Maira Carreau Named First Team All-American - University of Denver Athletics

DENVER – Senior Maira Carreau of the Denver Pioneers triathlon team has been named a 2026 First Team All-American by the Collegiate Triathlon Coaches Association following her runner-up finish at this past weekend's national championships.

Carreau finished second in her final national title race and completes her collegiate career with first-team All-American accolades in each of her four seasons.

Saturday's national championship was unfortunately changed to a duathlon due to the water quality of Tempe Town Lake not being up to the standard for a safe swim. Overall, Carreau clocked in with a total time of 1:01:08.0, finishing 25 seconds behind individual national champion Kelly Wetteland of Arizona (1:00:43.7) and 11 seconds ahead of third-place Julia Visgueiro of TCU (1:01:19.3).

The La Prairie, Quebec, native completed the initial 2.5-kilometer run at 8:25 before posting the fastest first-transition time of 17 seconds to be first on the 20K bike course where she registered a split of 34:46. Her T2 time of 17.5 seconds was just one-tenth of a second slower than Wetteland (17.4) and her final 5K run mark of 17:23 was both the third fastest in her collegiate career and in the DU record book. Only Wetteland ran the final leg faster on the day with a sub-17-minute time of 16:57.3 to defend her national title.

DU's team captain placed on the podium in each of her three races during the 2026 campaign, coming in third in both the Southern Hills Triathlon super sprint on Sept. 5 in Hot Springs, South Dakota, and at the Western Regional Championships on Oct. 18 in Fort Worth, Texas.

She is the first Denver triathlete to be named to the All-America team each year, bringing the program's all-time total to 13. Overall, Carreau is one of 20 student-athletes in DU's Division-I history to earn All-American awards in four seasons and is just the fifth non-skier to accomplish the feat. Gymnastics' Lynzee Brown was the last Pioneer to earn the national accolade four times (2019-2021, 2023).

All-Americans were determined based on the athlete's finish at the 2026 national championships. Finishers 1-7 made the first team, finishers 8-14 were on the second team and finishers 15-21 were recognized as honorable mentions.

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