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Mantz returned to Provo for his senior season, and as such hell look to defend his individual national championship Saturday morning at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, Florida (9:10 a.m. MT, ESPNU).

Whittni Orton won the first individual title in BYU womens cross country history, Conner Mantz won the mens programs first consecutive titles, and the duo swept the podium for the first time since 1988.

Conner Mantz and teammate Casey Clinger finished eighth and 12th, respectively, in the mens 5,000-meter final Sunday morning at historic Hayward Field. Mantz, the reigning NCAA cross country champion who prepped at Sky View, moved up from 11th with four laps to go and briefly led the pack. That pace, which has often been described as "the Mantz zone," helped propel Nikes Paul Chelimo to first in 13:26.82 seconds. Nikes Grant Fisher finished second in 13:27.01 and Woody Kindcaid rounded out the...

Conner Mantz and teammate Casey Clinger finished eighth and 12th, respectively, in the mens 5,000-meter final Sunday morning at historic Hayward Field. Mantz, the reigning NCAA cross country champion who prepped at Sky View, moved up from 11th with four laps to go and briefly led the pack. That pace, which has often been described as "the Mantz zone," helped propel Nikes Paul Chelimo to first in 13:26.82 seconds. Nikes Grant Fisher finished second in 13:27.01 and Woody Kindcaid rounded out the...

Follow along as a variety of former high school and collegiate track and field standouts try to earn an Olympic berth for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo in \

Follow along as a variety of former high school and collegiate track and field standouts try to earn an Olympic berth for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo in \

Camp-Bennett beat her own personal-best time by about a half-second, clocking a winning time of 4 minutes, 8.53 seconds Saturday to win the 1,500-meter national championship Saturday at the NCAA womens outdoor track and field championships at Eugene, Oregon.

The Cougars qualified 24 bids from an NCAA-high 69 entries at the west preliminary round, held at E.B. Cushing Stadium. Qualifying bids include 14 from the mens team and 10 from the womens team, as well as decathlete Dallin Vorkink, who did not have to compete in the regional round after previously qualifying in the top-24 for multi-event athletes by the end of the regular season. Among the highlights were Conner Mantz, the Sky View High product who will try to become the second consecutive Cou...

LSU not only maintained its position atop the National TFRI, but strengthened its hold on the No. 1 spot. The Tigers received three different national-leading efforts this past weekend at the LSU Alumni Gold, headlined by JuVaughn Harrison’s otherworldly long jump of 8.44m (27-8¼) that made him the sixth-best performer in collegiate history. Not to be outdone, Noah Williams turned one lap in 44.30 to equal the 12th-fastest performer in collegiate history, while Sean Burrell topped the 400...

Hayward Field’s Grand Reopening Is Friday, And a Ton of NCAA Stars Will Be Racing April 1, 2021 When the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field reopens on Friday with the Hayward Premiere meet, 1,028 days will have passed since it last hosted a track meet. Back then, on June 9, 2018, the marathon world record was 2:02:57, the Nike Oregon Project still existed, Donald Trump had zero impeachments, and we were still 18 months away from learning the word “coronavirus.” It has been a minute...