2023 All-Patriot League Second Team
Program Record - 200 Breast (1:58.42)
Program Record - 100 Breast (53.75)
Program Record - 200 Medley Relay (1:28.45) - second leg
AS A SENIOR IN 2022-23
Set school records in 100 breast (53.75) and 200 breast (1:58.42) at Patriot League Championships (Feb. 15-18) ... Placed third in 100 breast and fifth in 200 breast to go along with eighth-place finish in 200 IM (personal-best 1:48.51) ... Named to All-Patriot League Second Team ... Placed second in 200 free at Boston Winter Open (Feb. 3-4) with personal best of 1:39.80 ... Won 100 breast (54.82) and placed second in 500 free with personal-best 4:35.70 on Senior Day against Bryant (Jan. 28) ... Set Boston College pool records in 100 breast (55.31) and 200 breast (2:00.73) on Jan. 21 ... Won 200 IM (1:51.35) and 100 breast (56.42) vs. Colgate (Jan. 10) ... Won 50 breast (26.19) and 200 breast (2:06.37) against Holy Cross (Dec. 3) and also placed third in 100 IM (52.86) ... Finished sixth in 200 breast (2:02.71), eighth in 100 breast (56.62) and 15th in 200 IM (1:52.90) at Terrier Invitational (Nov. 18-20) ... Won 100 and 200 breast vs. UMass (Oct. 29) ... Finished second (200 breast), fourth (57.58) and fifth (200 IM) in season opener vs. Bucknell and Loyola (Oct. 15).
AS A JUNIOR IN 2021-22
Swam season bests in 100 breast (11th, 55.04), 200 breast (6th, 1:59.14) and 200 IM (1:50.07) at Patriot League Championships (Feb. 16-19) ... Won 100 (56.99) and 200 breast (2:04.98) and took second in 200 IM (1:55.86) against Boston College (Jan. 22) ... Placed second in both 200 free (1:46.79) and 500 free (4:49.07) against Colgate (Jan. 15) ... Won 50 breast (27.17) and 100 IM (54.70) at Holy Cross (Dec. 4) ... Won 200 breast (2:02.00), placed third in 100 breast (56.40) and took 11th in 200 IM (1:51.75) at Terrier Invitational (Nov. 19-21) ... Won 100 breast, 200 breast and 200 IM against Providence (Nov. 6) ... Finished first (200 breast), second (100 breast) and third (200 IM) against UMass (Oct. 30) ... Won 200 IM and was runner-up in 100 and 200 breast against Bryant (Oct. 23) ... Took first in 100 and 200 breast and finished runner-up in 200 IM vs. Bucknell (Oct. 16).
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2020-21
Placed second in the 100 breast (57.03) and 200 breast (2:04.87) vs. Bryant (March 13) ... Won the 100 breast (57.26) and 200 breast (2:05.74) vs. UMass (March 20) ... Won the 200 IM (1:50.65), 100 breast (54.59) and 200 breast (1:58.43) at the Patriot League Challenge (April 17-18), setting a new school record in the 200 breast.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2019-20
Won the 200 breast (2:10.75), placed third in the 200 IM (1:57.43) and fourth in the 100 breast (1:00.64) at Lehigh (Oct. 12) ... Won the 200 breast (2:08.07), finished second in the 100 breast (58.55) and fifth in the 200 IM (1:57.88) versus Bucknell (Oct. 19) ... Won the 400 IM (4:08.19) and placed second in both the 100 breast (59.16) and the 200 breast (2:08.70) versus Fordham (Oct. 26) ... Won the 200 breast (2:09.02), took third in the 200 IM (1:58.74) and fifth in the 100 breast (1:00.41) at UMass (Nov. 2) ... Placed third in the 200 breast (2:12.90) and seventh in the 400 IM (4:14.66) against Texas A&M (Nov. 7) ... Finished third in the 200 IM (1:57.93), fourth in the 200 breast (2:09.20) and fifth in the 100 breast (59.65) against Bryant and UConn (Nov. 9) ... Placed second in the 100 breast (59.55) ... Took second in both the 200 breast (2:07.90) and the 200 IM (1:56.43) while finishing fourth in the 100 breast (58.69) at Boston College (Jan. 25) ... Finished third in the 200 IM (1:56.34), fourth in the 200 breast (2:06.64) and fifth in the 100 breast (58.39) at Army West Point (Feb. 1) ... Placed second in the 100 breast (57.23) at the Boston Winter Open (Feb. 7-8) ... Finished sixth in the 200 breast (1:59.72) and eighth in the 400 IM (3:56.56) at the Patriot League Championships (Feb. 19-22).
BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Two-time IHSA Sectional champion in 200 IM and IHSA Sectional runner-up in 100 breast ... three-time Illinois Senior Championships finalist and NCSA Junior National qualifier ... Two-time IHSA Scholastic Achievement honoree ... Member of the Mu Alpha Theta Honors Society, National Honor Society and Bowling Club.
PERSONAL
Parents are Karl and Christine Falkstrom ... Has one sister, Karina, who played softball at Pomona-Pitzer and now plays at North Texas as a graduate student ... His father played baseball in college and his mother played tennis in college ... Fourth member of his family to become a collegiate athlete ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences as a human physiology major.
