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USA cross country junior champs

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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: USA cross country junior champs (4.971 Miles) 00:25:12, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
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Today went perfect for me. I did a shakeout at 7(I couldn`t sleep well so I decided to do the shakeout early.). I warmed up with Johnny Dressel and Thomas Pollard for a bit. I got to the start and started in box 7 near the end. I got a perfect start for how I wanted to race, found Cerake and just decided (at this moment) to stick on him because he, from what I heard, was having some great results(which he was) recently. It felt slow, but I just stuck in the front of the pack. After 2k Paul Roberts kicked the pace up a bit, but it was still quite relaxed and a big pack. At 4k(the race was in 2k loops) Cerake put a move in, so I thought the whole pack would run with him, so I just pushed to stay with him, but he was flying so I wasn`t able to catch up for a while. After a few hundred meters he had to walk and massage out his quad. Right after I caught up to him and we ran together for the next mile. I was so scared that the 6th place guy would pass me, so I tried to keep the pace strong. With about a kilometer to go Cerake fell off. I still thought he would outkick me, so I just kept trying to put some room between me and 6th place. The rest of the race was hard, but it felt great to be racing. There was a bunch of Utah guys cheering me on for a lot of the race and after(if you`re reading this, thanks!) and I saw Ben with his shirt off cheering me on at 600m to go, which was pretty funny. All the cheering helped motivate me. After I felt great, did a cool down, watched the pro races, then went and did processing/paperwork for worlds. Thanks everyone for the support all season long!

Comments
From steve ash on Sat, Feb 07, 2015 at 19:14:28 from 174.27.252.143

Congratulations Conner on a well executed race and top placing.

From Rob Murphy on Sat, Feb 07, 2015 at 19:27:21 from 24.10.247.181

But the best is yet to come! So awesome for you Conner!

From Little Bad Legs on Sat, Feb 07, 2015 at 19:38:12 from 66.249.84.193

Dude! How awesome is this?! Happy for you Conner.

From Jake K on Sat, Feb 07, 2015 at 19:52:51 from 70.196.203.56

That was awesome to watch Conner. You were impressive today. I got a few good pictures of you - I'll send them to you in a couple days.

Congratulations - you dominated that last lap.

From Dave Taylor on Sat, Feb 07, 2015 at 20:03:01 from 50.186.108.171

Total domination WooHoo!

From Burt on Sat, Feb 07, 2015 at 22:32:49 from 184.101.110.192

Great job! Way to represent Utah! Wait a minute. I'm not from Utah.

From butlerbrunning on Sun, Feb 08, 2015 at 05:56:22 from 104.52.196.53

What a performance. Great race and congrats on your win..

From MarkS on Sun, Feb 08, 2015 at 08:47:21 from 153.219.3.44

Way to go Conner! Glad to see that you are recovered from your injury and back on top again.

Will you be running in China in March?

From CollinAnderson on Sun, Feb 08, 2015 at 09:45:49 from 172.56.38.250

Incredible race! Second place wasn't even close by the end!

From Cameron on Sun, Feb 08, 2015 at 10:52:43 from 98.202.73.226

Congrats dude! So lucky I was able to see it live!

From jtshad on Sun, Feb 08, 2015 at 14:42:25 from 69.20.183.178

Congrats on an awesome performance! Way to go!

From RustyTF2 on Sun, Feb 08, 2015 at 17:44:44 from 97.126.249.242

Watching that race may have been the highlight of my day. That was pretty exciting!

From Cameron Brown on Mon, Feb 09, 2015 at 10:41:49 from 204.113.54.0

You're such a stud Conner. Great job and good luck at Worlds.

From Conner Mantz on Mon, Feb 09, 2015 at 17:01:29 from 174.23.222.178

Thanks everyone!

From Jake K on Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 09:31:15 from 159.212.71.77

Conner - Here's a couple pictures Andrea took of you. Add a little razzle dazzle to the race report...

http://goo.gl/bfzIdI

http://goo.gl/cd94Vu

http://goo.gl/gP9XOf

http://goo.gl/Uor6xH

From Conner Mantz on Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 17:08:44 from 174.23.222.178

Thanks Jake! I was hoping to meet up with you after your race, but didn't see you after. Good job though. And thanks for the pictures.

From RileyCook on Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 11:31:36 from 38.98.41.97

VERY IMPRESSIVE Conner! Congrats and good luck at Worlds.

From allie on Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 17:13:09 from 73.207.133.226

congratulations on a great race!

From Jason D on Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 18:42:53 from 68.80.27.222

Congratulations, Conner. I was screaming at my computer screen like a fool cheering for you. It was pretty amazing watching you break for it.

From Conner Mantz on Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 17:06:51 from 174.19.42.60

Thanks Riley, Allie, and Jason!

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