Brendan Burns

Thomas Heilman Comes Within a Tenth of 17-18 National Age Group Record in the 200Y Fly

Thomas Heilman swam a best time in the 200 fly on Saturday evening to come within a tenth of the National Age Group Record in the event.

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Anna Peplowski Breaks Down IU’s Big Ten Championship, Olympic Silver|College Swimming Podcast

On our first College Swimming Podcast, Anna Peplowski talks with Brendan Burns and Aislinn Walsh about IU’s Big Ten Championship and winning Olympic silver.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 63.1% Think Hubert Kos Is Most Likely Man To Sweep Backstrokes At NCAAs

Hubert Kos is riding a wave of momentum into his third NCAA season after winning Olympic gold in the 200 back in Paris.

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2025 College Swimming Previews: #3 Florida Men Remain Freestyle University

Florida is STRONG, yet not without gaps in the 200 yard events. The Gators need to rebuild in all five of the 200s, but are still dangerous.

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2025 College Swimming Previews: Loaded #4 Indiana Men Ready To Make A Run At The Title

Indiana is in a phenomenal position heading into this season, arguably the best in the NCAA.

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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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