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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
4 Nov 202319thIronman Florida 140.6
6 Apr 202428thIronman Oceanside 70.3
27 Apr 20241stXterra New Jersey
25 May 20241stBetterton Swim Fest
15 Jun 202424thIronman Boulder 70.3
14 Jul 20241stEX2 Xterra
18 Aug 20241stSteelman Open Water Swim
31 Aug 20241stLe Tour de Brandts Time Trial
24 Nov 202423rdIronman Cozumel 140.6

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    Meghan Dirito posted an update 4 weeks 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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First Name

Meghan
Last Name

Dirito
Nickname

Meg
Sport

Professional Triathlon Road and Xterra, Marathon Swimmer
Country

United States
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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.

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