Pro Teams | Privateer (2017-2019), Orange Seal Off-Road Team (2019), Started Steve Tilford Foundation Racing in (2020 - Current) |

Raylyn Nuss
Elite Women’s National Team Member
D.O.B | January 5, 1991 |
Hometown | Dardenne Prairie, Missouri |
School | Central Methodist University (B.S. Biology) |
Residence | Lawrence, Kansas |
Meet the Athlete
From the time Raylyn could walk, she grew up dribbling a basketball. Basketball was her life. She grew up playing all the team sports as well as competitive swimming. She ran xc and track in high school in the basketball off-seasons, but basketball was always her real passion. She played all four years of college as point and shooting guard closing her career as an All-American. After University, she started a career at Pfizer in microbiology and then transitioned to the chemistry side as an Analytical Scientist while also coaching high school basketball. In parallel to her working career, she started to dabble with triathlon, and competed in several olympic age-group national championships. And then… she found her love for bikes, and most specifically cyclocross!
Points of Interest

Winning the 2021 Pan American Championships (Photo: Kenza Barton Schlee)
2022 CX World Championships - My first world champs appearance in front of a home crowd. Clenching a top 15. (Photo: Bruce Buckley)


2nd place at the 2021 CX Nationals in DuPage County - my best Nationals result since I've started racing and was a proper mudder. It was an extra special weekend for me because it was my teammate, friend, mentor - Stephen Hyde's last professional race, and it was really special to be a part of that. (Photo: Kenza Barton Schlee)
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