GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Bates swimmers turned in more impressive performances Friday at the NCAA Championships, with two individuals and two relay teams earning All-America honors.

Men's swimming sophomore Marrich Somridhivej (South Windsor, Conn.) entered the 100-yard breaststroke race as the 24th seed among 37 swimmers. He shattered expectations on Friday with a 15th-place showing, breaking his own school record with a time of 54.36 seconds in the morning prelims and following that up in the evening with a time of 54.77 seconds, securing the third All-America performance of his career. 

Women's swimming junior Sophie Cassily (Rye, N.H.) just missed the championship final in the 100-yard backstroke with her prelims time of 55.90 seconds. But she dominated the consolation final, breaking her own school record with a mark of 55.19 seconds, and winning the race, good for ninth place overall and All-America honors.

Cassily was also part of an impressive women's 800-yard freestyle relay team that took 10th place on Friday in 7:30.39. Senior captain Grace Wenger (Hanover, N.H.), senior Natalie Young (Windham, N.H.), Cassily, and junior Stephanie Tropper (Solon, Ohio) teamed up for what head coach Peter Casares called a "perfect performance", earning All-America honors for all four swimmers, including the first of Tropper's career.

The men's 800-yard freestyle relay also earned All-America honors, with senior captain Mark Gregory (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.), first-year John Weigel (Iowa City, Iowa), first-year Tim Johnson (Brewster, Mass.), and sophomore Max Cory (Dublin, Calif.) taking 16th place with a time of 6:43.32.

Through three days, the women's team is in 15th place while the men's team is in 32nd place at NCAAs. Action wraps up Saturday with prelims at 10 am and finals at 6 pm.