AUXO Collective is a high performance daily training environment based in Cary, North Carolina, and operating in partnership with the United States Performance Center in Charlotte. The group is open to both male and female triathletes ages 18-25 but will specialize in developing the next generation of women’s champions.
For more information about AUXO Collective email Coach Katie Zaferes at katie.zaferes@usatriathlon.org
“Triathlon has given me so much, and now I want to give back to this community through my experiences and observations at the highest level. I achieved more than I had ever thought possible in my triathlon career. I feel strongly that being in a daily training environment with an intense focus on skills was crucial to my success."
Two-time Olympic medalist, 2019 World Champion, and USA Triathlon Certified Coach Katie Zaferes will lead AUXO Collective. Zaferes retired from her professional triathlon career at the end of the 2024 season and was hired by USA Triathlon in her new role as High Performance Coach.
Zaferes was first recruited to elite triathlon through the USA Triathlon Collegiate Recruitment Program in 2011 when she was competing in cross country and track at NCAA Division I Syracuse University. After finishing her collegiate running career, Zaferes raced her first triathlon as a professional in 2013. She’d go on to race professionally for 11 years, highlighted by winning two Olympic medals in the individual triathlon and mixed relay at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, winning the 2019 World Championship title, twice winning the Super Triathlon Champion crown and earning 23 World Triathlon medals, including six wins.
