Emory University seniors Mike Moserowitz and Brandon Bassell and junior Ulrica Tull each earned all-conference honors during the first day of competition at the 2014 University Athletic Association (UAA) Indoor Track and Field Championships in Waltham, Massachusetts on Friday afternoon.

Moserowitz claimed second in the men's long jump with a distance of 6.56 meters, scoring six points towards the Eagles' team score during the first day.  Bassell added another six points with his third-place finish in the high jump, clearing the bar at 1.89 meters. 

Meanwhile, Tull was the leading scorer on day one for the Emory women, finishing third in the weight throw with a throw of 13.96 meters, the fourth-best throw in the event in school history.  Her finish contributed six points towards Emory's team score.

Also scoring for the Emory men on day one was the distance medley relay team of freshman Brandon Cromer, Moserowitz, junior Kevin Delaney and freshman Michael McBane, which claimed sixth in a time of 10:36.40, scoring another point towards Emory's total.  The Emory men finished the day with 15 points, and currently sit in fourth place in the team standings behind Washington University (46 points), Carnegie Mellon University (41 points), Case Western Reserve University (34 points).

Adding scoring finishes for the women were junior Pollara Cobb, who claimed fifth in the long jump with a leap of 4.98 meters to contribute two points, junior Tamara Surtees, who finished sixth in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 18:18.41 to add a point, and the Eagles' distance medley relay team of junior Marissa Gogniat, freshman Alexa Young, junior Hannah Smith and junior Elise Viox, which finished sixth with a time of 12:40.49 to contribute another point towards the team total.

After the first day, the Eagles are in sixth place in the women's team standings, trailing Washington University (46 points), the University of Chicago (39 points), New York University (24 points), Case Western Reserve University (15 points) and Carnegie Mellon University (13 points).

In addition to the scorers on day one, Emory had a combined 20 athletes qualify for Saturday's finals between the men's and women's squads during the preliminaries on Friday.

Three Emory women advanced in each of the 55-meter dash and 200-meter dash, led by junior Debora Adjibaba, who won both events with times of 7.23 seconds and 25.74 seconds, respectively.  Also advancing to the finals in the 55-meter dash were senior Morgan Monroe (second, 7.38 seconds) and freshman Harley Barrera (sixth, 7.51 seconds), while junior Electra Korn (second, 26.19 seconds) and Monroe (fourth, 26.24 seconds) each reached the finals of the 200-meter dash.  Korn also reached the finals of the 400-meter dash, winning the preliminaries with a time of 58.23 seconds.

Three Eagles reached the finals of the women's 800-meter run as well, with junior Stephanie Crane finishing second in the preliminaries with a time of 2:17.49 seconds, while senior Emily Caesar claimed third (2:17.46) and sophomore Julie Williamson fifth (2:18.31).  Monroe added a win in the preliminaries of the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 8.35 seconds to cap off Emory's finals qualifiers on day one.

For the men, junior Gui Silva won the preliminaries of the 400-meter dash with a time of 49.92 seconds, and finished third in the preliminaries of the 200-meter dash with a mark of 22.79 seconds.  Sophomore Adam Rabushka advanced to the finals in a pair of events as well, finishing third in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 7.99 seconds and fifth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 50.76 seconds, while sophomore Maxwell Hoberman reached the finals of the 200-meter dash by finishing fifth in the preliminaries with a time of 22.91 seconds.  In the 55-meter dash, both Dennis Kamara (fourth, 6.59 seconds) and senior Samuel Jean-Baptiste (fifth, 6.63 seconds) each qualified for Saturday's finals, while senior William Matheson reached the finals of the 800-meter run, finishing sixth in the prelims with a time of 1:57.23.

The UAA Championships will resume with the final day of competition on Saturday, with field events starting at 9:00 AM, and events on the track beginning at 11:00 AM.  The final event of the meet – the men's 4x400-meter relay – is slated to begin at 1:20 PM.