Mantz, a former BYU runner who still trains with Ed Eyestone, BYU’s director of track and field, finished six seconds behind Sunday’s winner, Abel Kipchumba of Kenya (59:09). Kipchumba was the ...

Conner Mantz, the former BYU NCAA champion, placed second in Sunday’s New York City half marathon, just six seconds behind Kenya’s Abel Kipchumba. Mantz covered the 13.1-mile race in 59 minutes, 15 ...

Conner Mantz came into Sunday’s Houston Half Marathon with a singular goal: Breaking Ryan Hall’s nearly two-decades-old American record. By that metric, Mantz knocked it out of the park ...

Conner Mantz arrived in Houston driven by one all-abiding goal, to set the American record in the half-marathon. And that he did, smashing one of the oldest still standing, Ryan Hall’s 59:43 ...

While competing in the Houston Marathon on Sunday, Jan. 19, long-distance runner Conner Mantz stamped his name into history books. For 17 long years, Ryan Hall has held onto the American half ...

Conner Mantz battles Addisu Gobena to the line in a hard final sprint at the 2025 Houston Half Marathon, finishing second and shattering Ryan Hall’s 18-year-old American record by 26 seconds ...

Where’s Britain Covey? Where are distance runners Conner Mantz or Courtney Wayment? And what about NFL vet Kyle Van Noy? Besides opening the article up for comments, readers were also invited to ...

Conner Mantz, the former BYU NCAA champion, placed second in Sunday’s New York City half marathon, just six seconds behind Kenya’s Abel Kipchumba. Mantz covered the 13.1-mile race in 59 ...