By Erik Boal, DyeStat Editor

The 53rd NCAA Division 1 Men’s Indoor Track and Field Championships are scheduled for Friday-Saturday in College Station, Texas.

Here are 10 storylines to follow from one of the strongest competitions in meet history:

Cheserek knows the score

By winning 3,000- and 5,000-meter titles last year, along with contributing to Oregon’s victorious distance medley relay, Edward Cheserek equaled the record set in 2009 by former Ducks standout Galen Rupp by accumulating 22.5 points at a single championship meet.

Cheserek has the potential to set the all-time scoring record this year if he follows the meet entries and remains in the mile, 3,000, 5,000 and DMR. If he competes in all four events, Cheserek would have to race three times Friday – in the mile qualifying round, along with the 5,000 and DMR finals – and twice Saturday in the mile and 3,000 championships.

No athlete in Division 1 indoor championship history, regardless of gender, has won three individual crowns in the same meet, but Cheserek only needs one title to pass UTEP’s Suleiman Nyambui for his 16th championship, which would be an NCAA record.

Texas’ Carlette Guidry set the scoring record, regardless of gender, in a single meet with 30.5 points in 1988, but she won two individual events and was part of a victorious relay along with a runner-up finish.

Jenna Prandini still holds the Oregon school record with 23 points in 2015.

Kerley leads Aggies’ assault on the record books

Not only could Texas A&M senior Fred Kerley be part of the fastest indoor 4x400-meter relay team ever Saturday, he might have an opportunity to challenge a collegiate record of his own.

Along with brother Mylik Kerley, Richard Rose and Devin Dixon, Fred Kerley has helped Texas A&M break the collegiate 4x400 record twice already this season, the latter coming Feb. 25 with a 3:02.39 at the SEC Championships.

The Aggies, who rank third all-time on the world indoor list, have been pursuing the global standard of 3:01.96 produced by the U.S. national team at the 2006 Tyson Invitational. Since that mark hasn’t been ratified by the IAAF because there was no post-meet drug testing on site, the world record is listed as 3:02.13 by the U.S. national team at the 2014 World Indoor Championships in Poland.

Fred Kerley became only the fourth collegiate athlete to eclipse the 45-second barrier in the indoor 400 in the SEC prelims and could go after the 2005 collegiate record of 44.57 set by Florida’s Kerron Clement.

Texas A&M has won four indoor 4x400 titles, the last coming in 2015, and produced 400 champions in Demetrius Pinder in 2011 and Deon Lendore in 2014.

Williams looks to make Georgia multi-dimensional

Not since 2010 has one school produced both heptathlon and pentathlon champions in the same year at the Division 1 indoor finals, when the future husband-and-wife tandem of Ashton Eaton and Brianne Theisen-Eaton achieved the feat for Oregon.

But Georgia senior heptathlete Devon Williams has an opportunity to join sister Kendell Williams, a three-time pentathlon winner – and significant favorite to win a fourth – as an NCAA champion.

Although the Bulldogs have four pentathlon titles, with Hyleas Fountain also winning in 2004, Georgia has never won an indoor heptathlon championship, finishing second twice and third twice in the past four seasons.

Holloway hoping for historic debut

Only three male athletes in Division 1 indoor championship history have won two individual titles as freshmen, but Florida standout Grant Holloway has the potential to join them, in addition to possibly producing an extraordinary double.

Holloway is the fastest entry in the 60-meter hurdles in 7.58 seconds, looking to become the first freshman to win the title since Arkansas’ Omar McLeod in 2014.

Holloway is seeded second in the long jump with a mark of 26-5 (8.05m), trailing SIU-Edwardsville senior Julian Harvey at 26-9.75 (8.17m).

If Holloway can successfully capture both titles, he would be the first individual, regardless of gender, to win hurdles and long jump titles in the same year.

Only Oregon’s Edward Cheserek in 2014, South Alabama’s David Kimani in 2000 and UTEP’s Suleiman Nyambui in 1979 won two individual championships during their freshman year, but all three did so in distance events.

Coleman seeks sprint sweep

Since the Division 1 championship schedule switched from the 55-meter dash to the 60 in 1999, only twice has a male athlete swept the 60- and 200-meter titles.

TCU’s Kim Collins was the first in 2001 and Tennessee’s Justin Gatlin followed in 2002.

Another Volunteers standout, Christian Coleman, has the potential to join the elite group this year after winning the 200 championship last season.

Coleman is tied for the fastest entry in the 60-meter dash with Georgia’s Kendal Williams at 6.51 seconds and is seeded second behind Alabama’s Jereem Richards after being edged by a 20.34 to 20.46 margin Feb. 25 at the SEC Championships.

Coleman won the 200 last year in 20.55 and placed third in the 60 in 6.52.

Florida ready to take flight again

Since the men’s triple jump was added to the Division 1 championship schedule in 1968, no school has produced titles in the high jump, long jump and triple jump in the same year.

Florida isn’t favored in any of the three events, but still has the potential to pull off the rare triple.

Freshman Grant Holloway and junior KeAndre Bates are seeded second and third in the long jump behind SIU-Edwardsville senior Julian Harvey. Bates and freshman Clayton Brown are seeded second and third in the triple jump behind Arkansas senior Clive Pullen. And Brown is seeded second in the high jump behind USC junior Randall Cunningham.

Marquis Dendy won long and triple jump titles for the Gators in 2015, in addition to the long jump crown in 2013, with the Gators adding four straight triple jump championships by Christian Taylor, Will Claye and Omar Craddock from 2009-12.

Florida’s only men’s high jump titles came in 1969 from Ron Jourdan and 1979 from Jim Pringle.

Rebels take run at relay record

Mississippi has never won a title in the distance medley relay, but the Rebels could not only capture the championship, but possibly challenge both the meet and collegiate records.

Ryan Manahan, Nick DeRay, Craig Engels and Sean Tobin are entered at 9:26.55, which is faster than Oregon’s meet record 9:27.27 from last year. Engels and Tobin return from the lineup that placed third last year in 9:31.82.

Texas still boasts the collegiate record of 9:25.97 from 2008, with Penn State, Oklahoma State and Oregon the only other programs to have broken 9:27 in the relay.

The Rebels haven’t won a men’s title in any indoor event since 2005.

Unprecedented depth in pole vault

The record for most pole vaulters to clear 18 feet (5.49m) in a single indoor championship is eight in 2000, but that standard will be tested in Friday’s final.

Led by South Dakota freshman Chris Nilsen at 18-8.25 (5.70m), there are 11 qualifiers who have cleared 18 feet this season entering the meet. Nilsen could be the first freshman to win the indoor crown since Arkansas’ Andrew Irwin in 2012.

Virginia Tech sophomore Deakin Volz, who has cleared 18-6.75 (5.66m), and Air Force senior Kyle Pater at 18-6.5 (5.65m) are also legitimate title contenders.

LSU’s Ross Buller cleared 18-8.25 to win the 2000 competition, which had Stanford’s Toby Stevenson place second at 18-4.50 (5.60m) and six additional athletes clear 18-0.50 (5.50m).

Akron’s Shawn Barber was the last winner to clear at least 19 feet, capturing the 2015 title with a clearance of 19-4.75 (5.91m).

Spectacular middle distance showcase

With all 16 qualifiers in the 800 meters having run 1:47.76 or faster this season, the final could be one of the most impressive in meet history.

Only twice, in 1999 and 2005, have all eight finalists broken 1:49. Three times – 1999, 2000 and 2005 – have the top six finishers run under 1:48.

Led by UTEP freshmen Emmanuel Korir and Michael Saruni, along with the Virginia Tech duo of Patrick Joseph and Drew Piazza, nine entries have eclipsed the 1:47 barrier this year.

Korir is the fastest qualifier at 1:46.15, with he or Saruni trying to win UTEP’s first 800 title. Virginia Tech is also seeking its first championship in the event.

Arizona’s Patrick Nduwimana set the championship meet record of 1:45.33 in 2001, with only four athletes breaking 1:46 in the finals.

Gators poised for return to royalty

Florida is one of four schools in men’s indoor championship history to win at least three consecutive titles, joining Arkansas, UTEP and Oregon, which achieved the feat last year.

But following a four-year drought, the Gators have an opportunity to secure another crown while trying to prevent Oregon from capturing its fourth in a row.

Florida has entries in eight events and could potentially win five titles. Oregon has athletes entered in nine events, with the possibility of Edward Cheserek contributing three individual victories.

After placing in the top three for seven straight years, Florida dropped to seventh last season, but with the addition of freshmen Clayton Brown and Grant Holloway, the Gators could regain their championship form of 2010-12.