What is going on with Conner Mantz?

shane god wrote:

He has yet to run the 10k this year. I thought he would do it this week but he’s entered in the 1500 at Fresno instead. He’s running out of time to run the 10k for regionals. Is Eyestone maybe having him focus the 5k at NCAA track and maybe make a push for the 10k at the trials?

10k at Conference?

bowcoy wrote:

shane god wrote:

He has yet to run the 10k this year. I thought he would do it this week but he’s entered in the 1500 at Fresno instead. He’s running out of time to run the 10k for regionals. Is Eyestone maybe having him focus the 5k at NCAA track and maybe make a push for the 10k at the trials?

10k at Conference?

Wouldn’t that tire him out? Running a 10k three meets in a row is a little much.

grampa mantz is chugging the Geritol. Give him a break; it is really hard for a senior citizen to go an entire 10K without needing a nap. He can't race in the afternoon because he eats dinner at the 4PM Early Bird Special. He can't race at night because he never misses McGyver, Golden Girls and Matlock.

shane god wrote:

bowcoy wrote:

10k at Conference?

Wouldn’t that tire him out? Running a 10k three meets in a row is a little much.

He doesn't need to run that hard to qualify.

I would like to see him run a 10,000 as well. He will be under 28 and probably well under.

Nah, he's 29 or 30 by now.

Start HS late

Intro year at BYU, doesn't count

Run a year

Go on a 2-year mission

Run a year

Redshirt

Run a year

Get a free Covid year

Run a year

Probably having deep doubts about the heretical Mormon faith.

Jake Angeli wrote:

Nah, he's 29 or 30 by now.

Start HS late

Intro year at BYU, doesn't count

Run a year

Go on a 2-year mission

Run a year

Redshirt

Run a year

Get a free Covid year

Run a year

I don’t understand the vitriol toward Mantz or any of the BYU guys. Mantz is what, 24? He may have another year of eligibility, but I’m not sure he’s going to use it. Also, while 24 may be quite different from 18, it’s not markedly different from a 23-yr old redshirt guy, which most of us competitive college runners were.

Either way, he’s a helluva lot faster than either you or me at any age. And I was quite fast. Predicting sub-27:40 for him if he gets the chance this year, which is faster than Eyestone was at BYU. Just quit the jealousy and enjoy watching his career unfold, schmuck

I think I saw him playing checkers in the park with Solomon Haile.

He's the American Kipchoge.

Mantz is entered in the 10k @ SoundRunning's "Track Meet" on May 14th.

As is Joe Klecker & many others:

https://www.soundrunning.run/trackmeet

Klecker, in his own words:

https://www.instagram.com/p/COLGTW4n2Nh/

Bower Man wrote:

Mantz is entered in the 10k @ SoundRunning's "Track Meet" on May 14th.

As is Joe Klecker & many others:

https://www.soundrunning.run/trackmeet

Thank you sir.

After all the success SoundRunning has had with it's previous meets dating back to last summer, have a pretty shrewd hunch this "The Track Meet" will have the highest quality distance fields of any meet from now until the Trials.

Especially since a certain team now training in Park City is likely to show up with several of its stars.