Episode 598: Taylor Roe – 2025 USATF Half Marathon Champ in 1:07:22
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
SandyBoy Productions
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
I’m excited to bring you this conversation with Taylor Roe, who recently won the 2025 USATF Half Marathon Championships with an impressive time of 67 minutes and 22 seconds on a tough course in Atlanta. This victory was a personal best for Taylor, improving her time by over a minute.
What makes this win even more remarkable is that it came as a surprise to many. Taylor has mentioned in several post-race interviews that her goal was to make the team, and winning the race wasn’t necessarily on her radar. But she made it happen. Along with Taylor, Emma Grace Hurley and Amanda Vestri—both of whom have also been guests on this show recently—secured spots on the team as well. This means we’ll be sending a very strong trio of athletes to the World Championships in the half marathon.
Taylor is part of Puma Elite in the Raleigh-Durham area, which is exciting for me personally since I also live in the region. She’s coached by Alistair and Amy Cragg. Interestingly, Taylor debuted in the half marathon at the Houston half, and we get to talk about that experience, as well as her decision to race in the Half Marathon Championships. While Taylor loves the track, she’s currently focused on the 10,000 meters and gearing up for some races on the track.
Taylor ran for Oklahoma State University, where she was an NCAA Indoor Champion, the 2023 Big 12 Champion in the 5,000 meters, and runner-up in the 2021 NCAA Cross Country Championships. She credits her college coach, Dave Smith, for playing a significant role in shaping her career. Last summer, she finished eighth in the 5,000 meters at the US Olympic Trials, and we all know that Taylor’s path will eventually lead to the marathon. But for now, she’s focused on maximizing her potential on the track before taking that step.
It’s clear that an exciting career lies ahead for Taylor Roe, and I’m honored to have had her on the podcast this week.
What we talked about
7:00- Recapping her win at the US Half champs and pro career so far
14:45- How she feels racing on big stages
18:10- Recapping how the race played out at the US Half Champs
30:00- The decision to join Puma
37:20- Where the world champs will be
38:25- What’s next for Taylor
45:00- Having Amy and Alistair as her coaches
47:00- Her college experience
53:30- End of podcast questions
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Sandy Boy Productions podcast. |
| 0:17.8 | Hey friends. Welcome to All Have Another podcast with Lindsay Hein.. I'm your host Lindsay. Thanks for being here today. |
| 0:23.9 | Excited to bring you this conversation with Taylor Rowe, who recently won the 2025 USATF Half Marathon Championships, |
| 0:33.4 | running 67 minutes, 22 seconds on a very tough course in Atlanta. It was over a minute personal best |
| 0:41.9 | time for Taylor. And this was a surprise victory, I think, for many. Taylor has mentioned in many |
| 0:48.3 | post-race interviews, she was aiming to make that team. And winning this race was not necessarily on the radar, but dang, |
| 0:56.7 | she made it happen. Along with Taylor, Emma Grace Hurley, and Amanda Vestry, who have both recently |
| 1:02.9 | been on this show, made the team as well. So we're sending a team of three very strong athletes |
| 1:09.0 | to the world championships in the half marathon. Taylor runs |
| 1:12.5 | with Puma Elite here in the Raleigh Durham area, which is exciting because for me, I live |
| 1:18.8 | in the Raleigh area. She is coached by Alistair Craig, Amy Craig. She actually debuted the |
| 1:26.2 | half marathon in Houston. We get to talk about that, running her |
| 1:29.1 | first half marathon and then going ahead and deciding to run in the half marathon championships. |
| 1:35.7 | Taylor loves the track. So she's definitely headed back to the track right now. As we speak, |
| 1:41.3 | she's going to be hitting the 10,000 in some races she ran for oklahoma state |
| 1:47.1 | university where she was an NCAA indoor champion she was a 2023 big 12 champion in the 5 000 |
| 1:55.2 | and she was runner up second place in the ncdama cross country championships in 2021 coached by Dave Smith at Oklahoma State |
| 2:05.5 | and gives him a lot of credit to where she is today in her career she was also eighth at the |
| 2:10.5 | US Olympic trials in the 5,000 last summer and we all know that this story is headed to a marathon eventually for Taylor. |
| 2:20.8 | But she is going to try her best, I think, to see how long she can wait that out. |
| 2:26.4 | An exciting career ahead for Taylor Row. And I'm so honored to have had her on this podcast this |
| 2:32.3 | week. Friends, I want to let you know. |
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