New Ole Miss track & field head coach Connie Price-Smith has added four highly successful assistant coaches and a coordinator of operations to fill out her first staff.

Both Ole Miss cross country teams opened the season Saturday with top-5 finishes in the Memphis Brooks Twilight Classic.

The cross country season begins on Saturday for Ole Miss as both the men’s and women’s teams travel to Memphis to compete in the Brooks Memphis Twilight Classic.

For the first time in program history, the Ole Miss men's cross country team begins the season nationally ranked. The Rebels came in at No. 5 in the Track and Field News preseason rankings and No. 15 in the USTFCCCA Coaches Poll.

On Monday for the first time in program history, the Rebels were picked by the coaches around the conference to win the SEC. Ole Miss narrowly edged out Arkansas by garnering seven first place votes to Arkansas' six.

Six members of the 2015 Ole Miss track & field team have received All-Academic recognition from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).