During their first day of competition at the 2013 University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships, the Emory University Swimming and Diving Team combined to win eight conference championships and amass 17 all-conference honors, propelling the team to leads in both the men's and women's standings.

The Eagles also combined to set three conference records and pool records in three events at the Myers-McLoraine Pool at the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois.  The Emory men totaled 594.5 points during their first day of competition to lead second-place Case Western Reserve (393 points) and third-place Chicago (347 points).  Emory's women stood in first place after one day with 655 points, leading second-place Chicago (462.5 points) and third-place Washington (377 points).

Opening the evening session with the women's three-meter dive, Emory junior Sarah Greene claimed the first individual title of the 2013 UAA Championships for the Eagles, winning the event with an NCAA qualifying score of 465.70 in the preliminaries, and edging the second-place finisher by eight-tenths of a point to win the finals.  Junior Annabel Enquist added an all-UAA finish in the three-meter dive, placing third with a mark of 414.10, also an NCAA qualifying mark.

It would not take the Eagles long to add on additional UAA Championships, with both the men's and women's 200-yard freestyle relays claiming first-place finishes, the former with a time of 1:22.22 and the latter with a mark of 1:33.77.  Each relay's time was good for UAA and pool records, in addition to surpassing the NCAA's 'B' cut standards.

The first 'A' cut of the day for Emory came from Mia Michalak in the women's 200-yard individual medley, as the senior won the event with a pool-record time of 2:04.64.  Emory senior Anna Dobben added a UAA Championship in the 50-yard freestyle with a 'B' cut time of 23.63 seconds, while senior Renee Rosenkranz finished second with a mark of 23.73 seconds.

Emory also claimed an individual championship in the men's 50-yard freestyle, with junior Ryan Bass winning the event with a NCAA provisional time of 20.49 seconds.  Junior Ross Spock placed second with a mark of 20.69 seconds, also good for a 'B' cut time.

In the women's 500-yard freestyle, Emory had five swimmers qualify for and score in the 'A' finals, including all-UAA finishers in second-place freshman Mikayla Carnley (4:57.25) and third-place sophomore McKenna Newsum-Schoenberg (4:58.95).  Both times were good for NCAA provisional marks.  In the men's event, freshman Eagan Zettlemoyer finished second with a 'B' cut time of 4:32.37, while junior Darrell Eacret claimed third with a mark of 4:37.83, each earning all-UAA honors.

After qualifying swimmers for six of the eight spots in the 'A' finals of the 200-yard individual medley, the Emory men also had a pair of all-UAA finishers, with senior Peter O'Brien taking second place (1:52.35) and junior Jake Stephens finishing third (1:52.48), both good for 'B' cuts.

Emory rounded out the first day with a pair of UAA Championships in the 400-yard medley relay.  The men's team of Spock, freshman Andrew Wilson, senior Miller Douglas and freshman Matt Kuhlik won the event with a 'B' cut and UAA record time of 3:20.51, while the women's team of freshman Ellie Thompson, Rosenkranz, senior Leslie Hackler and sophomore Nancy Larson claimed a victory with a 'B' cut and pool record time of 3:50.25.

The UAA Championships will resume on Friday in Chicago, IL with conference championships in the 200-yard medley relay, 400-yard individual medley, 100-yard butterfly, 200-yard freestyle, 100-yard breaststroke, 100-yard backstroke, and 800-yard freestyle relay all being decided during the day.  Swimming preliminaries will begin at 11:00 AM ET on Friday, while the finals will commence at 7:00 PM ET.