Brendan Burns

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Class:
Senior +
Hometown:
Berwyn, Pa.
High School:
Conestoga
Club Team:
Upper Main Line YMCA

FEATURE: Burns Hangs Tough to Unique National Title

CAREER BEST TIMES AT INDIANA
100-yard freestyle: 43.17r (11/20/21)
200-yard freestyle: 1:33.04 (11/19/21)
500-yard freestyle: 4:26.08 (12/3/21)
100-yard backstroke: 43.61 (3/24/23)
200-yard backstroke: 1:38.22 (2/25/23)
100-yard butterfly: 44.54 (3/25/22)
200-yard butterfly: 1:38.71 (3/26/22)

CAREER BEST LCM TIMES
100-meter back: 54.80 (7/29/22)
100-meter fly: 53.35 (7/28/22)
200-meter fly: 1:58.46 (7/31/19)

CAREER ACCOLADES AT INDIANA
Two-time NCAA Champion … 2023 NCAA 100-yard backstroke champion … 2022 NCAA 200-yard butterfly champion … Four-time NCAA runner-up (2022, 23 400 medley relay; 2023 200 fly; 2022 100 back) … Nineteen-time All-American … 17-time Big Ten Champion (nine individual, eight relay) … Two-time Big Ten team champion (2022, 23) … Two-time Big Ten Swimmer of the Year (2022, 23) … Three-time Big Ten Swimmer of the Championships (2021, 22, 23) … Four-time first-team All-Big Ten (2020, 21, 22, 23) … Big Ten Freshman of the Year (2020) … Six-time Big Ten Swimmer of the Week (2021, 22, 23) … Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Nov. 27, 2019) … First IU NCAA 200 fly national champion since 1973 (2022) … First Big Ten athlete to win 200 back, 200 fly double at conference championships … Has completed feat three times (2021, 22, 23) … Four-time Big Ten 200 fly champion (2020, 21, 22, 23) … Three-time Big Ten 200 back champion (2021, 22, 23) … IU Male Athlete of the Year (2021-22).

CAREER ACCOLADES WITH USA SWIMMING
USA Swimming Junior National Team member.

SENIOR (2022-23)
Big Ten Swimmer of the Year … NCAA 100-yard backstroke champion … Won IU’s first 100 back title since 2008 … Broke program 100 back record in 43.61 … Swam 100 back, 100 fly double on Friday of NCAA Championships … Earned maximum points from 100 fly B final, placing ninth in 44.60 … NCAA runner-up in 200 fly (1:38.97) … Led IU to second-straight NCAA silver in 400 medley relay which beat previous NCAA record in 2:59.09 … Swam fastest backstroke leg in 400 medley relay, going 43.82 … Swam both opening night relays at national meet … Helped IU to program record and fifth-place finish in 200 medley relay (1:21.52), swimming leadoff in 20.60 … Part of 800 freestyle relay (6:07.97) with 1:31.78 split … Three-peated as Big Ten Swimmer of the Championships … First-team All-Big Ten … Big Ten Champion in all five events swam, including relays … Won individual titles in 100-yard backstroke (44.65), 200-yard backstroke (1:38.22) and 200-yard butterfly (1:39.51) … Won relay titles in 800 freestyle relay (6:10.80; 1:32.03 split) and 400 medley relay (3:01.53; 44.78 split) … Broke meet, pool and program records in 200 back … Broke Canham Natatorium records in 100 back and 200 fly … Helped break UM pool record in 400 medley relay by over four seconds (prev. 3:06.08) with lone sub-45.00 backstroke split … Swam fastest 200 free split in 800 freestyle relay field … Broke Louisville 200 fly pool record in 1:43.28 during dual meet … Won 100 back (46.01) and 200 back (1:40.06) at Ohio State Invitational … Finished second in 100 fly (45.81) at midseason.

JUNIOR (2021-22)
Big Ten Swimmer of the Year … NCAA 200-yard butterfly champion … First IU 200 fly champion since 1973, program’s seventh title in event all-time … Broke program 200 fly record, swimming 1:38.71 … All-American in five events, with three first team performances … Had top-10 finishes in all five NCAA events, including relays and earned three first-team All-American honors … Swam third leg of IU’s ninth-place 800 freestyle relay finish in 1:32.93 … Finished ninth in the 100-yard butterfly, swimming 44.81 prelim and 44.54 final … Earned silver in the 100-yard backstroke, breaking program record in 44.15 … Won silver again as part of IU 400 medley relay squad … Led off relay in 44.45 as IU won final heat in 3:00.76 … Capped NCAA meet with 200 fly victory … Repeated as Big Ten Swimmer of the Championships … First-team All-Big Ten … Big Ten Champion in all five events swam, including relays … Broke Purdue pool records in the 400 medley relay (3:00.95; 44.43 split), 800 freestyle relay (6:11.96; 1:33.36 split), 100 backstroke (44.31), 200 backstroke (1:39.34) and 200 butterfly (1:39.81) … Also broke Big Ten meet records in 400 medley and 200 fly … Broke 200 fly pool records for IU (1:40.72) and Northwestern (1:43.18) … Won 200 fly and 100 back all four times raced at dual meets … Won 100 fly in three of four dual meets.

U.S. OLYMPIC SWIMMING TRIALS 2020 (SUMMER OF 2021)
Placed 24th in the 100m Backstroke at the Olympic Trials with a time of 54.96 … touched 31st in the prelims of the 100m Butterfly with a time of 53.39 … finished 34th in the 200m Butterfly with a time of 2:01.07.

SOPHOMORE (2020-21)
Earned seven All-America honors at the 2021 NCAA Championships … Big Ten Swimmer of the Championships … First team All-Big Ten … Took All-America honors with a sixth-place effort in the 100 butterfly (45.03) at NCAAs … Earned All-America accolades in the 200 butterfly in the national meet with a time of 1:40.42 … Scored out of the consolation final in the 100 butterfly (45.53) at the NCAA Championships … Claimed fifth in the 400 medley relay at the national meet … Member of the ninth-place 800 freestyle relay team at the national meet … Finished 11th at NCAAs in the 200 medley relay … Finished 11th in the 400 freestyle relay at the national meet … Big Ten Champion in the 200 butterfly with a Big Ten Championships and Indiana program record breaking 1:39.22 … Won Big Ten gold in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:39.37 … Silver medalist in the 100 butterfly with a time of 45.26 at the Big Ten Championships … Member of the winning 400 freestyle relay at the Big Ten meet with a time of 2:49.20 … Member of the 400 medley relay team that claimed gold at the conference meet with a time of 3:02.57 … Member of the bronze medal-winning 200 medley relay team (1:23.35) at the league meet … Claimed bronze as a member of the 800 freestyle relay team that finished with a time of 6:16.12 … Continued his winning ways with a sweep of the 100 backstroke (47.17) and 200 backstroke (1:45.03) against Ohio State and Purdue ... Won a trio of individual events and was a member of the winning 400 medley relay team (3:11.89) against No. 17 Ohio State ... Claimed victories in the 100 butterfly (47.08), 200 Butterfly (1:44.67), and 200 backstroke (1:44.87) against the Buckeyes ... Opened the season with a pair of wins in the 100 fly (47.28) and 200 fly (1:44.30) against Michigan and Northwestern.

FRESHMAN (2019-20)
CSCAA All-American ... Big Ten Freshman of the Year … First team All-Big Ten … Big Ten Champion in the 200 butterfly with a 1:40.98 … Big Ten silver medalist in the 100 backstroke with a 45.75 … Bronze medal winner in the 100 butterfly with a 45.47 at the Big Ten Championships … Member of the Big Ten Champion 400 medley relay team that finished with a CBAC Pool Record and NCAA A Cut time of 3:02.27 … Member of the gold medal 200 medley relay team with a CBAC Pool Record and NCAA A Cut time of 1:23.07 at the 2020 Big Ten Championships ... Member of the third place 800 freestyle relay squad that finished with an NCAA A Cut time of 6:15.53 at the Big Tens ... Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Week (Nov. 27) ... Earned a win in the 200 butterfly (1:44.21) against Louisville ... Won the 200 butterfly (1:44.12) and was a member of the winning 400 freestyle relay team (2:56.00) at Michigan ... Finished 44th in the 100 butterfly (54.58), 58th in the 200 freestyle (1:53.36), 84th in the 200 butterfly (2:08.48), and 127th in the 100 freestyle (52.61) at the 2019 U.S. Open ... Claimed the individual 200 butterfly (1:41.45) title and was a member of the winning 400 freestyle relay (2:50.11) and 800 freestyle relay (6:22.79) teams at the Tennessee Invitational ... Nabbed two wins at the UK-ND tri-meet in the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:46.73 and the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:27.55.

PREP/PERSONAL
Four-year letterwinner for head coach Lou Petto at Conestoga High School ... USA Swimming Scholastic All-American ... Nineteen-time NISCA All-American ... Six-time PIAA State Champion ... Seven-time PIAA District 1 Champion ... Broke school records in seven individual events and two relays … Set PIAA District 1 standards in the 100 back and 100 fly … Broke NISCA national high school records in the 200 free and 100 fly … Swam for Upper Main Line YMCA during club ... No. 1 overall ranked male recruit in 2019 ... 23-time YMCA National Champion ... Seven-time YMCA national record holder ... 2019 FINA World Junior Championships Team member ... Son of Eric and Heather Burns ... Has one sister, Delaney, that swims at Penn State.