The women's field events at the NCAA Indoor Championships boast four NCAA leaders who competed at the 2016 Olympic Games for the United States. Raven Saunders, Keturah Orji, Lexi Weeks, and Kendell Williams are returning to the championship on March 10-11 in College Station, Texas, in their continued quest to dominate the NCAA ranks. 

Raven Saunders

The shot put Olympian, who is aptly named "Raven HULK Saunders" on her Twitter handle, heads into the NCAA Indoor Championships with a world-leading throw of 19.10m. Although she hasn't surpassed her indoor personal best of 19.23m so far this season, Saunders has remained undefeated in the shot put and even notched a personal best of 21.67m in the weight throw. 

Last year included a series of breakthroughs for the Ole Miss junior, highlighted by a fifth-place finish and personal best of 19.35m at the Olympic Games. Prior to Rio, Saunders won her third NCAA title at the outdoor championships in June and finished second at the Olympic Trials to Michelle Carter, who went on to win Olympic gold. 

After the 2016 season, Saunders continued to win the hearts of track fans when she was presented as a Bowerman Award finalist among fellow Olympians Courtney Okolo and Keturah Orji. 



Although Saunders didn't win the Bowerman last year, the 20-year-old's reign over the NCAA is far from over. 

Keturah Orji

Much like Saunders in the shot put, Keturah Orji has taken over the NCAA and national triple jump ranks since arriving at Georgia. 

In her freshman season, Orji won the NCAA outdoor title with a then-personal best and American junior record of 14.15m. In 2016, Orji continued her momentum with an NCAA indoor title and an NCAA outdoor title. The jump that claimed the outdoor title was a stunning effort of 14.53m, which broke the American record. Just a few weeks later, Orji won the U.S. Olympic Trials and punched her ticket to Rio. 



Among the world's best at the Olympic Games, Orji finished just off the podium with a fourth-place showing, but she broke her own American record in the process. Her leap of 14.71m was just shy of bronze medalist Olga Rypakova's 14.74m effort. Orji's performance was the best showing of any American woman in the history of the event at the Olympic Games. 

Orji will contend at the NCAA Indoor Championships after breaking the American and collegiate indoor record with a leap of 14.32m at the SEC Indoor Championships. 

Lexi Weeks

Last year, Lexi Weeks emerged as one of the greatest collegiate and national pole vaulters in history. As a true freshman at Arkansas, Weeks won the NCAA Indoor Championships in the sixth-best collegiate performance all-time. She cleared 4.63m to win the championship. Later that spring, Weeks won the NCAA Outdoor Championships and continued her momentum with a 4.70m clearance and third-place finish at the Olympic Trials. With a massive improvement on her personal best, Weeks punched her ticket to her first Olympic Games, where she finished 19th in the qualifying round. 

So far this year, Weeks has been battling with her twin sister, Tori, who both enter the NCAA Indoor Championship with the top two best clearances in the country. Lexi cleared 4.60m at the Arkansas Qualifier, and Tori cleared 4.57m to win the SEC Indoor Championship against her sister. Tori has beaten the reigning NCAA champion three times so far this season, which will make for an exciting sibling showdown in College Station. 

Kendell Williams 

Georgia's multi-event star Kendell Williams is on the hunt for her fourth straight NCAA indoor title in the pentathlon. Since arriving at Georgia, Williams has been virtually unbeatable in the NCAA ranks with three NCAA indoor pentathlon titles and two NCAA outdoor heptathlon titles. 

Last year, Williams broke the collegiate record when she scored 4,703 points to win the 2016 NCAA Indoor Championships. One week later, Williams competed for Team USA at the World Indoor Championships in Portland, where she finished sixth. Later that spring, Williams won the heptathlon at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in a then-personal best of 6,225 points. A month later at the Olympic Trials, Williams improved upon her point total when she finished third to nab a spot on the Olympic team. In her first Olympic appearance, Williams finished 17th overall. 

This year is looking just as monumental for Williams as she just captured the SEC indoor title in a world-leading score of 4,686 points. If Williams wins her fourth NCAA indoor championship, she will become the first pentathlete to accomplish the feat.