Solly Berkenwald Claims 3-Meter Title as Swimming & Diving Opens UAA Championships in Chicago

The Emory University swimming & diving groups opened the 2026 University Athletic Association Championships Wednesday evening in Chicago, Illinois.

Sophomore Solly Berkenwald excelled for the Eagles on the primary evening as he captured the group’s first championship with a dominating efficiency within the males’s 3-meter diving occasion. During the finals, Berkenwald was lone diver within the area to eclipse 475.00 factors as he recorded a stellar profitable mark of 589.20. It is Berkenwald’s third occasion title of his profession after sweeping each boards as a freshman.

Freshman Thomas Stone added All-UAA honors within the occasion because the rookie secured third place in his UAA debut with a finals rating of 464.65 after clinching a spot in finals with a prelim rating of 473.65. Additionally, classmate Gavin Zivitz scored factors for the Eagles with a ninth-place effort with a comfort spherical rating of 415.85.

Following Berkenwald’s win, the Eagles notched a pair of All-UAA finishes within the lone swimming occasion of the evening within the 800 Freestyle Relay.

For the ladies, Emory’s group of juniors Emma Lunn, Katherine Swan, Natalie Boorjian and sophomore Elodie Mitchell earned a silver medal end with a time of seven:22.66. New York University gained the occasion with a UAA report time of seven:13.06.

In the boys’s A last, the group of junior Hayden Tupper, graduate pupil Crow Thorsen, senior Sven Becker and junior McKee Thorsen clinched a 3rd place end with a time of 6:32.98. Both Chicago and NYU posted underneath UAA report instances with the Maroons profitable the occasion at 6:28.04.

Elsewhere within the pool on Wednesday, the Eagles had a pair of comfort wins within the 800 Free Relay with graduate pupil Sammi Thiele, seniors Isabel Huang, Meredith Liu and freshman Holly Brundage delivering a time of seven:26.76 and for the boys, freshmen Carson Kalish, Anthony Simmons Jr., sophomore Ben Pritchard and junior Graham Zucker went for a mixed time of 6:35.54.

At the tip of evening one in Chicago, the Emory males leads the sphere with 173 factors adopted by Chicago (148) and NYU (146). For the ladies, the Eagles narrowly path NYU 98-96 with WashU and Chicago standing third tied at 84 factors.

The UAA Championships proceed on Thursday with prelims beginning at 11:00 AM ET adopted by diving prelims at 1:45 PM ET. Finals session will get began at 6:45 PM ET.