2022-23 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster
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Eric Friese
- Position:
- Fly/Free
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Potsdam, Germany
- High School:
- Elite School of Sport Friedrich Ludwig Jahn
2020 Tokyo Olympics
• Competed for German in the 4x100 Free Relay
• Finished 16th and had a split of 48.95
Career Accolades
• 16-time All-American
• 2023 All-SEC Second Team
• 2023 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2022 All-SEC First Team
• 2022 CSCAA Scholar All-American First Team
• 2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2021 CSCAA Scholar All-American
• 2021 All-SEC First Team
• 2020 All-SEC Second Team
• 2020 SEC All-Freshman team
• 2020 First Team CSCAA Scholar All-America
2022-23 (Senior)
NCAA Championships
NCAA Championships
NCAA Championships
NCAA Championships
PRIOR TO FLORIDA:
Graduated in Spring 2024 with a degree in Management
• Competed for German in the 4x100 Free Relay
• Finished 16th and had a split of 48.95
Career Accolades
• 16-time All-American
• 2023 All-SEC Second Team
• 2023 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2022 All-SEC First Team
• 2022 CSCAA Scholar All-American First Team
• 2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2021 CSCAA Scholar All-American
• 2021 All-SEC First Team
• 2020 All-SEC Second Team
• 2020 SEC All-Freshman team
• 2020 First Team CSCAA Scholar All-America
2022-23 (Senior)
NCAA Championships
- Earned two All-American honors
- Member of the NCAA Record Breaking 200 Free Relay
- Clocked an 18.64 split in the 200 Free Relay to contribute to a record time of 1:13.35
- Part of the 200 Medley Relay team that finished third
- Member of the SEC Championship winning team
- Silver medalist in the 200 Medley Relay
- Posted a B-cut time of 46.67 in the 100 fly to place 16th
- Finished 24th in the 50 free with a 19.76
- Went 43.93 in the 100 free to tie for 34th
- Swam in six meets
- Won the 100 fly against Virginia with a 46.78
NCAA Championships
- Qualified in four relays and three individual events
- Tied the school record with a split of 19.36 on his fly leg to contribute to a NCAA, US Open, and pool record of 1:21.13 in the 200 medley relay
- Recorded a split of 18.39 to contribute to a winning and program record time of 1:14.11 in the 200 free relay
- Received four 2022 All-America honors
- 200 MR, 200 FR, 400 MR, 400 FR
- Member of the SEC Championship-winning team
- Claimed gold in the 200 freestyle relay with a contribution to a SEC Meet and pool record 1:15.18
- Contributed to a pool record and gold medal winning time of 3:02.61 in the 400 medley relay
- Member of the 200 medley relay team that took the top spot on podium with a time of 1:22.06
- Earned silver at the SEC Championships in the 100 fly with a time of season-best 44.86
- Set a career-best 41.76 in the 100 free at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational
- Won 100 breast (55.25) and 100 free (43.87) and contributed to wins in the 200 medley relay (1:27.95) and 400 free relay (2:58.56) in the season opening win over FAU
- Member of the relay teams to wins in the 200 medley relay (1:25.71) and the 400 free relay (2:55.67) in home opener against Georgia
- Contributed to a 2:49.82 time in the 400 Free Relay and a 1:24.10 time in the 200 medley relay at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational, both times ranking in the UF all-time top 10
- Placed first in the 100 fly (47.56) and contributed to first place finishes in the 200 medley relay (1:27.50) and 400 free relay (2:57.07)
NCAA Championships
- Finished seventh in the 100 Fly
- Finished ninth in the 50 Free
- Finished 13th in the 100 Free
- Was a part of the 200 free relay, 200 medley relay team, and the 400 free relay team that all placed second and was a part of the 400 medley relay team that finished third
- Member of the SEC Championship-winning team
- Set four personal best in in the 50 free, 100 free, 50 fly, and the 100 fly
- Finished fifth in the 50 free, 100 free, and the 100 fly
- Was a part of the 200 medley relay, 200 free relay, and the 400 medley relay teams that took home SEC titles
- Moved up one spot to the seventh-fastest 50 free swim in UF history with his top effort of 19.46 at the Auburn Invite
- Was a member of the 10th-fastest 200 free relay in UF history at the Auburn Invite with an A-cut effort of 1:17.01
- Won the 100y fly and 400y free relay at Auburn
NCAA Championships
- Earned first career All-American honors in the 100 fly, 200 free relay and 400 free relay
- Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 100 fly
- Member of the SEC Championship-winning team
- Finished in eighth-place in the 100 fly with a personal-best time of 45.97, the seventh-best effort in program history
- Earned a fifth-place (13th overall) finish in the 50 free B-final after tallying a new personal-best time of 19.50 in the prelims (eighth-fastest ever by a Gator)
- Notched a silver medal as a member of the fifth-best 200 free relay in Gator history (1:16.33)
- Led-off the third-place 200 medley relay that combined for the eighth-best effort in program history of 1:24.51
- Finished 19th overall in the 100 free with a effort of 43.14
- Was a member of the fourth-place 400 free relay that combined for a swim of 2:50.40, the eighth-best in UF history
- Posted a new career-best in the 100 free at the Bulldog Invitational Last Chance Meet with a time of 43.09
- Won six individual and six relay events throughout the season
- Was named SEC Men's Freshman of the Week on Oct. 15. and Nov. 12.
| 50 Free | 18.90 | NCAA Championships | March. 24-27, 2021 |
| 100 Free | 41.76 | Georgia Tech Fall Invitational | Nov. 18-20, 2021 |
| 100 Fly | 44.79 | NCAA Championships | March. 24-27, 2021 |
| 100 Breast | 54.81 | Auburn | Nov. 19, 2020 |
| 200 IM | 1:57.53 | Minnesota | Oct. 11, 2019 |
PRIOR TO FLORIDA:
- According to Collegeswimming.com, Friese is the 30th-ranked prospect in the 2019 class
- Registered a 6th-place finish in the 100 fly at the 2017 FINA Junior World Championships
- Finished runner-up at the 2018 German Nationals in the 100 fly
- Member of the 3rd-place Medley Relay at the 2018 Swimming World Cup in Tokyo
- Won the 50 and 100 fly at the 2018 German Open
Graduated in Spring 2024 with a degree in Management
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