Meg Dirito
Professional Triathlon Road and Xterra, Marathon Swimmer, United States Meg Dirito
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My name is Meg Dirito and I am a professional triathlete and a mother of two. In order to race triathlon professionally I have to travel the world to attend races. I balance my time training, racing and raising my children who both compete at a high level for USA triathlon and USA swimming. Even at my age, I continue to pursue sports because I am still learning and I love triathlon and sport in general. I feel that my training and goals set a good example and pathway for my children to follow. I want to teach them what hard work is, pursuing goals and dreams and never giving up on yourself no matter how old you may be.
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Meg Dirito began sports at the early age of 2 where she learned to dance. Her dance skills brought her to the local gym where she then joined the gymnastics team in 3rd grade. From there she competed as a Level 9 gymnast attending state and National Championships.
In 9th grade she retired from the gym and joined the local swim team where she had the strongest but ugliest sprint stroke of anyone on the team. Soon she was sought out by Division 1 colleges where she received a sports and academic scholarships at Bucknell University. There she set team, meet and league records and qualified for NCAA Championships and Olympic Trials in the 50 and 100 freestyle. She was awarded the Christy Matthewson Award for the top female athlete in her graduating class. She was a 3 time All PATRIOT League selection and holds multiple Patriot League titles. Later she was inducted into the sports Bucknell Sports Hall of Fame and deemed the fastest sprinter in Bucknell History.
In 2018 she picked up her 1st book on how to complete a sprint triathlon. From there she completed her first sprint triathlon in 2019 then moving on to longer endurance distances of the Half and Full IRONMAN. As an age grouper she qualified for 5 world championships including the KONA World Championships, USA All American and USAT All American 3 years in a row. USA Triathlon ranked her 2nd in the USA and 6th in the world in Ironman distances. She was 3rd out of the water at the Finland 70.3 World Championships and 5th out of the water at the KONA World Championships. In 2023 she qualified for her professional triathlon license and her first PRO race was Ironman Florida where she set a PR.
In addition to competing Road Triathlon she also races in the Xterra world placing first in the PRO field at Xterra New Jersey and Xterra EX2 in 2024, qualifying for a world PRO Championship spot in Italy.
Meg loves racing in the professional field against women who push her to be her best and traveling the world while racing.
| Date | Place | Event | |
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| 4 Nov 2023 | 19th | Ironman Florida 140.6 | |
| 6 Apr 2024 | 28th | Ironman Oceanside 70.3 | |
| 27 Apr 2024 | 1st | Xterra New Jersey | |
| 25 May 2024 | 1st | Betterton Swim Fest | |
| 15 Jun 2024 | 24th | Ironman Boulder 70.3 | |
| 14 Jul 2024 | 1st | EX2 Xterra | |
| 18 Aug 2024 | 1st | Steelman Open Water Swim | |
| 31 Aug 2024 | 1st | Le Tour de Brandts Time Trial | |
| 24 Nov 2024 | 23rd | Ironman Cozumel 140.6 | |
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Meg Dirito posted an update a year ago
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Now that the season has come to a close, Christmas is in full swing and off season has begun. Even though we are in off season, the training will start up again very soon. In February, I will be headed to San Diego, California for swim training with my coach from Frontpack Swim. This will allow me to work one on one with my coach to…
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