ORLANDO, Fla. — Conner Mantz and his good friend Clayton Young were side by side for the entire 26.2 miles of the Orlando U.S. Olympic Team Trials for the marathon on Saturday, and they insisted there was no negotiating the finish. “There was absolutely no rehearsal,” said Mantz, who has looked up to Young his entire career and won with a 2:09:05 clocking. “I was just trying to get to the finish … because I thought I might collapse and not finish.” Leonard Korir, a Kenyan-born racer who lives in Colorado Springs, Colo., finished third in 2:09:57 and did not qualify automatically for the Paris …
