BOSTON. - The Boston University men's swimming & diving team returned to competition on Saturday after the semester break and recorded a 159-128 home victory over MIT at the FitRec Competition Pool.

Graduate student Kyle Falkstrom earned three wins on the day while sophomore Tony Ponomarev added a pair of victories and freshman Zein Mahana swept the diving events.

Falkstrom took both breaststroke events, swimming the 100-yard in 54.37 and the 200-yard in 1:59.60 before adding another win in the 200-yard individual medley (1:51.06). Ponomarev won the 100-yard backstroke in a time of 49.85 and then captured the 200-yard backstroke in 1:49.28.

Mahana posted a winning score of 302.78 in the 3-meter dive before posting a 284.70 to add a win in the 1-meter.

Other winners on the day included senior Dolan Grisbaum (1000 free, 9:37.06) and freshman Jonathan Tsang (200 fly, 1:51.26). 

The 200-yard medley relay of freshman Jonny Farber, Falkstrom, senior Justin Lee and sophomore Ben Cho turned in a winning time of 1:30.15.

With the win, the Terriers improve to 3-2 on the season. They will return to action next Saturday (Jan. 20) when they visit Colgate for a Patriot League dual.

Wins
Kyle Falkstrom - 100 breast (54.37); 200 breast (1:59.60); 200 IM (1:51.06)
Zein Mahana - 3-meter (302.78); 1-meter (284.70)
Tony Ponomarev - 100 back (49.85); 200 back (1:49.28)
Dolan Grisbaum - 1000 free (9:37.06)
Jonathan Tsang - 200 fly (1:51.26)
200 medley relay (Farber, Falkstrom, Lee, Cho) - 1:30.15

Runners-up
Justin Lee - 50 free (20.83); 100 free (47.05)
Pier Bressan - 100 free (47.05)
Jonny Farber - 200 back (1:49.65)
Dolan Grisbaum - 500 free (4:40.77)
Evan Liu - 200 free (1:41.17)
Jackson Olin - 100 fly (50.57)
Adrien Pierce - 100 back (50.71)
200 free relay (Lee, Cho, Pierce, Farber) - 1:23.10