Brendan Burns

2025 M. NCAA Previews: 800 Yards in the Pool – The Bear, The Gator, and The Longhorn

Can Cal recapture the magic of last year and pull of the upset or will the crushing tide of Texas and Florida sweep them aside?

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Which Men’s Event Was The Most Difficult To Qualify In For NCAAs?

It nearly took sub-19 to qualify in the 50 free this year but was it the most difficult event to make NCAAs? Breaststroke may have something to say about that

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2025 Men’s Big Ten Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Indiana is likely to wrap up tonight’s session with a Big Ten Championships win, but there is still plenty of swimming and diving action left.

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2025 Men’s Big Ten Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Michigan junior Tyler Ray has emerged as the breakout star of the 2025 Big Ten Championships, and heads into Friday as the top seed in the 100 fly.

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How Much Faster are Conference Championship Meets Getting? Part VII: Big Ten Men

Indiana’s status as an NCAA title contender could see the bar being raised at Big Tens across the board.

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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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