Friday, March 27
Gulfport, Miss. / Gulfport Marina
6:15 a.m. MT
University of Denver
at
Americas Triathlon Cup Gulfport
Photo by: Shawn Forer Photography
Maira Carreau Places 10th at Americas Cup Gulfport
3/26/2026 12:03:00 PM | Women's Triathlon
Denver triathlon wraps up spring season
GULFPORT, Miss. – Junior Maira Carreau led the University of Denver women's triathlon team on Friday in the women's elite race at the Americas Triathlon Cup Gulfport.
Carreau placed 10th overall in a total time of 1:01:13 at the event held at Jones Park and Gulfport Marina. The Pioneer was 23rd out of the water in 9:56 before posting the 16th-fastest bike split (29:4) and 13th-quickest 5K run (20:00).
Freshman Lucrezia Gowdy also raced and came in 47th in a time 1:05.01 in her first career Americas Cup event. Two other future DU student-athletes also competed, as transfer Rebecca Nolan was 48th (1:05:09) and incoming freshman Lucy Eggleston placed 63rd (1:07:46).
Collegiate national champion Kelly Wetteland of Arizona won the race and was joined on the podium by the legend Gwen Jorgensen in second and U of A teammate Margareta Vrablova in third.
Beginning with an in-water start, the course began with the athletes doing a one and one-quarter rectangular loop of 750 meters in the Ben Jones Yacht Harbor before heading into transition at the adjacent park. The 20K bike was a straight, two-lap, out-and-back course on the road beside the beach on the eastside. The 5K run was two laps that featured out-and-backs at the end of two nearby fishing piers.
This was the final collegiate race of Denver's 2025-26 campaign. The spring season began on Feb. 28 and March 1 at Tritonman in San Diego, California.
Carreau placed 10th overall in a total time of 1:01:13 at the event held at Jones Park and Gulfport Marina. The Pioneer was 23rd out of the water in 9:56 before posting the 16th-fastest bike split (29:4) and 13th-quickest 5K run (20:00).
Freshman Lucrezia Gowdy also raced and came in 47th in a time 1:05.01 in her first career Americas Cup event. Two other future DU student-athletes also competed, as transfer Rebecca Nolan was 48th (1:05:09) and incoming freshman Lucy Eggleston placed 63rd (1:07:46).
Collegiate national champion Kelly Wetteland of Arizona won the race and was joined on the podium by the legend Gwen Jorgensen in second and U of A teammate Margareta Vrablova in third.
Beginning with an in-water start, the course began with the athletes doing a one and one-quarter rectangular loop of 750 meters in the Ben Jones Yacht Harbor before heading into transition at the adjacent park. The 20K bike was a straight, two-lap, out-and-back course on the road beside the beach on the eastside. The 5K run was two laps that featured out-and-backs at the end of two nearby fishing piers.
This was the final collegiate race of Denver's 2025-26 campaign. The spring season began on Feb. 28 and March 1 at Tritonman in San Diego, California.
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