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Career: Graduates as a 10-time All-American and two-time NCAA champion... One of 96 Senior Scholar Award-winners, Bobcats who have participated in varsity sports for four years and maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or better.
Upon graduation in 2026, Somridhivej ranked in the top 10 all-time at Bates in these events:
400-yard medley relay,
1st (3:08.43, NCAA D3 record), 2nd (3:12.09), and 4th (3:16.98). Top split of 50.41 (Breaststroke, 1st).
200-yard medley relay,
1st (1:25.57, NCAA D3 record), 2nd, (1:27.24), 3rd (1:27.26), 4th (1:27.74), 5th (1:27.83), 7th (1:29.05), and T-8 (1:29.38). Top split of 22.95 (Breaststroke, 1st).
50-yard breaststroke,
1st (23.87, NCAA D3 record).
100-yard breaststroke, 1st (51.82).
200-yard breaststroke, 1st (1:59.61).
200-yard freestyle relay, 1st (1:18.94), 2nd (1:20.56), 3rd (1:20.71), and 10th (1:22.47). Top split of 19.69 (3rd).
50-yard freestyle, 5th (20.59).
100-yard freestyle, 7th (45.98).
400-yard freestyle relay, 8th (3:03.02).
2025-26: Team captain.... CSC 1st Team Academic All-America®.... CSCAA Scholar All-American.... Named the NESCAC Men's Swimmer of the Year....
NCAA champion in the 400-yard medley relay, helping Bates set a Division III record of 3:08.43....
NCAA champion in the 100-yard breaststroke, recording a winning time of 51.82 seconds, the second-fastest mark in D3 history.... Broke his own Bates record in the 200-yard breaststroke in the morning prelims with his time of 1:59.61 at the NCAA Championships, then he placed fifth in the consolation final in 2:00.14, good for 13th place overall and his 10th All-America honor (March 21).... Helped Bates touch the wall in 1:18.94 in the 200-yard freestyle relay at the NCAA Championships, good for fifth place, the best 200 free relay finish at the NCAA Championships in program history (March 19).... NESCAC champion in the 200-yard medley relay (NCAA D3 record time of 1:25.57), the 50-yard breaststroke (24.04), the 200-yard freestyle relay (NESCAC record time of 1:19.47), the 400-yard medley relay (3:09.84), and the 100-yard breaststroke (51.85).... NESCAC Winter All-Academic selection.
2024-25: CSCAA Scholar All-American.... Shined in the 100-yard breaststroke at the NCAA Championships, qualifying for the championship final with his time of 54.16 seconds in the morning prelim, then he grabbed fifth place and All-America honors with a blazing fast time of 53.97 seconds at night, breaking his own school record in the event, and also breaking his own school record in the 50-breast thanks to his opening split of 24.97 seconds.... Helped the Bates 200-yard medley relay team place seventh at NCAAs with their championship final time of 1:27.83, good for All-America honors.... Part of the fastest 400-yard medley relay ever swam by a NESCAC school, helping the Bobcats race to the finish in 3:12.09 in the championship final, good for third place nationally.... NESCAC champion in the 100-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard freestyle relay.... NESCAC runner-up in the 400-yard medley relay and the 200-yard medley relay.... All-NESCAC performer in the 50-yard breaststroke..... Named to the College Sports Communicators Swimming & Diving Academic All-District® Team.... NESCAC Winter All-Academic selection.
2023-24: CSCAA Scholar All-American.... Named to the College Sports Communicators Swimming & Diving Academic All-District® Team.... NESCAC Winter All-Academic selection.... Entered the 100-yard breaststroke race as the 24th seed among 37 swimmers at the NCAA Championships.... He shattered expectations 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 (March 22)..... Helped the 400-yard medley relay team earn All-America honors as Bates finished 15th in the country with their time of 3:18.84 in the consolation final at NCAAs (March 21).
2022-23: CSCAA Scholar All-American.... Helped the 200-yard medley relay team achieve a time of 1:27.74 in the prelims at the NCAA Championships, second-fastest in the country and a new Bates record.... Then the Bobcats took sixth place in the championship final in 1:27.87, the first top-8 finish for a Bates men's relay team at the NCAA Championships in program history (March 15).... Named the men's swimming and diving team's most improved athlete over the course of the season.
Minor: Digital and Computational Studies
Personal: 2022 graduate of Kingswood Oxford School (Conn.) where he competed in swimming and track & field ... Cum Laude Society (2022) ... boys' swimming team MVP (2022).
