SALT LAKE CITY — It was one for the record books.

Brigham Young University alum and former Olympian Conner Mantz smashed the American marathon record Sunday in Chicago.

In an interview later that day with KSL TV, Mantz said his emotions were “pretty gone.”

“I’m feeling happy, feeling excited, pumped,” Mantz said, while adding, “it’s been very tough. It’s been a long day.”

The day started on the streets of Chicago with a 26.2-mile race.

“With a couple miles to go, I was pretty confident I was going to break the record,” Mantz said.

That was the goal that Mantz and his coach, Ed Eyestone, had been working toward for months.

“I knew I had broken the record when I crossed the finish line,” said Mantz. “I was pretty happy.”

Conner Mantz is pictured at the finish line of the Chicago

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