RICHARDSON, Texas - UT Dallas sophomore Alex Bozhilov was selected to the Lone Star Conference Men's Outdoor Track & Field All-Academic Team, the league announced Wednesday.

Bozhilov, from Sofia, Bulgaria, won the 10,000-meter race at the LSC Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Canyon, Texas. He won the race by more than 23 seconds, giving the Comets their first points of the meet and their first individual medalist in the new conference. Bozhilov broke his own school record by 48 seconds, earning All-LSC First Team honors. He also finished fourth in the 5,000 meters in 15:04.41.

Bozhilov is majoring in Finance.

LSC Release