The Emory University swimming & diving teams began to turn their attention towards championship season this weekend, sending a group of swimmers to the Auburn Invitational looking to boost their times while compete against athletes from Georgia, Georgia Tech, Florida, Florida State, LSU and host AU across the two-day meet.

The Eagles showcased numerous strong performances during the three sessions, posting a total of 20 times under NCAA B Cut standards while going up against top competition from the Power-5 schools.

Sophomore Anderson Holcomb highlighted the men's team with three NCAA B Cuts, lowering his best time in both the 200 IM (1:50.51) and 400 IM (3:56.80) while touching just behind his seed time in the 200 Breast at 2:00.43. Sophomore Jason Amato and senior Willem Goedecke each had a pair of NCAA B Cuts with Amato going under his previous top times in both the 400 IM (3:56.75) and 200 Fly (1:50.73) while Goedecke shaved .36 off his 200 Back mark with a time of 1:49.07 to go along with his team-leading 1:39.54 in the 200 Free.

Junior Chris Dieffenthaller joined Amato and Goedecke as Emory men with two NCAA B Cuts at the meet, lowering his 100 Breast time to 55.81 as he finished behind senior Tyler Russell (54.89) and behind Holcomb in the 200 Breast at 2:01.40. Junior Kory Kimura cut over two seconds off his 500 Free to lead the Eagles on Friday morning with his time of 4:31.90 whereas freshman Jeff George and junior Adam Copses shined on Saturday with big drops in their respective events, with George going 5.94 seconds faster than his seed time in the 200 Back (1:47.69) and Copses dropping 6.20 off his 1650 Free, recording a team-best 15:45.69, the fastest by an Eagle this season.

For the Emory women, sophomore Rosalie Gaudiani turned in two of the team's three NCAA B Cuts, leading the Eagles in the butterfly events with times of 55.71 in the 100 and 2:04.96 in the 200. Junior Moshelle Borjigin added a NCAA qualifying time in the 200 Free, going under her previous best time by over two seconds to touch at 1:51.28. Borjigin would add team-leading marks in both the 500 Free (5:02.95) and 100 Free (51.88).

Following the conclusion of the Auburn Invitational Saturday morning, several Eagles took part in the AU First Chance meet that followed with the team registering six additional NCAA cuts.

Senior Will Kuhn paced a trio of Eagles in the 100 Breast with his 55.12 with Holcomb (55.59) and Russell (55.63) following with times under the NCAA standard. In the 200 Free, Goedecke improved upon his previous time as he lowered it to 1:39.38 whereas sophomore Adam Braunschweig and senior Joshua Giardinelli joined the list of Emory swimmers with NCAA B Cuts over the weekend. Braunschweig turned in a time of 1:49.67 in the 200 Back prior to Giardinelli going 1:50.25 in the 200 Fly.

For the women, several Eagles lowered previous marks with Borjigin in the 100 Free (51.80), sophomore Mollie Folk in the 200 Breast (2:25.01) and junior Leaya Ma in the 200 Back (2:03.38).

Next up for the Eagles will be the University Athletic Association Championships in Atlanta from February 8-11.