Texas A&M's journey in challenging for NCAA Outdoor Championship team titles starts at Mike A. Myers Stadium this weekend as the No. 2 ranked Aggies send a large contingent into action during the NCAA West preliminary rounds.

Texas A&M's Jennifer Madu and LaQue Moen-Davis were selected for SEC Outdoor women's Freshman of the Year honors via voting by the conference coaches while Aggie head coach Pat Henry received the women's Coach of the Year honor.

Fields for the NCAA Championships were announced Thursday and Texas A&M will have 45 athletes competing in 31 events during the NCAA West preliminary rounds at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. The meet begins next Thursday and concludes on Saturday.

Texas A&M claimed the SEC Outdoor Women's Track and Field Championship Sunday afternoon with a five-point victory over LSU in Columbia.

Four victories by Texas A&M highlighted their third day of action at the SEC Track and Field Championships, hosted by the University of Missouri. Qualifying races produced a crew of 13 Aggies into seven more finals on Sunday's concluding day.

The second day of the SEC Championships had three scoring finalist for the Aggies while eight others advanced to Sunday's finals. Ameer Webb ran a collegiate-leading 20.30 seconds in the 200m qualifying, moving to No. 5 on the A&M all-time list.

Texas A&M junior Casey Strong placed fourth in the hammer final on the first day of action at the SEC Championships with a mark of 206 feet, 7 inches (62.97) that improved his Aggie school record.

Texas A&M men and women each take a No. 2 national ranking into its first SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships this weekend as they seek to upgrade their third-place team finishes during the indoor conference meet.

Aggie senior Ameer Webb was selected SEC men's Runner of the Week while Aldrich Bailey, Jr., shared the SEC men's Freshman of the Week honor. LaQue Moen-Davis received the SEC women's Field Athlete of the Week.