Utah State Aggie Invitational 2014

Most of New Mexico's top teams saw their first action at this weekend's UNM Lobo Inviational. Photo by Alan Versaw.

We now have a tie for the nation's leading time for boys in the 5K now after US #3 ranked Conner Mantz of Sky View High School in Utah matched the performance posted last week by Illinois state champ Jesse Reiser with his sizzling 14:53 victory at the Aggie Invitational on Friday afternoon hosted by Utah State University. 

On every Friday, MileSplit US will feature a Q&A interview with a top high school athlete called "Friday Focus". The first edition starts with Sky View (Smithfield, UT) senior Conner Mantz, who won the Bob Firman Invitational last weekend with the fastest 5K time in the country in 14:51.