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2025 Women's Triathlon Roster

University of Denver Athletics
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Elizabeth Harita

  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Rosary Academy
  • Hometown Anaheim, California

Biography

Awards & Honors
3x CTCA Division I Scholar All-American Honorable Mention (2022, 2023, 2024)
Team MVP (2024)
Team Captain (2025)

Collegiate Career Breakdown
Races Entered: 21
Races Finished: 21
Best Finish: 1st (Clermont Challenge NCAA Super Sprint, Clermont, Fla., 3/2/25)
Top 20: 14
Top 10: 9
Top 5: 5
Podiums: 3
Wins: 1
 
Collegiate Personal Records
750m Swim: 8:45 (Bearathlon, Berkeley, Calif., 10/30/22)
375m Swim: 5:02 (400m, The Southern Hills Triathlon, Hot Springs, S.D., 9/3/22)
20K Bike: 30:49 (National Championships, Clermont, Fla., 11/9/24)
10K Bike: 15:31 (NCAA Super Sprint Clermont Challenge, Clermont, Fla., 3/5/23)
5K Run: 19:24 (Eastern Regional Championships, Smith Mountain Lake, Va, 10/14/23)
2.5K Run: 9:38 (NCAA Super Sprint Clermont Challenge, Clermont, Fla., 3/2/23)

DU Record Book
Fastest 750-meter swim - 8:45 (Cal Bearathlon, Berkeley, Calif., Oct. 30, 2022)
Top-10 Finishes in a Season - 5 (2022-23, tied record)
Total Races in Academic Year - 8 (2022-23, tied record)

2025: Named a team captain prior to the season in the summer.
 
2024: Finished the 2025 spring campaign with her first collegiate victory by winning the NCAA Super Sprint in 32:57 (5:17/16:13/9:38) at the Clermont Challenge on March 2 … Began the season by coming in eighth in 33:16 (5:47/16:57/9:48) at the Southern Hills Triathlon Super Sprint on Aug. 31 in Hot Springs, S.D. … Was 44th in the Battle in the Fort Collegiate Cup on Sept. 29 in Fort Worth, Texas, with a time of 1:10:00 (10:08/37:40/20:27) and placed 19th at the Western Regional Championships in Springfield, Mo., on Oct. 12 in 1:05:11 (9:38/33:12/20:32) … Competed at her third Collegiate National Championships and placed 35th in 1:01:59 (9:42/30:49/19:42) on Nov. 9 … Led DU after swim portion of Nationals on Oct. 8 (19th) as the event had to be split into two days to accommodate damage from a recent hurricane … Opened the spring season on March 1 with a 15th-place finish in 1:05:14 (11:12/31:57/19:55) at the Clermont Challenge U25 National Development Race on March 1.

2023: Recorded a pair of top-five results and placed in the top 15 five times while competing in seven races … Began the season by finishing fourth in the Aquathlon Eliminator duel vs. Colorado Mesa on Sept. 2 on the DU campus (6:23.0 QF/6:23.4 SF/6:21.9 F) … Came in 21st with a time of 1:11:39 at the Battle in the Fort Triathlon in Fort Worth, Texas, on Sept. 17 … Scored for the Pioneers in 14th at the Black Hills Collegiate Cup on Oct. 1 at Belle Fourche Reservoir in South Dakota with a total time of 1:02:50.4 (7:09/33:15/21:27) … Earned her third top-15 finish and scored for the Pioneers by placing 13th at the Eastern Regional National Qualifier on Oct. 14 at Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia, with a total time of 1:00:39.8 (10:11/29:24/19:24) … Placed 30th in 1:06:59.7 (11:12/34:17/20:37) at the 2023 Collegiate National Championships on Nov. 11 in Tempe, Arizona … Took part in two spring events at the Clermont Challenge in Clermont, Fla., in early March … Came in 12th with a total time of 1:04:19 (10:41/31:50/19:52) in the National Development Race on March 2 and fourth with a mark of 34:08 (5:18/16:29/10:27) in the NCAA Super Sprint on March 3.

2022: Led Denver with five top-10 results in 2022-23 and twice finished on the podium … Competed in all eight races during the year … Reached the podium in her collegiate debut at the Southern Hills Triathlon on Sept. 3 in Hot Springs, S.D., by placing third in 1:00:50.2 (5:01.5/33:14.3/21:38.9) to help Denver sweep the podium and win the team title at the meet … Became the first Denver freshman to secure a podium in her collegiate debut and the second triathlete at the school to accomplish the feat regardless of class (Grace Arlandson, Jr., Clermont Challenge, March 6, 2021) … Was Denver’s second finisher in eighth at the Oktoberfest Sprint on Sept. 24 in Longmont, Colo., finishing in 1:03:10 (9:35/31:44/20:15) … Had the eighth-fastest time in 6:09 and helped Denver’s A Team to fourth place at the inaugural Mile High Relays on the DU campus on Sept. 25 … Placed 19th (1:06:42) at the Western Regional National Qualifier in Stockton, Mo., on Oct. 14 (10:03/34:39/19:40) … Led by Denver by placing second with a time of 59:30 at the Cal Bearathon in Berkeley, Calif., on Oct. 30, recording her fastest splits of the regular season (8:45/28:30/19:40) and helped the Pioneers win the team event … Made her collegiate national championship debut in Tempe, Ariz., on Nov. 12 and finished 22nd in the Division-I race in 1:08:15 (10:27/37:20/21:04) … Spring 2023: Came in 16th in 1:04:50 at the National Development Race at the Clermont Challenge on March 4 in Clermont, Fla., recording her fastest true 20K bike split of the year (10:47/31:40/20:19) … Placed ninth (32:39.6) in the NCAA Super Sprint at the Clermont Challenge on March 5 (5:16/15:31/9:57).

Before Denver: Previously competed for Rosary Triathlon Club at Rosary Academy in Fullerton, Calif. … Qualified for the ITU World Championship draft-legal triathlon in November 2019 and Xterra World Championship triathlon in October 2019 and September 2021 … Raced at the Xterra Worlds in December 2021 … Member of Velosport Junior Cycling and SoCal Aquatics Swim Club (2020-2022) … Competed for FAST (Fullerton Aquatics Sports Team) Swim club from 2010-2018 … Was on Equalizer cross country team in 2015-16 … CIF D3 water polo champion (2020) … Named MVP for water polo in 2022 and cross country in 2019 … Earned academic honors all four years of high school … 2019 Scholar-Athlete of the Year … Named the Multi-Sport Athlete of the Year in 2020 and 2021 … Personal Records: 5K run, 20:15; 500m freestyle, 5:36; 100m free, 57.8; 50m free, 26.6; 100m butterfly, 1:05.
 
Personal: Has participated in club swimming and cycling … Also enjoys mountain biking, piano, water polo and high school leadership … Participated in the Together We Rise Club, which helped raise and donate money to children in foster care with the goal of reuniting them with their biological siblings at Disneyland … Also volunteered in Us In The Son, an annual week-long camp for kids at her church … Majoring in physiology health and disease and earning minors in chemistry and medical physics … Post-grad goals include pursuing a medical career, including possibly becoming a doctor and/or specializing in Anaesthesia.
 
Why DU: “I chose DU because it offered me the best opportunity to reach my goals and succeed both academically and athletically. I am certain that the education I will receive at DU will thoroughly prepare me for a future career in medicine and push me to pursue any and all my dreams.”
 
Why Triathlon: “Triathlon has been a part of my life since I was 6 years old. It is a sport I have loved all my life and something I would love to keep doing after college. I have grown to love the triathlon community and each of the three sports individually.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Freshman

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  • 2023Sophomore

    5'3"
  • 2024Junior

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    2025Senior

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