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.
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.
I began sports at the early age of 2 where I learned to dance. My dance skills brought me to the local gym where I then joined the gymnastics team in 3rd grade. From there I competed as a Level 9 gymnast attending state and National Championships.
In 9th grade I 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 I was sought out by Division 1 colleges where I received a sports and academic scholarships at Bucknell University. There I set team, meet and league records and qualified for NCAA Championships and Olympic Trials in the 50 and 100 freestyle. I was awarded the Christy Matthewson Award for the top female athlete in her graduating class. I was a 3 time All PATRIOT League selection and holds multiple Patriot League titles. Later I was inducted into the sports Bucknell Sports Hall of Fame and deemed the fastest sprinter in Bucknell History.
In 2018 I picked up my 1st book on how to complete a sprint triathlon. From there I completed my first sprint triathlon in 2019 then moving on to longer endurance distances of the Half and Full IRONMAN. As an age grouper I 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 me 2nd in the USA and 6th in the world in Ironman distances. I e 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 I qualified for my professional triathlon license and my first PRO race was Ironman Florida where I set a new PR.
In addition to competing Road Triathlon I also race 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.
I love racing in the professional field against women who push me to be the best I can be all while and traveling the world while racing.
