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Highland Invitational

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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: Highland Invitational (3 Miles) 00:16:01, Place overall: 6, Place in age division: 6
Total Distance
3.50

        XC Meet- It was a long ride there, but it was fun. When we got there the JV girls ran 30 min. later.  Then the JV guys ran, then the Varsity girls, and then the varsity guys. We ran at 5:30, which kinda sucked because it was still burning outside-100 degrees!  It was so hot that we were sweating before we were running.  I tried to drink a ton before the race because I'm not used to running in the heat.

        At the start I didn't want to get trapped so I sprinted at the first, and went way too fast.  After about the first half mile or a bit more I was already way dehydrated.  We went down a hill and a few people passed me, I tried to pace myself for the that part. I ran with them for a bit and then went up a hill and was behind them a bit.  I was too dehydrated, I didn't want to keep running.  At that part I hated running a ton.  There was a group ahead of me with about 3 or 4 people, and one guy pretty far ahead of them.  We kept running the rest of the race, which I was hoping would be over soon, but we still had 2 miles left.  We ran around the pond once, and a while after that someone passed me, and I passed someone else a little after the 2nd mile.  I kept running, and the people that were ahead of me I knew I couldn't beat at the last second.  We didn't really have a big fast sprint at the end.  The people that were ahead of me were only ahead by a few seconds, but the whole race I knew I woudn't catch them at the end, even though I tried to think it at some times.  I crossed at 16:01 for the 3 miles course.  I almost fell over at the end.  Some guy made sure I was okay, then went and helped a guy that was behind me a bit. 

        I saw my grandma and grandpa after, which was cool I thought.  Dylan came in 30 seconds after me, and talked to me a bit.  After I drank probably a full gallon of water.   Our team took 2nd out of a lot of the teams that were there, which was way cool.  I did a cool down with a few of the other guys on the team after, then we drove home. XC is a ton of fun!

Comments
From Jake K on Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 19:33:03 from 67.177.21.60

Way to go Connor! Sounds like a typical XC race... go out way too fast and then try to hang on! Tough running in the heat at 530... it will be a lot nicer when the weather starts cooling off. You are going to have a great season!!!

From Scott Ensign on Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 23:09:57 from 67.40.116.246

nice debut XC race Connor, without that heat you would have wiped all those guys out. they had the advantage since it is hotter in utah valley than cache valley so they are used to it. wait til they come to your home turf. then you will wipe them out. keep up the great work. are you running varsity already as a freshman?

From Conner Mantz on Wed, Sep 07, 2011 at 21:36:22 from 24.10.140.149

Thanks guys. Jake, nice job at the TOU half. hope you qualify for the Olympic trials. Scott, yes I'm running varsity. I need to update my blog through the last few weeks.

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