C Mantz Running

State Track Meet 4A 3200

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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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Sat, May 19, 2012

Race: State Track Meet 4A 3200 (2 Miles) 00:09:18, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 3

Total Distance

5.00

I knew this race was going to be XC all over again. I did a mile easy run to get focused, then waited for about an hour or two to start. I did about another half mile, and then stretched. I talked to Louis before, and he helped me out a bit by saying this race I'll be in the top 3, and miss winning by a second or two at the most. For some reason that helped me out of ton. When we started the race, I made sure I got a good 100m start, and then took over at the 200m mark til the 2200m mark. I ran a good pace for most of it, but there were some parts I should've pushed it more, but the other guys didn't catch me for a while, so I ran a few 1:12s and 1:13s. That helped me out on my kick though, which was a 1:02. Sadly, they have better kicks, but I stayed with them for the whole race. Jake took the race, beating Jerrel by about a half second, and beating me about a 1.2 seconds. I got my goal time though, so I was way happy. Then I went on a good cool down after.

Comments

From Scott Ensign on Sun, May 20, 2012 at 18:18:24 from 207.224.194.188

great job Conner. great pic and article in the paper too. now that the season is over you can go back to beating us ordinary folks. BF freedom run this year??

From Jake K on Sun, May 20, 2012 at 18:56:04 from 67.182.215.126

Great job Conner. You had such an awesome season, and to cap it off by running 9:18 at the state meet is fantastic. What a year for you!

From Conner Mantz on Sun, May 20, 2012 at 21:07:25 from 65.130.177.198

Thanks, I haven't made any plans for the freedom run yet, but I probably will.

From Paul on Sun, May 20, 2012 at 21:21:26 from 71.208.124.216

Great job Conner, great season. That's an incredible time. Keep up the hard work.

From Sasha Pachev on Mon, May 21, 2012 at 12:14:40 from 67.222.225.187

Congratulations on a PR! 9:18 in 3200 is very very solid, near state record. I recall that Josh Rohatinsky ran 9:11 as a Senior in high school, and he went on to run 10,000 under 28:00. So I would make a rough estimate that you do have a sub-27:00 10,000 in you as an adult if you do everything right between now and then. The key is consistency and balance, or in other words, run frequently enough and long enough, but do not get carried away and damage your health.

And, with sub-27:00 10,000 it is possible to run sub-2:04 marathon. Do not get a big head, humility is important, but realize at the same time that your legs have super-Ryan Hall potential which was given to you for a reason and keep running with faith.

From Conner Mantz on Mon, May 21, 2012 at 15:27:46 from 65.130.177.198

Thanks Paul and Sasha, I don't know about running a sub-27:00, even in college, but I'll try to and I'll keep working hard.

From Dave S on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 08:26:20 from 63.248.248.57

Great job Conner! Nice article and picture in the paper!

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