Two of my friends ran this race and they said it was brutal ! Seeing all those guys collapse and throw up at the end tells it all. How many DNF...? Respect to everyone!
NAU’s coach Mike Smith is a MASTER MIND of a coach and a genius strategist. First, outstanding performance by Grijalva ! !having to change strategy from a Track & Field mentality to a 10k Cross Country race & then place Top 10 is short from incredible. After Grijalva’s ability to lead, pace, and set the rhythm for the pack through the first part of the race, the NAU team then grinds together until the smoke is fully cleared. This then opens it up for Nico Young, Abdlhamid Nur, Ferro to lead the pace for the pack right into a top 10, finish for all four runners including Grijalva. The remaining of the NAU team pulls impressive runs for the caliber of this race. Mike Smith = Master Mind. This shows that there’s levels to the sport of cross country. Great job NAU
@@simonfilemon1066 what was all that insane about it. He is a great runner but didn't do much better then many other freshman over the years in this race.
I love how mantz gives wildschutl credit he seems like such a good kid (lol I say that but im a sophomore in college) and I hope he wins the title again next year
BYU has the best athletic program in the country. They have at least an ok team in every sport. Basketball, football , volleyball etc. they’re in every tournament
Idk, NAU just has a funnel of the best recruits right now. They just signed Hobbs Kessler, the 3:57 high school miler, and half of their team are juniors or younger.
@@runnerman1095 normally, I would say that's great logic. However, BYU returned 6/7 and brought in/back Multiple stars from 2019 to this championship, and still lost
I ran this course for 4 years in high school a long time ago. It was originally just a 5k and the college races did two laps. It has changed a LOT now.
Are you saying that because you're familiar with Mormon theology? Cause if so kudos. But in the words of Captain America, "There's only one God, ma'am ..."
I have run this course on a couple of occasions and it is the hardest course I have ever ran and to see this guys absolutely crush it makes me feel weak!
Looked a little tougher then the previous years but I enjoyed the older courses where it was actual XC with real hills and woods and creeks. If your ever up near KU go to Rim Rock and take a run on that National Championship course. It wasn't made for 10k sprints.
Next year is gonna be interesting. The top 3 were all juniors, and Nico Young finishing 4th as a freshman. You really can ask for much better from a freshman.
@@dylanballard9813 oops meant can't. I think if he tried from the start he might have been able to keep up with connor mantz and them, but Idk if he would have fallen off, or maybe have gotten top 3. He really was just going for team score though.
@@dylanballard9813 I see what you saying, but I can't really be upset at who wins in xc. In my opinion running rewards those who put in the work. There's no shortcuts so you know whoever wins truly deserves it.
@@grantmatthai1979 Jack is going to be a fellow Lumber Jack. That's like a library detective Named Bookmen or a guy who works in an ice cream parlor named cone.
I hate when I hear that Kiptoo must be tired from the indoor 5k that he ran. Conner Mantz hands down won this race. He straight kicked Kiptoo’s ass!!! These guys run so many miles and are in incredible shape. Sometimes when these guys double or triple in track, their better race is the second or third one. I did run at NCAA D1 level, but certainly not amongst the top like these guys. Even for me sometimes my second race of a double would be the better one. My conclusion is that Conner Mantz is the fastest collegiate runner at the 10k distance. He ran a fantastic race strategically, he was the most prepared, and it was his day. Congrats to Conner Mantz!!!
He kicked with 1.5K to go? Wow. Congrats to NAU outstanding win, congrats to the other teams that placed well, my BYU at 7th, SUU t-birds for 9th and Utah State for 11th. Awesome year! Seems like BYU either didn't have enough depth or hadn't trained on hills for the course? Though they still might have taken 4th if Brandon Garnica hadn't collapsed in the last 1k. Tough course I guess? Awesome year.
Congrats to the Lumberjacks on their win. Wondering what happened to Garnica and Herrera. Garnica dropped out and Herrera finished way worse than normal.
Found this on the BYU site: All-American Brandon Garnica ran aside Clinger up until the final kilometer before heat exhaustion caused him to be pulled from the race. “Brandon had a little heat exhaustion problem with about 500 meters to go and went down,” Eyestone said. “He was running in a good position at the time. At that point in the race, the chance to win the title had already slipped away with NAU in a stronger position than anyone could handle. However, I think we still had a podium shot at that point in time.”
@@andrewdonahue5001 "Can already see the @total running productions video coming" No doubt with a shameless clickbait-y headline like, "Nico Young Annihilates World Record!" I unsubscribed from that garbage long ago. The guy is just wrong on his facts way too often.
@@ianbusche1471 no guarantees that he will be better nico is all people want to talk about cez won when he was a freshman he didnt always win when he was a senior
@@ianbusche1471 Mantz served a 2 year mission as well as the other BYU runners. They don't train on missions...remarkable, they can come back from such a long layoff and start running competitively again.
As an Australian, I still can't understand how this team thing plays into it all. I can vaguely understand the scoring, but who cares if the team runs altogether? Wouldn't you want a bunch of studs that can possibly win races? Tactically speaking, why would you want your fastest guys to slow down to run in a pack? Surely morale / wind resistance isn't that big of a deal. Love the sport, just can't understand that and hope someone can spell it out to me! Cheers :)
maybe i can help a little bit. not many teams are like NAU where they have 4 in the top 10, so when you have a team that has one really really fast dude, you may want to work together as a team and come in together all at once. that’s why notre dame was able to scare NAU just a tad. They don’t have a crazy fast runner like Connor Mantz, but a lot of pretty fast runners that were able to work together. there’s also the possibility that you blow up because the pace is way too quick like the hofstra runner. if your fastest guy drops 10-20 spots where he’s supposed to be it makes winning a title a lot harder
@@Notnotcam I don't gamble but either way it appears to late. However I don't think he ran the race thinking it was the best way to lose. I'm not absolutely sure though.
Congratulations to NAU.... once again an amazing team effort and so good to see the Lumberjacks defeat the Div1 X Country Goliaths....Also a special St Patrick's Day shoutout to Notre Dame...great race from the Irish ....Looks like the Team from South Bend is looking for a Div 1 X Country Championship... Go Irish
Can someone with knowledge enlighten me. Obviously the top 5 could do well in the 5km/10km on the track? Likewise Cooper and Cole would do well in this? Who would have won if Cooper and Cole did this event? Or is it too hard to call?
Hard to call, but Mantz is typically stronger than either of those guys at longer distances (5k/10k). They'd likely beat Mantz in 1500/3000 but he'd win anything longer.
Cooper & Grijalva have been competing with each other since high school . They have also ran against each other on collegiate races, both achieving similar times. Just like Grijalva in this race, Cooper would have been up there on the top 10. Incredible runners.
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Connor Mantz throwing that kick with 10k to go
This is kinda underrated lol
😂 forrealll
@@alanalvarado8896 it’s an all time great race!
💀
he has such an adavntage tho, he’s born in 1996 and is not even a senior yet
Thank you for taking NCAA XC and T&F away from FloTrack, now I can actually enjoy the sport
connor Mantz's last K was nuts
Not a BYU fan but I could watch Conner race all day. Pure grit and determination. Awesome to watch
Yeah his kicks are impressive.
Ran like Pre. So exciting to watch. Good for him
@@RogerPack I think it's his strength that stands out which gives him his kick whilst others wilt at the end!
@@Oenloveslife yes
mantzy pants? naw
Connor Mantz’s mustache is a statement
Tough like Pre
@@bwrhodes1955 💯
Like he’s ready to play some dodgeball 😁
The stache is gone!
Stoked for Mantz, homie put in that work and went for it.
Nah dudes a 25 year old junior that’s a literal joke
@@NoLimitJax 24 years old but ya most juniors are 21
I’ve seen 24 year old freshmen from Kenya. I don’t think the age matters as much as skeptics would like to think. Mantz worked hard. He earned it.
There is a 25 yr old freshman from u of Alabama who got 2nd in the mile
@@NoLimitJax yeah but he also took a lot of time off of running while he did his mission so it kinda evens out
Nico should try out the 10k for outdoors he did insane today
Yeah his high school coach said he thinks his future is in 5k/10k
@@bradyeagar7775 na, 200 meter...jk
@@ZAAA1234 wow you’re so funny 🙄
Jk
When he's a bit older yeah he'll be insane
I think once he’s a little older it’ll be great for him. He’s going to have to improve his 5k time first in order to be a real threat in the 10k
Two of my friends ran this race and they said it was brutal ! Seeing all those guys collapse and throw up at the end tells it all. How many DNF...? Respect to everyone!
Thank you for uploading these! It’s good for the sport!
So hyped for Mantz that dude is a grinder
NAU’s coach Mike Smith is a MASTER MIND of a coach and a genius strategist.
First, outstanding performance by Grijalva ! !having to change strategy from a Track & Field mentality to a 10k Cross Country race & then place Top 10 is short from incredible.
After Grijalva’s ability to lead, pace, and set the rhythm for the pack through the first part of the race, the NAU team then grinds together until the smoke is fully cleared.
This then opens it up for Nico Young, Abdlhamid Nur, Ferro to lead the pace for the pack right into a top 10, finish for all four runners including Grijalva. The remaining of the NAU team pulls impressive runs for the caliber of this race.
Mike Smith = Master Mind. This shows that there’s levels to the sport of cross country. Great job NAU
Nico young with the 4th place run and the team championship, very impressive for a freshman
Agreed!
The man the myth the legend, nico young
4th place! Insane!!!
@@simonfilemon1066 what was all that insane about it. He is a great runner but didn't do much better then many other freshman over the years in this race.
@@gumby511 It’s very uncommon for a true freshman to get in the top 5 and he’s been improving nonstop for the past 3 years.
Raced against him at Woodbridge last year 🥲
Mantz is on his 19th year of eligibility. Nico is only 19 years old.
I love how mantz gives wildschutl credit he seems like such a good kid (lol I say that but im a sophomore in college) and I hope he wins the title again next year
yeah i agree, so nice to hear how they teamed up
Nico gonna steal it next year.
Your wish has been granted.
Best coverage ever, despite some video feed issues. Congratulations. The real time team scores are great.
BYU has the best athletic program in the country. They have at least an ok team in every sport. Basketball, football , volleyball etc. they’re in every tournament
2:19 Kiptoo motions for the pace car to go faster 😂
Been watching these champs for a decade and they finally brought the broadcast features beyond the 1980's lmao
27:06 I thought he was gonna say "Galen Rupp the last airbender"
😂
Nobody's talking about how Notre Dame ran out of their minds. They're taking home the 👑 next year
Idk, NAU just has a funnel of the best recruits right now. They just signed Hobbs Kessler, the 3:57 high school miler, and half of their team are juniors or younger.
@@runnerman1095 normally, I would say that's great logic.
However, BYU returned 6/7 and brought in/back Multiple stars from 2019 to this championship, and still lost
Notre Dame ran their hearts out all sticked together
That would be nice, but since this year doesn’t count for eligibility, NAU could still have all the same people and be very stacked.
@@yungthunder2681 the had a top 5 guy DNF
Suprised this didn’t take 2 years to upload
its cuz its espn and not flotrack lol
according to the distance counter on the top he went out in a 2:27 k... 3:55 pace
They went 4:10 at the mile mark insane for 10k cross country
All I can say is Mantz has an engine! That was an incredible race!
I ran this course for 4 years in high school a long time ago. It was originally just a 5k and the college races did two laps. It has changed a LOT now.
Big props to all the guys who ran the 5k indoors this past weekend and still showed up in a big way today. That’s absolutely animalistic!
33:17 Chase Easterling running down the home stretch.
Conner Mantz is a god. What a stud ha. What a dominant performance.
Are you saying that because you're familiar with Mormon theology? Cause if so kudos. But in the words of Captain America, "There's only one God, ma'am ..."
I have run this course on a couple of occasions and it is the hardest course I have ever ran and to see this guys absolutely crush it makes me feel weak!
Looked a little tougher then the previous years but I enjoyed the older courses where it was actual XC with real hills and woods and creeks. If your ever up near KU go to Rim Rock and take a run on that National Championship course. It wasn't made for 10k sprints.
This is the first time ive ever seen a race in which the winner looks like he was in a dead sprint the entire time
Josh Park was 231st at 1k to 49th finish.
Avg. 22 places per 1k or 1 runner every 10.2secs.
That’s crazy! Let’s go Josh! Roll Bobbies. 😎
Major props. And at 1K he's probably only 20 seconds from the lead. But he runs smartly.
@@konroh2 exactly! Very true.
Good God. Mantz is so impressive. Love watching him. Looking forward to his marathon career.
Next year is gonna be interesting. The top 3 were all juniors, and Nico Young finishing 4th as a freshman. You really can ask for much better from a freshman.
Imo you can’t ask for anything better
@@dylanballard9813 oops meant can't. I think if he tried from the start he might have been able to keep up with connor mantz and them, but Idk if he would have fallen off, or maybe have gotten top 3. He really was just going for team score though.
For me, it was very satisfying that NAU didn’t get the individual title. It’s like the Brady winning every year man😫
@@dylanballard9813 I see what you saying, but I can't really be upset at who wins in xc. In my opinion running rewards those who put in the work. There's no shortcuts so you know whoever wins truly deserves it.
"makes fun of standard definition from 97"... HD cameras don't work for half the race cuz it's too windy.... Smooth ESPN
towards the end they'd broadcast the drone footage just looking at tree tops. It would have been nice to see Mantz break away, but nah, tree tops!
Thank you so much for posting the whole race. Very enjoyable.
Conor Mantz finished that race beautifully
Congrats, Conner....you got some serious grit...........
It’s crazy how fast they can run for so long 🤯
yea they video doesn't do it justice. They are running impossibly fast for an impossibly long amount of time
Mantz dropped that hammer hard, that was impressive. Very enjoyable coverage to watch, the live team tracking was exciting.
Masai literally self-destructed.
love the commentary as the fast, relevant uploads
Is the Ferro from NAU the same Ferro that pulled up to a Milesplit video with a Hawaiian collard shirt on, absolute legend! 😂
Facts
yup
at like 26:20 you can tell the lady watched that flo track vid that just dropped and decided to talk about NAU’s workouts bc of it
4th as a True Freshman. Nico Young gonna be a huge threat next year
How ‘bout those lumberjacks
hey i know your name from oshkosh north
@@knopphl yep he’s an nau commit
@@grantmatthai1979 Jack is going to be a fellow Lumber Jack. That's like a library detective Named Bookmen or a guy who works in an ice cream parlor named cone.
Lol I love how the helper people are just dragging people off the finish line as the fall over
I hate when I hear that Kiptoo must be tired from the indoor 5k that he ran. Conner Mantz hands down won this race. He straight kicked Kiptoo’s ass!!! These guys run so many miles and are in incredible shape. Sometimes when these guys double or triple in track, their better race is the second or third one. I did run at NCAA D1 level, but certainly not amongst the top like these guys. Even for me sometimes my second race of a double would be the better one. My conclusion is that Conner Mantz is the fastest collegiate runner at the 10k distance. He ran a fantastic race strategically, he was the most prepared, and it was his day. Congrats to Conner Mantz!!!
4:10 first mile no way there moving that fast
I think the distance is a little ahead, which you can see at the 3k mark, but still probably around 4:15-4:20
I mean, their first K was 2:31 so... 4 minute pace per mile
His average mile was 4:43
in the women's race they mentioned the start was downhill with a tailwind, worth considering ...
The first mile is net downhill and they had wind at their backs.
2:00 let's all give a round of applause to the single lonely cloud in the sky 😂😢😢
9:10 Evert Silva in thr headband
11:07 is that Morgan McDonald?😂
Lol I thought the same thing 😆
Bro I thought that too!
He kicked with 1.5K to go? Wow. Congrats to NAU outstanding win, congrats to the other teams that placed well, my BYU at 7th, SUU t-birds for 9th and Utah State for 11th. Awesome year! Seems like BYU either didn't have enough depth or hadn't trained on hills for the course? Though they still might have taken 4th if Brandon Garnica hadn't collapsed in the last 1k. Tough course I guess? Awesome year.
Im hype that the NCAA has real quality runners, awesome to see!!!
Incredible race! So many risky strategies, watching maths hold on for the win waz exhilarating. The scores every 1k was great
Great job on this one. Complete change from last year this was so high quality.
Flotrack is bad for track. So happy this race is up so quickly.
Congrats to the Lumberjacks on their win. Wondering what happened to Garnica and Herrera. Garnica dropped out and Herrera finished way worse than normal.
Found this on the BYU site:
All-American Brandon Garnica ran aside Clinger up until the final kilometer before heat exhaustion caused him to be pulled from the race.
“Brandon had a little heat exhaustion problem with about 500 meters to go and went down,” Eyestone said. “He was running in a good position at the time. At that point in the race, the chance to win the title had already slipped away with NAU in a stronger position than anyone could handle. However, I think we still had a podium shot at that point in time.”
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸Mantz
How they drag them on the ground seems brutal. Holy crap
Great race Conner!
Niko yong a true freshman and only 18 and running witg the big boys...wow amazing
I’m 25 minutes too late sighhh but I’m hyped watching the race lol
First seeing a collegiate cross country race and seeing all these people guys gave me a chill 😂
Really great coverage camera work and commentary
My boy evert 😔
Where’d he finish?
@@triniboy05 he got 137th in a time of 32:10.1
147th**
@@jacorey_coats damn, thanks dude. I guess it could’ve been worse though. Tough course.
just luv connor manz cadence
Such a gutsy runner. Reminds me of someone...
You gonna say Pre?
@@konroh2 😉
Mantz is a dog what a grind
Notre Dame finish was sick
from the uk here, you have some good quality runners there in the states
@kissmyaass1 an American won though. 🇺🇸💪👊
@kissmyaass1 i said "in" the states, NOT "from" the states lmao
@kissmyaass1 K
Hold up they actually r posting it instead of a yr later 😂
Dam Nico left Cole Sprout in the dirt..
And Cole ran great as well!
really happy for that guy
Footage from 97 is smoother than now, what is this coverage?
Let's go NAU! Kick axe!
Anyone else looking for chase easterling like 👀
33:17
Mance is a blue collar grinder! Crushed it!
Now that’s what I call a mass start
I like NAU strategy always go for the team win!
Is that the CEO in the upper right hand screen at 30:59?
This begs the question................
just how good is Nico Young?
Can already see the @total running productions video coming
@@andrewdonahue5001 I'm sure he's got at least 3-4 videos planned out, there's a bunch of juicy content in this race and in the indoor races.
@@andrewdonahue5001 "Can already see the @total running productions video coming" No doubt with a shameless clickbait-y headline like, "Nico Young Annihilates World Record!" I unsubscribed from that garbage long ago. The guy is just wrong on his facts way too often.
It wasn't Bosley in 5th for NAU, it was Hasty.
And it wasn't Blaise Ferro in 5th place overall, it was Bosley! Commentator confusion reigns!
Just curious..does he have hands?that shit looked weird
Nico Young coming 4th is insane
I believed he would place top 5.
The clip at 52 seconds makes my heart skip a beat.
Mantz made that look easy yes he looks tired but always does only a jr.... easy win next year
Yea he’s a 24 year old jr
@@ianbusche1471 and that's ok he crushed them by the amount a 24 year old pro would
@@jakebaca264 considering Nico Young was with 20-30 seconds and he’s 18 that says something. That’s 6 years of good training he has over him
@@ianbusche1471 no guarantees that he will be better nico is all people want to talk about cez won when he was a freshman he didnt always win when he was a senior
@@ianbusche1471 Mantz served a 2 year mission as well as the other BYU runners. They don't train on missions...remarkable, they can come back from such a long layoff and start running competitively again.
Let's go byu
Nah is only going to get better. They have a great recruiting class coming up!
As an Australian, I still can't understand how this team thing plays into it all. I can vaguely understand the scoring, but who cares if the team runs altogether? Wouldn't you want a bunch of studs that can possibly win races? Tactically speaking, why would you want your fastest guys to slow down to run in a pack? Surely morale / wind resistance isn't that big of a deal. Love the sport, just can't understand that and hope someone can spell it out to me! Cheers :)
maybe i can help a little bit. not many teams are like NAU where they have 4 in the top 10, so when you have a team that has one really really fast dude, you may want to work together as a team and come in together all at once. that’s why notre dame was able to scare NAU just a tad. They don’t have a crazy fast runner like Connor Mantz, but a lot of pretty fast runners that were able to work together. there’s also the possibility that you blow up because the pace is way too quick like the hofstra runner. if your fastest guy drops 10-20 spots where he’s supposed to be it makes winning a title a lot harder
Sick connection on the cameras.
NAU!! I had a great Chicken and Pesto pizza in Flagstaff about 10 years ago!!
@trackstaa they’ve listened
Man if kiptoo just chilled for the first 2k he probably could’ve challenged the win towards the end. Some call it gutsy, I call it dumb
You should let him know that maybe he can still win.
@@thundergun933 bet
@@Notnotcam I don't gamble but either way it appears to late. However I don't think he ran the race thinking it was the best way to lose. I'm not absolutely sure though.
@@thundergun933 that’s my point. It clearly wasn’t the right way to win, hense why he lost, G
@@Notnotcam .....yes we know.....
tysm for upload
Congratulations to NAU.... once again an amazing team effort and so good to see the Lumberjacks defeat the Div1 X Country Goliaths....Also a special St Patrick's Day shoutout to Notre Dame...great race from the Irish ....Looks like the Team from South Bend is looking for a Div 1 X Country Championship... Go Irish
Can someone with knowledge enlighten me. Obviously the top 5 could do well in the 5km/10km on the track? Likewise Cooper and Cole would do well in this? Who would have won if Cooper and Cole did this event? Or is it too hard to call?
Hard to call, but Mantz is typically stronger than either of those guys at longer distances (5k/10k). They'd likely beat Mantz in 1500/3000 but he'd win anything longer.
Cooper is better at longer Cole did great in the mile but Cooper's better at xc and longer distances on the track
Cooper would be top 10 as he was 6th last year I believe. Not sure about hocker
Cooper & Grijalva have been competing with each other since high school . They have also ran against each other on collegiate races, both achieving similar times.
Just like Grijalva in this race, Cooper would have been up there on the top 10. Incredible runners.
Cheers everyone 👍👏
Was nico young in this
Those dudes basically sprint for 10k. Freakin amazes me.
2:30 opening 1K 🤯🤯
0:50 bro they look like a pack of Emu’s
Connor mantz literally looks like a short haired steve prefontaine