Star triathlete Flora Duffy has targeted a top ten finish at this month’s Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.And judging on current form that goal should be within the past Olympian’s reach.The University of Colorado senior continued her impressive build up to the Pan Am Games with a solid sixth-place finish at last weekend’s Huatulco World Cup race in Mexico, where she covered the swim, bike and run in a combined time of two hours, 14 minutes and 47 seconds respectively.That impressive display followed hot on the heels of last month’s ninth-place showing in the elite women’s field at the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Grand Final in Beijing, China, where Duffy competed against Olympic and world champions.“It has definitely helped that the races have gone in my favour and I’m definitely pleased with the way things are going leading up to the Pan Am Games,” she said.Duffy’s best showing at the Pan Am Games to date arrived in 2007 in Rio de Janeiro where she finished 12th overall. But since then the Bermudian athlete has gone from strength-to-strength and on current form should encounter little difficulty improving on her Pan Am Games personal best.“It all depends on how the races will unfold but I would like to finish in the top five or six,” Duffy said. “I think it depends on where I come off the bike going onto the run because there are a lot of fast runners that will be there. But a top five or six finish would be a great performance for me.”The past Female Athlete of the Year Award recipient took full advantage of the opportunity to accilimatize to the warmer conditions in Mexico at last weekend’s World Cup event, that was won by Japan’s Juri Ide in a time of two hours, 12 minutes and 52 seconds.“It was very hot on Sunday but fortunately we started at 8am and so it wasn’t too bad,” Duffy said. “It was hot outside and the water was quite warm as well.”Duffy will interrupt her school studies to represent Bermuda at this month’s Pan Am Games, arriving in Mexico on the eve of her event to afford herself just enough time to readjust to the warmer conditions.“Because of school commitments it is impossible for me to stay longer,” Duffy said. “Therefore I will fly in for the race and fly right back out.”Duffy, ranked 37 in the world, began competing in the triathlon at the tender age of seven. Since then she represented Bermuda at the Commonwealth Games and Olympic Games and established herself as a world-class athlete in her own right.