This is it for senior long-distance runner Craig Lautenslager.
The final chapter of a storied college career filled with individual accolades and conference championships begins at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Sun Belt Conference Championships in Dothan, Ala.
Since Lautenslager began his career at UTA in 2012, the Mavericks have won three conference championships. A fourth conference championship in five years would set the stage for the Mavericks to compete at the NCAA South Central Regional in Fayetteville, Ark., on Nov. 11. Success there would lead the Mavericks to the NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Ind., on Nov.