DU Triathlon Set For 2026 National Championship - University of Denver Athletics

TEMPE, Ariz. – The University of Denver women's triathlon team's 2026 campaign culminates on Sunday at the Collegiate National Championships at Tempe Town Lake.

Arizona State is hosting nationals for the second consecutive season as the championships returned to the desert last year after being held in Clermont, Florida, in 2024.

The races begin on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. MT with the Division-I A wave. The Pioneers will also have several athletes in the B wave that is slated to begin at 12:30 p.m. MT. Live results will be posted here and the races will be broadcast live from Game On Live Studio on YouTube.

Due to recent rainfall in the area and water release into Tempe Town Lake, the water quality of the reservoir did not meet the standards for a safe swim. Instead of starting with a 750-meter swim, the race will begin with a 2.5-kilometer run instead.

The 20K bike and main 5K run courses will remain the same as they've been in past years, but the first run will leave east out of transition and will follow the bike course up East Lake View Drive to Curry Road. The competitors will do an out-and-back on Curry Road for approximately three-quarters of a mile before turning around and heading back to the start to complete 2.5K.

The bike route features three laps around the proximity of the lake and includes several long straightaways, L-turns and three tight U-turns. The racers will cross the Mill Avenue Bridge toward downtown Tempe and will also go down Curry Road to College Avenue and travel north on 44th Street on the north side of the lake.

The second run of five kilometers will be a straight, two-loop, out-and-back course that goes west out of transition and follows the pedestrian run and bike path on the north bank of the lake.

Denver qualified a full team with seven athletes competing this year. Among the triathletes is senior captain Maira Carreau, who won the 2023 individual national championship at this venue. The Pioneers' team for nationals also includes junior Rebecca Nolan, sophomores Lucrezia Gowdy, Mia Stanley-Hunt and Jenna Topott, while graduate student Coco Reed and freshman Lucy Eggleston are set to make their debuts at the event.

DU placed seventh in the Division-I race last season while fielding a young team, and the Pios are entering this year's race after coming in fifth at the Western Regional Championships on Oct. 18 in Fort Worth, Texas. Carreau came in third at this year's Western Regionals, finishing just 10 seconds behind the winner and defending individual champion Kelly Wetteland of Arizona.

The University of Arizona is the defending national champion after winning each of the last two team titles.

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Players Mentioned

Maira Carreau

Lucy Eggleston

Lucrezia Gowdy

Rebecca Nolan

Coco Reed

Mia Stanley-Hunt

Jenna Topott

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