The Emory University men's 200-yard medley relay team of senior Ross Spock, sophomore Andrew Wilson, senior Jake Stephens and senior Ryan Bass claimed the National Championship Wednesday night, and the Eagle women took the lead in the team standings during the first day of competition at the 2014 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Spock, Wilson, Stephens and Bass won the event with a time of 1:28.16, breaking the school record in the event set at last year's NCAA Championships.  It was the second National Title in a relay event in the program's history (along with the 2005 200-yard medley relay team), and the 14^th National Championship overall by the Emory men.  It was also the first National Title for each of the relay participants.

The win propelled the Emory men into third-place in the team standings after the first day, as the team totaled 73 points on Wednesday.  Denison leads the men's standings with 173 points, followed by Kenyon in second with 104, while Chicago trails Emory in fourth-place with 59 points.

The Emory women, in search of their fifth-consecutive NCAA Championship, lead in the standings after the first day, totaling 127 points.  The Eagles have a 27-point lead over second-place Johns Hopkins University (100), followed closely by Denison (99) and Kenyon (97).

Emory swimmers combined for six individual all-America finishes (top-eight in the finals of an event), including four top-three finishes, and six more honorable mention (nine-through-16 in the finals of an event) during Wednesday night's events.

Spock was also the runner-up in the 50-yard freestyle with a program-record time of 20.15 seconds, his second career all-America honor in the event.  He broke the previous school-record mark of 20.25, set by current Bass at last year's NCAA Championships.

The two all-America honors on the day pushed Spock's career total to 17, tying him former Eagle Justin Hake for the program record for all-America certificates earned over a career.  Spock will have multiple chances during the remainder of the meet to break the program record.

Also for the men, sophomore Andrew Wilson recorded the first all-America finish of the meet for the Eagles, claiming fifth in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 1:49.66.  It was his third career all-America honor.  Bass added an all-America honorable mention finish, claiming 15^th-place in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 20.68 seconds.

Senior Courtney McDermott opened the action at the NCAA Championships for the Emory women, earning her fifth-career all-America certificate with a third-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle in a time of 4:51.53.  Junior McKenna Newsum-Schoenberg added an all-America certificate (the third of her career) with a fifth-place finish in the event with a time of 4:52.08, while junior Megan Beach (11^th-place, 4:54.35 in the preliminaries) and sophomore Carolyn Bonfield (14^th-place, 4:55.26 in the preliminaries) each earned all-America honorable mentions.

In the women's 200-yard individual medley, freshman Annelise Kowalsky finished second with a time of 2:02.78 in the finals to earned all-America honors, while senior Sadie Nennig earned an all-America certificate with a third-place finish, after breaking her own school record in the event with a time of 2:02.40.  With the finish, Nennig became the eighth Emory women's swimmer to earn all-America honors in the same event for four years.  Junior Nina Zook won the consolation heat, finishing ninth overall with a time of 2:04.21, while senior Kylie McKenzie also claimed an all-America honorable mention in the event with a 12^th-place finish in a time of 2:05.39.

Larson added an all-America honorable mention in the 50-yard freestyle, winning the consolation heat and finishing ninth overall with a time of 23.17 seconds, her third-career all-America honorable mention certificate.

Emory rounded out the day with a third-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay, as sophomore Ellie Thompson, Kowalsky, freshman Marcela Sanchez-Aizcorbe and freshman Marissa Bergh finished third, after recording a time of 1:42.94 during the preliminaries.

Action at the 2014 NCAA Division III Championships will continue on Thursday, with the 200-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard individual medley, the 100-yard butterfly, the 200-yard freestyle, the 400-yard medley relay and the women's one-meter dive all being contested.  The preliminaries will begin at 10:00 AM, followed by the finals at 6:00 PM.