Taylor Roe

From the state of Washington, she attended Lake Stevens High School, graduating in 2019 having won nine individual state titles in cross country and track.^[2]

She competed for Oklahoma State University and had a second-place finish at the 2020 NCAA Division I cross country championships.^[3] She won the 2022 NCAA Indoor Championships over 3000 metres with a time of 8:58.95. She took the silver medal in the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships over 5000 metres in March 2024, finishing runner-up to Parker Valby.^[4] She placed third in 10,000 metres and sixth in the 5,000 metres for Oklahoma State University at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships in June 2024 in Eugene, Oregon.^[2]

She turned professional with an endorsement deal with Puma in July 2024.^[5]

In March 2025, she won the USATF Half Marathon Championships in Atlanta, Georgia with a personal best time of 1:07.22.^[6]

In April 2025, she won the USATF 10 Mile Championships and became the first woman to run under 50 minutes for the distance on the road. In running a time of 49:53, Roe broke the previous best, set by Evaline Chirchir in 2019, by nearly 40 seconds, and she broke Keira D'Amato’s best American time by over a minute. She also set a new American best in the 10km (30:56) and 15km (46.24) en-route at the event, part of the Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run.^[7][8] Later that month she finished third at the Boston 5k and ran a time of 14:57, her first time under 15:00.^[9]

She lowered her personal best to 14:49.91 for the 5000 metres at the Sunset Tour Los Angeles on 12 July 2025.^[10] She finished in third place overall in the 10,000 metres at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.^[11] At the same championships, she placed seventh in the final of the 5000 metres.^[12] Later that month, she won the 10,000 metres at the 2025 NACAC Championships in Freeport, The Bahamas in a championship record 32:19.84.^[13]

In September 2025, she competed over 10,000 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.^[14][15] At the Houston Half Marathon on 11 January 2026, Roe was the top-placed American, finishing in 1:06:20 to move to second on the American all-time list, eleven seconds outside Weini Kelati's American record.^[16]