Ms. Hallie Blunck, MD/MPH student in the School of Public Health, will be racing in the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championships on September 12th in Budapest, Hungary. The week/weekend consists of world championship races for a number of distances: aquathon (swim/bike ); sprint distance; olympic distance; paratriathlon. There are also different divisions: the U23 races, the elite/pro race (draft legal on the bike), and an age group/amateur race (not draft legal on the bike). Ms. Blunck will be competing for Team USA in the age group olympic distance race in the female 25-29 age group.

The Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series is a new, innovative series that allows the world’s top athletes to compete head-to-head on an ongoing basis. Expanding upon the previous single-day World Championship, this new format features seven world-class events and an exciting Grand Final. Taking competitors from the streets of London to the historic buildings of Washington, DC to the shores of the Gold Coast and many places in between, this new series promises to bring the sport of triathlon to the world in a way it’s never been done before.