The University Athletic Association Swimming & Diving Championships began Wednesday in Atlanta with senior Lucas Bumgarner capturing his third straight conference title in the men's 1-meter.

Bumgarner shined in the finals, posting a new school record of 611.65 as he eclipsed his previous top mark of 581.80. Carnegie Mellon's Judson Kyle finished second at 491.40 followed by Chicago's Logan Sherwin at 489.80. The win is Bumgarner's sixth combined UAA title of his career.

For the first time diving was joined by swimming on day one as the eight conference schools raced in the 800 Freestyle Relay in the first swimming event of the week.

In the men's event WashU, Emory and UChicago all went under the previous UAA record time with the Bears taking gold with a winning time of 6:33.24. The Eagles' quartet of senior Pat Pema, sophomore Crow Thorsen, senior Jeffrey de Groot and junior Nicholas Goudie finished in second place at 6:34.56.

For the women, New York University snapped Emory's winning streak of 14 consecutive wins in the event as the Violets earned the top spot with a UAA record of 7:23.97. The Eagles rounded out the top-three as junior Penelope Helm, sophomore Jada Chatoor, freshman Meredith Liu and senior Nina Turcanu posted a time of 7:32.50.

After day one, Carnegie Mellon leads for the men with 195 points with Emory in third at 148. On the women's side, NYU and Chicago are tied at the top with 96 points with Emory only eight points back. The UAA Championships continues on Thursday with the 200 Freestyle Relay, 500 Freestyle, 200 IM, 50 Free, 400 Medley Relay and women's 3-meter diving.