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Carolyn Andros

Falkstrom Adds Podium Finish on Final Night of PL Championships; Terriers Place Fifth

February 24, 2024

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Graduate student Kyle Falkstrom added one more podium finish to cap his collegiate career, taking bronze in the 200-yard breaststroke on Saturday evening at the Patriot League Championships at Navy's Lejeune Hall. The Terriers posted 600 points in the four-day meet to place fifth in the 10-team field for the fourth straight time.

Falkstrom swam a 1:55.98 to take third in the 200 breast to cap an impressive meet as he tallied a team-high 77 points across three events.

Sophomore Tony Ponomarev added a seventh-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke while freshman Jonny Farber (9th, 1:46.10), senior Jackson Olin (13th, 1:48.90), senior Adrien Pierce (14th, 1:49.49) and junior Keegan Duffy (16th, 1:51.29) all made the B final to give BU five of the top 16 spots.

Freshman Zein Mahana placed 11th in the 3-meter dive with a score of 286.65 while junior Dolan Grisbaum opened the final session with a 12th-place showing in the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 15:47.79.

Freshman Jonathan Tsang was BU's top finisher in the 200-yard butterfly, taking 11th in a time of 1:49.25 while junior Andy Carlson placed 14th in the 200 breast (2:01.24).

The 400-yard freestyle relay of Falkstrom, senior Justin Lee, Farber and junior Pier Bressan placed seventh in the final race of the meet with a time of 3:01.39.


Point Scorers
Kyle Falkstrom 77 (22-28-27)
Tony Ponomarev 48 (12-13-23)
Jonny Farber 34 (14-20)
Adrien Pierce 29 (7-9-13)
Zein Mahana 28 (12-16)
Andy Carlson 24.5 (11.5-13)
Evan Liu 24 (7-16-1)
Dolan Grisbaum 15 (15)
Justin Lee 14.5 (11.5-3)
Keegan Duffy 17 (2-4-11)
Jackson Olin 17 (3-14)
Jonathan Tsang 16 (16)
Justin Liao 10 (3-7)
Pier Bressan 5 (5)
Andy Rogatinsky 1 (1)

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