Laura Knoblach was 9 when her father asked if she鈥檇 like to join him on a run. Thrilled to get to spend time with him, she jogged over a mile on that first outing. Today at 22, that bonding time with her dad has led to the CU senior鈥檚 becoming the youngest athlete in the world to complete a Triple Anvil triathlon. And she is ranked third in the world and first in North America by the International Ultra Triathlon Association in the Women鈥檚 World Cup race series.
Knoblach, who is an English education and Spanish student, has participated in marathons, an Ironman triathlon (a Double Anvil) and the grueling Triple Anvil, which is 7.2 miles of open swimming, a 336-mile bike ride and a 78.6 mile run.聽