Conner Mantz is an American runner who just lately made historical past after breaking the nationwide document on the forty seventh version of Chicago Marathon, which was held on Sunday, October 12, 2025. Mantz broke the American document after clocking a exceptional time of two:04:43.
The 23-year-old completed in fourth place on Sunday by surpassing earlier nationwide document of two:05:38, set by Khalid Khannouchi in 2002. Mantz has beforehand broke Khannouchi’s document with 2:05:08 on the Boston Marathon this yr. Nevertheless, the document wasn’t registered on account of Boston’s downhill, and point-to-point race format.
He withdrew from competing on the 2025 World Athletics Championships, to deal with his record-breaking quest. The long-distance runner bettered his sixth-place end in 2023, which he bagged after clocking 2:07:47.
Conner Mantz’s schooling
Conner Mantz attended Sky View Excessive Faculty earlier than graduating from the Brigham Younger College. Whereas representing BYU, he gained the 2020 and 2021 NCAA Division I Cross Nation Championships.
Conner Mantz’s different achievements
Mantz gained the marathon occasion on the 2024 Marathon Staff Trials after recording 2:09.05. Together with marathon, the American athlete has additionally competes within the 5000m, and 10000m occasions. He additionally clinched the Half Marathon Championships title in 2021. The next yr, he was a winner and runner up on the 20km and km, respectively. Though Mantz pulled out from competing on the Tokyo version of World Championships, he has gained the skilled of competing on the stage. In 2015, he competed within the males’s Particular person Cross Nation Lengthy Distance in twenty ninth place.
Conner Mantz opens up on breaking the American marathon document
Following the breakthrough win, Mantz mirrored on the race, stating that though it was robust, he felt nice breaking the document. He expressed his delight in attaining the feat alongside longtime competitor Alex Masai.
“That was an ideal feeling,” Mantz mentioned. “These previous few miles had been actually robust. And you already know, even with ten miles to go, I began doing the maths. I used to be like, what tempo do I have to run to verify I am below the American document? Fortuitously, I set to work with Alex Masai for these final ten miles, and we labored collectively and sadly I could not beat him. However I am very completely satisfied for him.”
“So it was an ideal feeling to get the American document, but in addition to do it with any person I’ve identified for a very long time and competed towards. (0:20 onwards)
Mantz competed within the marathon on the 2024 Paris Video games, securing eighth place.
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Edited by Janhavi Shinde