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Entering the 2026-27 season, Friedlander ranks in the top 10 all-time at Bates in these events:
200-yard butterfly, 1st (1:48.05)
500-yard freestyle, 2nd (4:35.08)
800-yard freestyle relay, 2nd (6:38.32) and 3rd (6:40.35). Top split of 1:40.14 (6th).
1,000-yard freestyle, 4th (9:43.37)
100-yard butterfly, 9th (49.73)
400-yard medley relay, 10th (3:21.34). Top split of 49.26 (6th).
200-yard medley relay, 10th (1:29.45). Top split of 21.89 (8th).
2025-26: Selected to the College Sports Communicators Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Academic All-District® Team.... CSCAA Scholar All-American.... NESCAC Winter All-Academic selection.... Competed at the NCAA Championships and placed 24th in the 200 fly in 1:48.67, 34th in the 500 free in 4:38.03, and 40th in 100 fly in 49.79 (March 18-21).... Earned All-NESCAC honors for taking second place in the 200-yard butterfly at the conference championship, racing to the finish in the championship final in an NCAA 'B' cut time of 1:48.05, breaking his own school record (Feb. 22).
2024-25: NESCAC Winter All-Academic selection.... Broke the Bates record in the 200-yard butterfly with his morning prelims time of 1:49.60 at the NESCAC Championships, then he took third in the championship final, earning All-NESCAC honors with his NCAA 'B' Cut time of 1:49.62 (Feb. 23).... Finished sixth in the consolation final of the 500-yard freestyle in 4:35.83 at the NESCAC Championships (Feb. 21).... Helped the Bates 800-yard freestyle relay team take fifth out of 22 teams with their time of 6:40.65 at the NESCAC Championships (Feb. 20).
2023-24: Placed ninth in the 200-yard butterfly in 1:50.64, 15th in the 1,000-yard freestyle in 9:43.37, and 20th in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:40.83 at the NESCAC Championships (Feb. 22-25).... Won the 200-yard butterfly in 1:57.32 in a dual meet against Middlebury (Jan. 14).... Won the 200-yard butterfly in 1:59.06 in a dual meet against Wesleyan (Nov. 18).
Minor: Mathematics
Personal: 2023 graduate of Taylor Allderice High School (Pa.) ... AP Scholar ('22, '23) ... Valedictorian ... Pennsylvania Certificate of Merit for SAT.
What is something you're currently working to improve about yourself?
I am working on not putting too much pressure on myself.
What is a quality you value most in a teammate?
Someone who is dependable and can be there for you when you need them.
What is something about you that people often don't expect?
I started to enjoy crocheting this past year.
