Conner Mantz and teammate Casey Clinger finished eighth and 12th, respectively, in the men s 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 Nike s Paul Chelimo to first in 13:26.82 seconds. Nike s Grant Fisher finished second in 13:27.01 and Woody Kindcaid rounded out the three-man Olympic squad in the event in 13:27.13. Mantz finished in 13:32.69 for his second top-eight finish at the U.S. trials. He also finished fifth in the 10,000-meter final.
Conner Mantz and teammate Casey Clinger finished eighth and 12th, respectively, in the men s 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 Nike s Paul Chelimo to first in 13:26.82 seconds. Nike s Grant Fisher finished second in 13:27.01 and Woody Kindcaid rounded out the three-man Olympic squad in the event in 13:27.13. Mantz finished in 13:32.69 for his second top-eight finish at the U.S. trials. He also finished fifth in the 10,000-meter final.
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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 women s outdoor track and field championships at Eugene, Oregon.
The BYU Track and Field teams earned 24 bids to the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships with impressive performances at the NCAA West Preliminaries in College Station, Texas last week.
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 men s team and 10 from the women s 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 Cougar to win the 10,000-meter national title after Clayton Young won the most recent title in 2019 a win that paced BYU to an eighth-place team finish.