Augustana University Athletics

TFRRS

2021: Third-place team finish at the NCAA National Championships … Elite 90 Award Winner … NSIC Elite 18 Award Winner … USTFCCCA All-Region … NCAA Central Region Team Champion … NSIC Team Champion … First team All-NSIC … Placed 45th at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships running a time of 21:31.1 … Placed ninth at the NCAA Division II Central Region Cross Country Championships running a time of 21:09 … Placed sixth at the NSIC Cross Country Championships running a time of 22:01.2 … Placed 64th at the Chile Pepper XC Festival running a time of 18:05.1 … Competed in the 2021 Augustana Twilight at Yankton Trails, finishing the four-mile race in 19:44.8 … Name to the NSIC Fall Academic Team of Excellence.

2020 (Senior): Named to the NSIC Fall Academic Team of Excellence … fall season was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2019 (Junior): Academic All-NSIC … USTFCCCA All-Region … Second-team All-NSIC … NCAA Central Region Team Champion ... NSIC Championships team runner-up … 6th-place team finish at the NCAA National Championships … Placed 55th in the nation with a 21:22.5 finish in the 6K NCAA National Championships … Finished 8th in the NCAA Central Region with a time of 21:39.8 in the 6K Race … Finished 13th in the NSIC with a time of 22:53.88 in the 6K Championships … Competed in the 5K Augustana Twilight, finishing 23rd overall with a time of 18:30.63 … Roy Griak Team Champion … Finished the 6K Roy Griak in 23:01.8, good for 11th-place overall … Finished 40th in the Lewis Crossover, running a 23:34.7 in the 6K race …

2018 (Sophomore): Academic All NSIC… Earned a 10th place finish (5K, 19:08.19) at the Mount Marty Invite on Oct. 20… Ran a season best 6K (24th place, 23:22.6) at the Wisconsin-La Crosse Invitational on Oct. 13.

2017 (Freshman): Named USTFCCCA All-Academic ... Academic All-NSIC ... took 165th (6k, 23:12.7) at the NCAA Championships  on Nov. 18 … finished in 33rd (6k, 22:32.2) at the Central Regional on Nov. 4 … placed 26th (6k, 22:25.9) at the NSIC Championships on Oct. 21 … had two top-15 finishes at the Bob Waxlax Invite (seventh) on Oct. 6 and the Woody Greeno Invite (13th) on Sept. 16.

Before Augustana: Attended school at the University of North Texas.

High School: 2016 graduate of Ridgeview Classical High School ... won the 2A state championship in Cross Country and the 1A state championship in the two-mile her senior year ...  finished in third at the state cross country meet her sophomore year and finished sixth her junior year ... finished with four medal at the state track meet her junior, sophomore and freshman seasons ... four-year letter winner.

Personal: Daughter of Michael and Sarah Rairdon ... born in Fort Collins, Colo. on March 23, 1998 ... her twin sister Rebakah also runs for Augustana ... Business Administration major.