Two BYU runners finish in the top 10 in the men’s Olympic marathon
Aug 11, 2024, 7:00 AM | Updated: Aug 14, 2024, 2:53 pm
Clayton Young (left) and Conner Mantz run through the course during the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Marathon on Feb. 3, 2024 in Orlando. (James Gilbert, Getty Images)
(James Gilbert, Getty Images)
PARIS — Conner Mantz and Clayton Young were athletes together at Brigham Young University.
On Saturday, the two runners ran together in the men’s marathon in the Summer Olympics in Paris.
They train together, and they’re close friends. So, it’s fitting that Mantz and Young finished Saturday’s marathon together. Mantz finished eighth with a time of 2 hours, 8 minutes and 12 seconds.
The course is considered to be a tough one. And for Mantz, the time is a season-best. So he is thrilled with an eighth-place finish.
“I just couldn’t go a couple of seconds without hearing USA, USA,” Mantz said. ” And that was pretty special.”
Young finished ninth overall, 32 seconds behind Manta, which is also a season-best for him.
Young told KSL TV that he loved his Olympic experience, especially with his family and friends in Paris to cheer him on.
“They found a way to find me and I just can’t believe it,” Young said. “My wife is one of the first people I saw on the course, and she’s one of the first people I saw at the finish line. My sacrifice was great. But my wife, man, her diligence and her sacrifice, her support in me has been unmatched.”
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