This former BYU star will miss the Boston Marathon — but other former Cougars will run‎

Conner Mantz, the Olympic marathoner from BYU and Smithfield, Utah, has managed an uninterrupted streak of eight marathons that stretches back to 2022 in which he produced seven top-seven finishes and an American record. Mantz was scheduled to race in Monday’s Boston Marathon but withdrew three weeks ago due to an injury — a sacral stress fracture. “It’s tough when you’re the American record-holder and (the Boston Marathon) is wanting you and incentivizing you to run,” says Mantz’s long-time coach, Ed Eyestone.