Career
Gutierrez competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics and she was the first American to qualify as a triathlete for the 2000 Olympics. She took thirteenth place with a total time of 2:03:38.48. Gutierrez graduated from Oliver Wendell Holmes High School in San Antonio, Texas.
She did her first triathlon in 1994 and became a professional in 1995.
She placed fourth at the 1999 Pan American Games.
