October 28, 2025

Seventeen-year-old Roxbury resident Amelia Post has her sights set on one of the toughest challenges in endurance sports: the IRONMAN. A rising senior at Phillips Exeter Academy, she splits her time between New Hampshire during the school year and her hometown of Roxbury, where she has lived for the past 11 years.

Already a standout athlete, she has competed in several local triathlons, recently winning her age group at the Sharon Sprint, and qualifying for nationals two years ago. She is also an accomplished rower, with two regional championship titles and three national qualifications to her name. But it was a YouTube documentary she watched in middle school that sparked her biggest dream: to complete an IRONMAN.

She has already signed up for the Florida Half IRONMAN this December, funding the entry fee herself with money earned from her job. If all goes to plan, she will enter IRONMAN Texas in April, just after her 18th birthday—making her one of the youngest competitors in the country.

But IRONMAN racing is not only physically demanding, it’s also costly. To cover expenses, she launched a GoFundMe with a unique twist: for every dollar raised for her race, four dollars will go to the Roxbury Land Trust, where she has been interning this summer. For this young athlete and environmentalist, it’s the perfect way to merge two passions: sport and stewardship. Her goal: To raise $1,000.

www.gofundme.com/f/support-a-young-aspiring-ironman-connecticuts-wilderness