Ole Miss is one of eight Southeastern Conference schools that will compete in one of the 2016 indoor track & field season’s premier events this weekend.

After a record-breaking performance over the weekend, Ole Miss sophomore Raven Saunders has been named the Southeastern Conference Women’s Field Athlete of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday.

A record-breaking performance by sophomore thrower Raven Saunders led the way for the Ole Miss Rebels at the Kentucky Invitational this weekend.

First-year Ole Miss head coach Connie Price-Smith will take her Rebels to their second meet of the indoor track & field season and first of the 2016 calendar year for this weekend's Kentucky Invitational.

The Ole Miss women are ranked No. 25 in the indoor preseason computer rankings released by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association on Wednesday.

Ole Miss sophomore thrower Raven Saunders has been named one of 10 women on the preseason watch list for the Bowerman Award, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced Wednesday.