RICHARDSON, TX (11.16.17) - UT Dallas senior Lindsey Rayborn will become the first-ever Comet runner to compete in the NCAA Division III Cross Country National Championships Saturday afternoon as part of the 280-runner field on the campus of Pricipia College in Elsah, Ill.

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A two-time American Southwest Conference champion, Rayborn is the first ASC runner since 2013 to qualify for the national meet after placing ninth at the NCAA D-III South/Southeast Regional Championships this past weekend. 

Rayborn is a four-time first team All-ASC performer for the Comets and will end her career as the most decorated UTD cross country in program history. After placing second at the ASC Championships as a freshman, Rayborn placed seventh at the league meet as a sophomore after an injury plague season. She then became the first UTD runner to claim the ASC title as a junior, leading the Comets to their first-ever ASC team title.

She claimed her second straight ASC title by breaking the league meet record as a senior, finishing the six-kilometer race in a time of 22:37 as the Pocatello, Idaho, native sparked the Comets to a second ASC team championship. Rayborn then qualified for the national meet after recording a personal-best 21:55 at the regional championships, earning all-region honors for the second straight year.

The 37th Annual NCAA D-III Women's Cross Country National Championships will take place at 12:15 p.m. at Principia's North Farm Facility. The national meet will be broadcast on FloSports at www.FloSports.tv.