Connor & Jonathan

Connor Diemand-Yauman and Jonathan Schwartz are a team of Ivy League A Cappella Singers on the 17th season of The Amazing Race.

Connor

 * Age: 22
 * Hometown: Chesterland, Ohio
 * Connection to your Teammate: Best friend
 * Current occupation: Student
 * Favorite hobbies: Singing in our a cappella group, volunteering, speech/debate, acting and sports
 * Achievements: Serving as student body President at Princeton University
 * Lifelong to do list: Beat Phil Keoghan in a foot race
 * What scares you most about traveling? Getting sick
 * What excites you most about traveling? New adventures and the unexpected
 * If I could switch places with someone: Shirley Tilghman (President of Princeton)
 * Role model/hero: Barack Obama
 * What are you passionate about? Show tunes.
 * What would you do if you won the million dollars? Withdraw the full amount in one-dollar bills, put it in a kiddie pool, jump in, jump out and take a shower (apparently money is really dirty).
 * People would be surprised to learn: Dalmatians are born without spots
 * Favorite place you have ever visited: Princeton, N.J.
 * Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on the Race together: Staying in harmony (musically and competitively)
 * What do you hope to accomplish by running the Race (other then winning one million bucks)? An incredible experience and the chance for one last hurrah with Jonathan before we graduate and go off into the real world.
 * Pet peeve about your teammate: At times Jonathan can be overly concerned with getting in trouble and he's often afraid to break any sort of rules.

Jonathan

 * Age: 22
 * Hometown: Cranford, N.J.
 * Connection to your Teammate: Best friend
 * Current occupation: Student
 * Favorite hobbies: Singing in our a cappella group, filmmaking and filling out surveys
 * Achievements: It's a three-way tie between getting into Princeton, being cast in a Broadway show and opening up that really tough jar of pickles in the back of my fridge.
 * Lifelong to do list: Make a lifelong to do list
 * What scares you most about traveling? The fact that other travelers are probably going to pass gas on airplanes without me hearing it
 * What excites you most about traveling? The opportunity for me to pass gas on airplanes without anyone hearing it
 * If I could switch places with someone: Yanni
 * Role model/hero: My parents, Mother Theresa and Kenny G (not necessarily in that order).
 * What are you passionate about? Tweezin' the old unibrow
 * What would you do if you won the million dollars? If I were to win the million dollars I would buy a pony, but just one.
 * People would be surprised to learn: That my name, "Jonathan," is translated to mean "gift from God." Coincidence? I think not.
 * Favorite place you have ever visited: My podiatrist's office (bunion surgery - more like "Fun-ion" surgery.)
 * Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on the Race together: Not dying while circling the globe.
 * What do you hope to accomplish by running the Race (other then winning one million bucks)? On the Race, I hope to accomplish world peace, eradicate hunger and give Phil Keoghan a buzz cut.
 * Pet peeve about your teammate: He's taller than me.

Season 17

 * Leg 1: 3rd
 * Leg 2: 6th
 * Leg 3: 1st
 * Leg 4: 9th (Eliminated)

Memorable Moments

 * Eliminated because they struggled at the Detour.

Franchise

 * Highest average placing male team who came in 9th, 4.75 (tied with Omar & Roger)
 * Highest average placing male team who won a leg and come in 9th, 4.75
 * Highest average placing team who were the 3rd team to be eliminated, 4.75 (tied with Omar & Roger)
 * Highest average placing team who won a leg and be the 3rd team to be eliminated, 4.75
 * Youngest team to win a leg and come in 9th, 22.
 * One of only five teams to win a leg and be the 3rd team to be eliminated.
 * Youngest team to be the 3rd team to be eliminated, 22 (tied with Kellie & Jamie).
 * Youngest team to win a leg and be the 3rd team to be eliminated, 22.
 * Youngest male team in the race, 22 (tied with Sam & Dan).
 * Youngest male team to win a leg, 22 (tied with Sam & Dan).
 * Youngest team to finish in 9th place, 22 (tied with Antoine & Héléna).

Season 17

 * Youngest team, 22.
 * Only male team to win a leg.
 * Highest average placing male team, 4.75
 * Lowest finish by a team who won a leg, 9th place.