Several of the country's senior athletes attending colleges overseas will be hunting glory over the next three days, starting today, when the Outdoor Division One Southeastern Conference (SEC) Championships get under way at the Hutsell-Rosen Track and Field Stadium at Auburn University.

Regarded as the most competitive conference among collegiate athletes in track and field in the United States, three Jamaicans are ranked number one going into the championships, with two in the field events and one on the track.

Former Calabar High School half-miler Rivaldo Marshall, representing the University of Arkansas, is the top seed in the men's 800m with 1:44.15 and will be hoping to improve on his third-place finish last year. Jamaican athletes will also be hoping for a one-two finish, as Marshall's teammate Tyrice Taylor, the former Enid Bennett High School athlete, is ranked number two with a season’s best 1:44.74.