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Location:

Provo,UT,USA

Member Since:

May 18, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

NCAA Champ

Running Accomplishments:

Pre-high school: I ran a lot of local 5ks and a few half marathons.  I didn't do a ton of training, but I just had fun, and I got more serious about it as high school got closer.

High school: I enjoyed running a lot, especially cross country.  I originally did track to keep my in shape for cross country.  I ran at Footlocker Nationals, the Adidas Dream mile, Brooks PR Invitational, world xc junior championships, and a few local 5ks. 

PRs: 800: 1:56.80-State Track 2014

1600: 4:10-State Track 2014/Mile: Sea Level-Adidas Grand Prix-4:07

3200:Alititude(~4500ft): 8:57.99-State Track 2014-2 Mile:8:53 at Brooks PR Invitational

5K: New Balance Indoor Nationals(2014) - 14:24

10K:USA Junior Track Championships (2014)-31:01

15K: Blacksmith Fork Freedom Run (aided) 48:10(2013).

Half Marathon: 
Utah Valley Half - 1:11:24(aided)(2012)

Post-mission:

1,500m-3:45

3k-7:50 

5k-13:29

10k-28:18

NCAA finishes:

Cross Country: 10th(2018);

Indoor: 3k-7th(2019) 5k-10th(2019);

Outdoor: 10k-22nd(2018), 4th(2019), 5k-7th(2019)

Long-Term Running Goals:

Make sure I have fun, not get burned out, and get faster.

School records in the 5km and 10km.  

Personal:

Served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints from July 2015-July 2017.  I gained 30 lbs. during the service and came back out of shape; however I knew that if the Lord wanted me to once again run competitively, he would bless me to return to fitness. 

I graduated from Sky View High School in Smithfield, Utah. I currently run for Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.  

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Race: New balance indoors (3.107 Miles) 00:14:24, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
6.50

     I'll write more about it when I get back home.  It was a good race, I ran it smart and finished strong. 

     I warmed up a mile with Elijah, then did a little more on my own.  My dad had been helping out all week and making sure I could have a good race.  My dad and I had a spot to meet up for him to give me my spikes and bag before my race.  I couldn't find him, and was freaking out, but after 5 to 10 minutes I found him.  I checked in, changed spikes, drank a lot of water, and went through the rest of the routine before the race.  My plan was to stick on someone if they were hitting 34s-35s (or faster, but I didn't think that would happen), and if they got off pace, I would go around them and put a surge on to lose them.  If no one was going to lead it, I would, but I would throw surges so no one could pace or draft (kind of a mean thing to do, but that's sometimes how races go).  My uncle had came, and I could hear him everyback stretch yelling at me.

     We started out on a staggered waterfall, and I just hung to the inside of the lane and was in the back. I slowly moved up to second. Somewhere along here I got spiked for the first time.  It was pretty bunched and a lot of people were pushing.  Aaron passed me and the kid leading it.  The leader quickly slowed down, so I went around him and stuck on Aaron.  Sure enough, Aaron kept the pace perfect.  4:34 at the 1600m. After this I mentally fell asleep.  The pace wasn't killer, and everything was done almost sub-consiously.  I looked back a lot, not a good thing to do.  Aaron and me broke off the pack after the mile, but I had no idea.  With 10 laps to go we were slowing. Aaron's coach was yelling splits, so I could hear if we were on pace or not.  We hit a few 35.Xs, and were slowing down, so I jumped into the lead.  I didn't surge yet, but kept the pace lively.  We actually didn't speed up like I thought we did. We had to finish in a 4:40 for our last 1600m to run 14:30, so I knew it would be close. We had started lapping runners and it was getting a little rough.  I saw someone throwing up off the track and was just happy that wasn't me.

     I passed Aaron again with 6 laps to go I think.  It felt unreal that I was leading it. I felt like he was going to pass me anytime, so I tried to speed it up, but my pace didn't change per 200m.  With 600m to go I remembered the 1600m at USU indoor, and my big surge with 600m to go, so I did that.  I think I ran a 34/33 that lap, and then the last 2 laps didn't feel like they happened.  It felt like a dream.  I pushed myself, because I thought someone would be on my tail.  It felt like a dream, like something I imagined when thinking if I would have raced a race differently.  I crossed the finish line, and my body just started to burn.  I was so exhausted. I looked back and saw Aaron cross. I almost threw up, but held it in.  There was a camera guy just videoing me, but didn't say anything, so I was unsure what to do.  They took me to the press room, I got interviewed by a lot of guys, so that was cool.  After I cooled down with Aaron.  Then my uncle to my dad and me to a really fancy Mexican restaurant.  It was great.  I finally had my break through race I'd been looking for.

Comments
From Jake K on Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 09:42:04 from 12.9.178.2

Congratulations Conner!!!

From RileyCook on Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 12:43:13 from 73.52.134.194

Incredible performance. Twitter was going crazy over it! Very awesome race. You have quite the future ahead of you.

From Fritz on Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 13:08:50 from 50.198.178.113

wow, awesome job. 1st in the nation! Only one person gets to say that. Congrats!

From Paul on Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 13:42:12 from 174.29.44.114

Wow! Fantastic race Conner!

From jtshad on Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 20:25:50 from 69.20.183.178

Congrats on a fantastic race! Awesome job, champ!

From Jason D on Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 21:49:00 from 24.1.80.94

Congratulations, Connor. I've watched the Runerspace video several times now. Best wishes in what I know will be a successful future.

From Kale Sharp on Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 00:20:14 from 208.117.127.137

Congrats on the big win! Awesome race, and good luck this outdoor season.

From Jake K on Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 20:20:04 from 67.177.11.154

Great report. You really put the hurt on in that last 600 meters!

A well-deserved breakthrough!

From fiddy on Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 20:33:39 from 65.130.139.151

That's an amazing accomplishment. I love you description of the end.

From Conner Mantz on Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 20:34:04 from 97.126.226.212

Thanks everyone!

From Dave S on Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 12:31:20 from 63.248.20.148

Wow! Great job Conner! Nice article in the Herald Journal. 5th fastest ever indoor time for American HSer and National champ. Awesome!

From allie on Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 12:35:29 from 65.130.139.151

way to go, conner! congratulations.

From BDase on Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 06:17:28 from 67.214.231.170

Awesome report and race, congratulations! I watched the runnerspace video of it and it was so inspiring. When you went around him and took the lead... wow. Way to finish strong. Champion!

From Nephi Eschler on Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 11:10:33 from 209.33.192.7

Incredible!

From Sasha Pachev on Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 22:03:53 from 69.28.149.129

Excellent result. Congratulations on a very solid time! Consider this - if you doubled that it would give you a Trials Qualifier in 10,000 meters. And doubling your 5 K time in 10 K is not that hard - it is just a matter of upping the mileage, structuring your intervals and tempo runs properly to develop the endurance without losing speed, and, most important, staying in good health. So good sleep, good diet, reasonable training, and you've got it!

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