Taylor Roe’s spectacular year just got better.

The former Lake Stevens and Oklahoma State runner competed at track and field’s highest level over the weekend. Roe earned a nod to represent the United States in the women’s 10,000-meter race at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo this past Sunday. The 24-year-old finished 18th in the race with a time of 32:12.19, and third among U.S. runners Elise Cranny (12th) and Emily Infeld (14th). Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet led the pack with a time of 30:37.61 on a humid night in Japan.

It was Roe’s third-place finish at the USATF Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon, in July that earned her this opportunity to run alongside the world’s best track athletes. After the event ended, an exhausted Roe told media that she would have planned out her r

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