The reigning U.S. Marathon champion and the top American finisher in the 2024 Paris Olympics will once again set his sights on a potentially record-breaking finish at the 2025 Bank of America Chicago Marathon.

Marathon organizers on Thursday announced Mantz will return to Chicago streets in an attempt to break the American record, currently held by Khalid Khannouchi with a time of 2:05:38, set in 2002.

"With his performances in 2025, Mantz has shown he is the most legitimate threat to Khannouchi’s place atop the all-time list in more than a decade," the Chicago Marathon said in a release.

He's already broken an 18-year-old half marathon record by running the Houston Half Marathon in 59:17. He then went on to finish fourth in the Boston Marathon with a time of 2:05:08, fighting a headwin

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