Five Olympic Spots Awarded at Team USA Marathon Trials

A pair of college friends finished top two on the men's side, while records were smashed on the women's side.

Conner Mantz, Clayton Young, Fiona O’Keeffe, Emily Sisson and Dakota Lindwurm all clinched spots on Team USA for the 2024 Paris Olympics after their performances at Saturday’s Olympics marathon trials.

Mantz finished in first place in the men’s race, with a time of 2:09:05, while Young was right behind him with a second-place finish of 2:09:06. With their finishes, the pair secured two of a possible three spots on the United States’ men’s long-distance running team.

Mantz and Young met at BYU, where they became college roommates and first competed alongside each other, and they now train together when not competing. The two finished in seventh and eighth place, respectively, at the Chicago Marathon in October, representing the top two places among American runners in the competition.

WHAT A MOMENT.

Training partners and former college teammates Conner Mantz and Clayton Young go 1-2 at #MarathonTrial24 and will officially represent Team USA in the men's marathon at the #ParisOlympics. pic.twitter.com/vTenD4MN64

— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) February 3, 2024

O’Keeffe’s run of 2:22:10 set a women’s Olympics trials record by 3:28, while Sisson and Lindwurm also surpassed the previous record with their performances. Those three runners will make up the women’s marathon-running team for the United States this summer.

Fiona O’Keeffe ran the fastest time in U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials history and became the first woman to EVER win the event in her marathon debut! 🤯

Now, she’s off to the #ParisOlympics. #MarathonTrials24 pic.twitter.com/HEmHPGh7zY

— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) February 3, 2024

Leonard Korir was the third-place finisher on the men’s side with a run of 2:09:57, but failed to surpass the mark needed to secure a spot. Korir now must wait to see if someone passes him in the International Rankings by May 5 to find out if he is headed to Paris.