Emory University will play host for the 2014 University Athletic Association (UAA) Swimming and Diving Championships this weekend, although the meet schedule will be changed to a two-day format due to poor weather conditions expected in the Atlanta area this week.

The meet will switch to a two-day format on Friday, February 14^th and Saturday, February 15^th.  The swimming preliminaries will begin each day at 9:00 AM, with the diving preliminaries starting at 11:45 AM both days.  The finals for both swimming and diving will begin at 5:00 PM on Friday and Saturday.

For the most up-to-date information, please check the official meet website at http://emoryathletics.com/General/2014UAASwimDive/index, as additional changes could be possible.  A full, updated schedule of events will be posted to the website as well, once it is made available.

Coverage
Fans unable to attend the meet can follow all of the action with a live high definition video webcast at http://emoryathletics.com/sports/mswimdive/live.  The video of the finals each night can be purchased for $6.00 each night, and purchase includes access to the archived video of the meet after the session is finished.  Fans can purchase a ticket to view the event each night by going to the webcast link above after the completion of the preliminaries.  Preliminaries each day will be free to view.

There will also be live results of the meet, available at http://collegeswimming.us/results/22371/.  Full HTML results of the meet will be posted to the meet website and EmoryAthletics.com following each day of competition as well.

Meet Outlook
Both the Emory men's and women's teams will enter the meet as the favorites to each win their 16^th-consecutive UAA Championship, with the women ranked first among NCAA Division III teams, and the men ranked third.  Other ranked squads scheduled to attend the meet on the women's side include sixth-ranked New York University, seventh-ranked Washington University (Mo.), ninth-ranked University of Chicago and 14^th-ranked Carnegie Mellon University.  Additional ranked squads for the men include ninth-ranked New York University, 11^th-ranked University of Chicago and 15^th-ranked Carnegie Mellon University. 

Scheduled to round out the field of eight at the UAA Championships will be Case Western Reserve University, the University of Rochester and Brandeis University.

Last Year's Meet
The men's and women's swimming and diving squads from Emory University won their 15th consecutive UAA titles at the 2013 UAA Swimming and Diving Championships hosted by the University of Chicago.

The Emory women, who went on to win their fourth consecutive NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving title in 2013, won the UAA championship with a score of 1,995 points. The University of Chicago claimed second place with 1,435 points, followed by Washington University (1,219.5), Carnegie Mellon University (1,192.5), University of Rochester (874.5), Case Western Reserve University (739.5), NYU (624), and Brandeis (212). The Eagles earned 1,818.5 points in the men's competition with Carnegie Mellon placing second (1,300). Chicago finished third (1,230.5) with Case (1,184.5), Washington (1,067), Rochester (693), NYU (687.5), and Brandeis (339) rounding out the standings. 

Women's Swimmer of the Year Anna Dobben of Emory finished first in the 50-yard freestyle (23.63 seconds) and 100-yard backstroke in a pool-record time of 56.16 seconds. Dobben swam the first leg of the Eagles' 800-yard freestyle relay that set a UAA record in 7:31.29, and swam the anchor leg of the 400-yard freestyle relay that set a pool mark and automatically qualified for the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships in 3:25.87. Women's Diver of the Year Becky Schmidt of Chicago placed first on the one-meter board, setting a UAA and pool record with a score of 496.10 and second in the three-meter event, meeting the NCAA qualifying score in both events. Elizabeth Aronoff of Emory earned Rookie of the Year honors after winning the 100-yard breaststroke (1:04.53) and finishing second in the 200-yard breaststroke.

Zane Turpin became the first Washington UAA Men's Swimmer of the Year and clocked a UAA-, pool-, and school-record time of 15:33.93 to win the 1,650-yard freestyle and automatically qualify for the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships.  He also won the 400-yard individual medley in a pool-record time of 4:01.19. Matthew Staab of Chicago was named Diver of the Year, placing first on the one-meter board (487.75) and finished second in the three-meter dive, meeting the qualifying score for the national meet in both events. Andrew Wilson of Emory garnered Rookie of the Year accolades after setting a UAA record in winning the 100-yard breaststroke in 56.25 seconds and the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:03.69.