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Finnish javelin thrower Roosa Yloenen healthy, thriving for UTEP track

Everyone remembers where they were last March when the world shut down. What was notable about UTEP javelin thrower Roosa Yloenen was she had a few days head start on everyone.

By the time college track was cancelled, Yloenen had learned her 2020 season was lost to a torn rotator cuff. The sophomore from Hankasalmi, Finland knew she was looking at many months away from competition to rehab, coalesce and return to the form that saw her win a Conference USA title in 2019 as a freshman.

Then everyone else was looking at time away as well.