FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas' women and men are ranked near the top of the national indoor track and field preseason rankings.
The Razorbacks' women are ranked No. 2 in the preseason coaches' poll, while the men are ranked No. 4. Both teams are scheduled to begin the 2017 season Friday with the Arkansas Invitational at Randal Tyson Track Center.
Both teams finished second to Oregon at the NCAA indoor meet last year. Oregon is No. 1 in this year's women's rankings and No. 2 in the men's rankings behind Florida.
Arkansas' women return several of their top scorers from last year's team, including defending NCAA pole vault champion Lexi Weeks and NCAA pentathlon runner-up Taliyah Brooks.