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Laura Thweatt had a monumental 26.2-mile debut at the 2015 TCS New York City Marathon, placing seventh overall, and running a sub-2:30 performance to finish as the top American woman. The University of Colorado alum continued her top-10 performance streak in New York City by placing seventh at the 2016 NYRR Millrose Games 5,000 meters and sixth at the 2016 UAE Healthy Kidney 10K. She took her talents across the pond the following year, finishing sixth in the London Marathon with a time of 2:25:38, which remains her personal best.

Following that, she struggled with injuries for two years, including osteitis pubis, a chronic inflammation of the joint between two major pelvic bones. She did not run for six months and did not race for nearly a year. Then at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in Atlanta, Thweatt missed out on the U.S. Olympic team by 16 seconds, coming in fifth with a time of 2:29:08.

Prior to running marathons, Thweatt found success on the cross-country course. The Colorado native captured the USATF National Club Cross Country Championships title in 2013 and 2014, and followed with another win, this time at the USA Cross Country Championships in 2015, hosted in Boulder.