2020 Inducted into the New England LMSC Hall of Fame (Pool Performance)
2006 Inducted into the St Lawrence University Hall of Fame
USMS Records
Pool – 14 lifetime individual, 8 currently held
45-49: 50 Fly SCM
50-54: 50 Back SCY, 100 Back SCY, 50 Back SCM, 100 Back SCM
55-59: 50 Back SCY, 100 Back SCM, 50 Fly SCM
USMS All-Star – 1 year pool
USMS All-American
Pool – 44 individual (308 points), 3 relay
USMS Top Ten – 110 individual, 9 relay
NELMSC All-Time Top Three – 212 points
Club: New England Masters (NEM)
Fritz Bedford was born on September 10, 1963 in Cannan, NH, and currently lives in Etna, NH. He attended Hanover High School and Deerfield Academy. Fritz was named an All-American at Deerfield six times over two years. He attended St. Lawrence University from 1981 until 1985, earning a B.S. in Physics. While there, he earned All-American honors nineteen times over four years. Fritz earned his M.S. from the University of New Hampshire and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He worked in engineering at Creare (Etna, NH), Avery Research Center (Pasadena, CA), General Motors R&D (Warren, MI), Fluent/ANSYS (Lebanon, NH), Norwich University (Northfield, VT) and CD-adapco/Siemens (Lebanon, NH). Fritz swam Masters for the Rose Bowl Aquatic Club and the UV-Rays in White River Junction, VT. He is currently a software developer for Siemens in Lebanon, NH. He also coaches the Men's and Women's swimming teams at Hanover High School and continues to swim Masters with the UV-Rays. He is married with three daughters.
From the St Lawrence University Hall of Fame website:
A 19-time All-America swimmer, Fritz Bedford excelled in a variety of strokes and is among the all-time greats in Saints’ men’s swimming.
The Outstanding Male Senior Athlete Award winner in 1985, Fritz qualified for the NCAA Championships as an individual in each of his four years and was All-America in five individual events and three relays during his career. He was New York State champion in 50 freestyle and 200 backstroke and part of the state champion 400 medley relay team.
He was All-America in the 100 fly, 100 free, and 50 free and part of All-America teams in the 400 medley and 400 and 800 free relay teams as a freshman; All-America in the 50 free, 100 fly, and 100 free, and the 400 medley relay and 800 free relay as a sophomore; in the 50 free and 200 back and the 400 medley relay as a junior and in the 50 free and 100 and 200 back plus the 400 medley relay and 800 free relay as a senior.
Now a mechanical engineer, he earned his master’s degree at the University of New Hampshire and a Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin.