Boston University

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2023-24
Named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll ... Finished second on team in points at Patriot League Championships with 48 ... Had a season-best 200 back (1:46.10) to place seventh ... Set personal bests in 50 back (23.07), 100 back (49.13) and 200 IM (1:49.88) at league meet, finishing 14th in 100 back and 15th in 200 IM ... Placed first in both 200 free (1:44.69) and 200 back (1:53.75) against Colgate … Earned first in 100 back (50.87) and 200 back (1:51.12) vs. MIT ... Won 200 back (1:47.33) at Terrier Invite while also placing second in 100 back (50.41) and fourth in 200 IM (1:53.26) ... Swept backstroke events against UMass ... Won 100 back against Bucknell and finished second in 200 back.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2022-23
Finished eighth in 200 back (1:47.46) and 12th in 100 back (49.53) at Patriot League Championships (Feb. 15-18) ... Set personal bests in both events in prelims (1:45.46, 49.28) ... Finished first in 200 back (1:46.03) at Boston Winter Open (Feb. 4-5) ... Won three events against Bryant (Jan. 28) - 100 back (49.62), 200 back (1:47.24), 200 IM (1:52.03) ... Placed first in 200 back (1:47.08), second in 100 back (50.47) and eighth in 200 IM (1:57.63) at Boston College (Jan. 21) ... Won 100 back (51.72) and was runner-up in 200 free (1:42.82) against Colgate (Jan. 10) ... Finished second in 50 back (24.62) and fifth in 200 breast (2:18.70) vs. Holy Cross (Dec. 3) ... Won 100 back (49.59) and 200 back (1:46.19) and finished runner-up in 200 IM (1:50.80) at Terrier Invitational (Nov. 18-20) ... Took first in 100 back (51.41) and 200 back (1:51.25) against Providence (Nov. 5) ... Won three events - 100 back (51.12), 200 back (1:51.93), 200 IM (1:54.91) - against UMass (Oct. 29) ... Made collegiate debut in tri-meet with Bucknell and Loyola (Oct. 15) and took fourth in 100 back (51.88), fifth in 200 back (1:52.97) and sixth and 200 IM (1:56.41). 

BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Four-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American at Olympia High School ... Won state title in 100 back as a senior while finishing runner-up in 200 IM, earning All-America honors in the process ... Invited to the USA Swimming national select camp ... As a freshman, fourth at state in the 200 IM and fifth in the 100 free.

PERSONAL
Son of Arina Gertseva and Nikolay Ponomarev ... Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences, majoring in computer science and mathematics.