The Auburn track and field team will begin the Southeastern Conference indoor tournament competition on Thursday.
Several Tigers have been moving up the Auburn record board in past weeks leading up to the championships.
Last weekend, junior thrower Valentina Muzaric recorded the third longest throw in school history, posting a throw 55-7.5/16.95 meters.
Freshman Teray Smith currently owns the fifth-fastest 200-meter time by a freshman in the league.
During the Iowa City Classic on the weekend of Feb. 14, German senior Niklas Buhner ran a 4:04.35 mile, good enough to put him in fourth place for the fastest mile in Auburn's program history.
"Overall, it was a solid effort all the way around by our kids," said Auburn head coach Ralph Spry.
Heading into this season's tournament, the unranked Auburn men are looking to get their fifth tournament win, and first since 1980, while the also unranked women are aiming to claim their first ever conference title.
The competition is stiff on both the men's and women's side of things in the SEC.
The SEC has six men's teams in the top 25, including No.1 Arkansas and No. 2 Florida.
On the Women's side, the SEC has eight teams in the rankings with Florida at No. 2 and Arkansas at No. 4.
Arkansas won both the men's and women's tournaments last year.
The tournament will be held from Feb. 27-March 1 in College Station, Texas.
Two weeks later, NCAA Nationals will be held in Albuquerque, N.M.
According to the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association website, each men's and women's individual event contested, including the heptathlon, the top 16 declared student-athletes will be accepted into the competition.
For each relay event contested, the top 12 declared relay teams will be accepted into the competition.
After the conclusion of the national tournament on March 15, the Tigers will have less than two weeks before the start of the outdoor track and field season.
Auburn's outdoor season begins with the Texas Relays on March 27 in Austin, Texas.
The Tigers will continue its outdoor season through April and May, when the SEC Outdoor Tournament will begin at the University of Kentucky in Lexington.
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