Brendan Burns

NCAA Champion, King Of The “Dirty Double” Brendan Burns Retiring From Competitive Swimming

Burns won three NCAA titles, was a 22x Big Ten Champion, and 25x NCAA All-American during his 5 years with Indiana.

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Josh Matheny and Luke Barr of Indiana Enter Transfer Portal, But Have No Intention to Transfer

Both Matheny and Barr entered with “do not contact” labels but are not leaving Indiana. Instead, the move allows them to give back scholarship money for the benefit of the team.

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Indiana Returns Tomer Frankel, Jassen Yep, and Gavin Wight For 5th Years

Frankel and Yep made NCAA A finals this past season while Wight swam on the team’s relays helping the Hoosiers to a 4th place finish.

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2024 NCAA Runner-Up Owen McDonald Transferring from ASU To Indiana

Owen McDonald swam in the 100 and 200 backstroke A finals which Indiana fifth year Brendan Burns was also in.

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Brendan Burns Reflects on Swimming Career, Repeating as NCAA Champion

Brendan Burns is coming off of a career NCAA performance where he not only defended his NCAA title in the 100 back but also made 3 NCAA A finals

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Indiana Dominates Big Ten Swimming & Diving Awards For Second Straight Year

Ray Looze is the only coach to win both the men’s and women’s Big Ten Coach of the Year honor, completing the feat for a third time this season.

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Reviewing SwimSwam’s 2024 NCAA Event Predictions – Men’s Edition

Freshman Andrew Taylor was one of five Florida swimmers who picked up a top-eight finish we didn’t predict at the Men’s NCAA Championships.

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Where In The World Are The 2024 Men’s NCAA Qualifiers and Champions From?

Check out a state-by-state and country-by-country breakdown of where all the 2024 Men’s NCAA invited swimmers call their hometown.

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2024 Men’s Division I NCAA Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Jordan Crooks and Josh Liendo (both pictured) lead a 100 free field that saw 40-points swum during prelims as the top 4 50 free finalists face off again.

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2024 Men’s NCAA Champs: Day 4 Finals Preview

The closing finals session in Indy will feature the last 1650 free heat, 200 fly, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly, and conclude with the 400 free relay heats.

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Defending NCAA Title Bittersweet as Brendan Burns Reckons with End of Swimming Career

For the 3rd year in a row (and 2nd in the 100 back), Brendan Burns captured an individual NCAA title in a highly contested race.

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2024 Men’s Division I NCAA Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

This morning’s prelims session will feature heats of the 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, and 200 fly.

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2024 Men’s NCAAs: Will Liendo Go 3 For 3? (Day 4 Prelims Preview)

Josh Liendo will look to set himself up to go three for three after already winning the 50 free and 100 fly in Indianapolis.

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2024 NCAA Men’s Championships: Day 3 Relay Analysis – Leon’s 48.73 BR Leads Top Medley Splits

Alongside Leon Marchand of ASU’s fastest 100 BR split ever at 48.73, Florida’s Josh Liendo *unofficially* swam the fastest 100 fly split at 42.56.

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2024 Men’s NCAA Championships: Night 3 EPIC Photo Vault

Night 3 of the Men’s 2024 NCAA Swimming Championships in Indianapolis had some incredible energy, here are the top photos.

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