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2025-26 Swimming and Diving Roster

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Marrich Somridhivej

  • Major Biology
  • Height 6-3
  • Events Breast / Free
  • Class 2026
  • Hometown South Windsor, Conn.
  • High School Kingswood Oxford

Biography

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Entering the 2025-26 season, Somridhivej ranks in the top 10 all-time at Bates in these events:


50-yard breaststroke, 1st (24.97).

100-yard breaststroke, 1st (53.97).

200-yard breaststroke, 1st (2:01.34).

200-yard medley relay, 1st (1:27.24), 2nd (1:27.74), 3rd (1:27.83), 4th (1:29.05), T-5 (1:29.38), 8th (1:30.34), 9th (1:30.36), and 10th (1:30.46). Top split of 24.05 (Breaststroke, 1st).

200-yard freestyle relay, 1st (1:20.56), 2nd (1:20.71), 8th (1:22.47), and 10th (1:22.87). Top split of 20.29 (7th).

400-yard medley relay, 1st (3:12.09) and 3rd (3:16.98). Top split of 52.68 (Breaststroke, 1st).

400-yard freestyle relay, 7th (3:03.02).

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).

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First Year

    6'2" 190 lbs
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    6'2" 187 lbs
  • 2024-25Junior

    6'3" 187 lbs
  • 2025-26Senior

    6'3" 210 lbs