.[23] His time of 2:09:00 was the fastest for an American man since Alberto Salazar in 1981.[24]

2025

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Mantz set the American record in the half-marathon in January, running 59:17 in Houston.[25][26] His record broke the previous best mark set by Ryan Hall in 2007. He set another personal best at the New York City Half-Marathon on March 16, running 59:15; however, the course was not eligible for an American record. He finished second behind Abel Kipchumba of Kenya.[27] At the 2025 Boston Marathon Mantz stayed with the lead pack until John Korir broke off in the final 10k, leaving Mantz with Tanzanian Simbu and Kenyan Kotut to battle for the final two podium places. Simbu and Kotut had a photo finish for 2nd and 3rd and Mantz finished 4 seconds behind them in 4th place and a personal best of 2:05:08.[28] Over the summer, Mantz won the Beach to Beacon 10K in a time 27:26, which broke the previous course record set by Gilbert Okari in 2003. Mantz is one of only two Americans, along with Ben True, to ever win the world-class road race.[29] At the 2025 Chicago Marathon, Mantz finished in 4th, breaking the American marathon record with a time of 2:04:43.[30]

Achievements

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National championships

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2021 United States Olympic Trials Eugene, Oregon 5th 10,000 m 27:59.37
8th 5000 m 13:32.69
USA Half Marathon Championships Hardeeville, South Carolina 1st Half Marathon 1:00:55
2022 2022 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Spokane, Washington 4th 3000 m 7:49.43
2022 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Eugene, Oregon 4th 5000 m 13:11.81
7th 10000 m 28:31.24
USATF 8 km Championships Kingsport, Tennessee 2nd 8 km 22:42
USATF 20 km Championships New Haven, Connecticut 1st 20 km 59:08
2023 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Eugene, Oregon 6th 10,000 m 28:29.36
10th 5000 m 13:30.85
USATF 20 km Championships New Haven, Connecticut 2nd 20 km 59:16
2024 United States Olympic Trials Orlando, Florida 1st Marathon 2:09:05
Eugene, Oregon 6th 10,000 m 28:00.90
2025 USATF 20 km Championships New Haven, Connecticut 1st 20 km 56:16

BYU

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Representing BYU Cougars
School Year West Coast Conference
Cross Country
Championship		 NCAA
Cross Country
Championship		 MPSF
Indoor Track
Championship		 NCAA
Indoor Track
Championship		 NCAA Division I
Outdoor Track
Championship
2021-22 Red Shirt-Senior 1st
23:01.0		 1st
28:33.1
2020-21 Senior 1st
22:54.4		 1st
29:26.1		 10,000m 2nd
27:42.46
2019-20 Junior 1st
23:33.8		 3rd
30:40.0
2018-19 Sophomore 3rd
23:24.7		 10th
29:17.1		 3000m 2nd
7:50.90		 3000m 7th
7:56.72		 5000m 7th
14:09.20
5000m 10th
13:51.45		 10,000m 4th
29:19.93
2017-18 Freshman 3000m 10th
8:02.75		 10,000m 22nd
31:37.34
5000m 6th
14:01.96

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Sky View High School

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Year Foot Locker Cross Country Championships New Balance Indoor Nationals
2014 10th
15:27.0[32]
2013-14 7th
15:23.0[33]		 5000m
14:24:33
1st[34] 		Brooks PR
2 mile 4th
8:56.62
2012-13 12th
15:32.3[35]		 Great Southwest Classic
3200 Meters 2nd
9:32.51
Representing Sky View High School at
Utah High School Activities Association
Year Cross Country
class 4 state championship		 Outdoor Track and Field
class 4 state championship
2014-15 15:18.9
2nd place		 3200 m
9:03.47
1st
1600 m
4:13.68
2nd
800 m
1:58.20
10th
2013-14 15:11.5
1st place		 3200 m
8:57.99
1st
1600 m
4:10.47
1st
800 m
1:56.80
5th
2012-13 15:17.8
3rd place		 3200 m
9:10.20
2nd
1600 m
4:16.08
3rd
2011-12 15:40.0
2nd place		 3200 m
9:18.56
3rd
1600 m
4:22.5
7th

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