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Conner Mantz Breaks 23-Year-Old American Record At Chicago Marathon
Conner Mantz set a new American marathon record of 2:04:43 while teammate Rory Linkletter pursued the Canadian and North American record at the Chicago Marathon.
- On October 12, 2025, Conner Mantz became the fastest American marathoner with an unofficial 2:04:43 at the Chicago Marathon, finishing fourth overall.
- Training in Flagstaff, Arizona, Rory Linkletter prepared for Sunday’s race by averaging about 130 miles a week, aiming to break the Canadian and North American marathon record .
- Running 2:06:49, Linkletter ran a personal best to finish ninth overall, marking the second-fastest time on the Canadian all-time list and his third consecutive top-10 marathon finish.
- Jacob Kiplimo won the race in 2:02:23, running under world-record pace for roughly 22 miles and becoming the seventh-fastest marathoner in history.
- The run reshaped a record lineage dating to 2002, as Mantz broke Khalid Khannouchi’s American record of 2:05:38 and Cam Levins’s North American mark of 2:05:36, following a 2:05:08 at the Boston Marathon earlier this year.
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Conner Mantz sets new American marathon record in Chicago
If Grant Fisher’s recent results weren’t enough proof of Park City’s growing stature as a distance running hub, Conner Mantz’s American record time at the Chicago Marathon on Sunday morning should do the trick. Mantz, a Logan-native and BYU alum, often trains in town, and shattered the decades-old record, finishing in 2:04.43 unofficially. Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda won the marathon with an unofficial time of 2:02.23. The world record was set at 2:…
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