BOSTON - The Boston University men's swimming & diving team kicked off its 2021-22 season on Saturday afternoon at the FitRec Competition Pool and fell short to visiting Bucknell by a score of 177-123.
Junior
Kyle Falkstrom won both the 100 and 200 breast (57.10 & 2:05.06) while freshman
Lyde De Hooghe took both diving events in his collegiate debut.
Junior
Sarsen Whatmore took the 200 free by 2.7 seconds in a time of 1:42.25 and also finished second in the 500 free (4:38.25). In his first collegiate race, freshman
Dolan Grisbaum was first in the 1000 free in a time of 9:38.19.
Sophomore
Toby Jackson earned points in two races, highlighted by a second-place finish in the 100 fly (51.32), and classmate Olin Jackson did the same, finishing runner-up in the 200 back.
De Hooghe won by comfortable margins in the both the 3- and 1-meter diving events, posting scores of 279.15 and 283.80.
Falkstrom added a second-place effort in the 200 IM to finish the day with 22 points.
The Terriers will return to action next Saturday (Oct. 23) when they host Bryant starting at 1:30 p.m.