Demetra Mydlo

Demetra was born in Detroit, Michigan, but was raised in a small Canadian town, Kingsville, Ontario. There Demetra's love for competition began where she grew up predominantly playing ice hockey, softball, volleyball, soccer, and basketball. She left Kingsville to play collegiate basketball in Quincy, IL, but after a year moved back to the Metro Detroit area to be closer to family. To fill the void of competition, Demetra began running local 5k and 10k races. In 2008, Demetra graduated with a bachelor of Science in Kinesiology, Health, and Sport Studies at Wayne State University, and bought herself a bike as a reward.

A few months after graduation, Demetra and her husband, Chris moved to Plano for work. Demetra is a Physical Educator at Bowman Middle School in Plano and coaches basketball and volleyball. Demetra competed in her first sprint triathlon, the Texas Man, last May and quickly became enamored with the sport. A couple months later she placed 2nd in her age group at the Anchor Bay Sprint Triathlon in Anchor Bay, Michigan. In 2010, Demetra looks forward to competing in a few sprint races as well as making her first attempts at the Olympic distance. She is very excited to be a member of the team!