Conner Mantz After Winning The 2024 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials (
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- "I think this one was fun because we went into it with the attitude that it's a prelim… This is the prelim and our goal is to qualify. I still had pressure, I felt like I had to beat Clayton to qualify, but also there was the scenario where we both made the team. And that was the goal. That's all we really wanted. It wasn't like, ‘I need to beat Clayton' or ‘Clayton needs to beat me.’ Our goal was to make the team."
My guest for today’s episode is U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials champion Conner Mantz. He went one-two with his former BYU teammate and current training partner Clayton Young to qualify for their first Olympics team. Mantz was the fastest American marathoner of 2023. He and Young were the only two Americans to run under the Olympic qualifying standard before the Trials in Orlando and clinched the two guaranteed spots for the Summer Games in Paris.
In this episode, Mantz takes us through all the ins and outs of his race, how he and Young worked together, how he handled some pretty bad nerves before the race, what his hopes are for the Paris Olympics - and yes, we asked about the gesture where Young let him go ahead for the win.
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These guys run so close to the cliff's edge (so to speak) in these marathons. I can understand how the mental part can be a challenge. It's nice to listen to marathon runner who can verbalize it so well. Great interview!
Conner for president
Congratulations to Conner!! Thank you for the interview Citius Mag; Chris. i look forward to cheering on team USA in the marathon!!
Glad I’m not the only head case when it comes to racing
Great interview. Conner , you talk a lot about your mental challenges that you faced at the race. Have you faced that before on other races. How does one overcome that in the olympics. Amazing race Conner . Big fan of BYU, XC you and Clayton.
Hard work and being blessed
Conner is too perfect to be President 😂
Great interview! We want chapters 🙏
Great !
That's too funny in the basement 😂
Stay healthy 👍
Yes, the bottle drop slowed him.
Conner, Adam Woods needs a drop by from you👍
Conner talked about running in a sauna suit. Anyone have recommendation for good sauna suit brand to run in?
I remember your meet in middle school. They said you will see him in the future ✝️
Does he have a dip in? Haha