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Brendan Burns Reflects on Swimming Career, Repeating as NCAA Champion

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Brendan Burns is an NCAA Champion in the 200 Fly and 100 Back. He is a 19x NCAA All-American and 17x Big Ten Champion for the Indiana Hoosiers. High School Burns swam for the Upper Mainline YMCA club team, where he was a 23x YMCA national champion. He also swam for Conestoga high school, where he was a 6x PIAA state champion. Burns was also a member of the 2019 World Jr Championships team. Burns was ranked #1 on SwimSwam's Top-20 NCAA Recruits for the Class of 2019. On May 2, 2018, Burns announced his verbal commitment to Indiana University. College (Indiana) 2019-2020 Burns had an immediate impact during his freshman year at Indiana. At his first Big Ten Champs, he started in the 200 medley relay, where he split 20.20 on the fly leg to help IU take the title. He also swam the 800 free relay in night 1, helping IU to 3rd. He swam fly again in the 400 medley relay, splitting 44.89 to help IU to another medley victory. He went on to place 3rd in the 100 fly (45.47), 2nd in the 100 back (45.75), and 1st in the 200 fly (1:40.98). 2020-2021 Burns started his 2nd Big Ten Champs by leading off …

Brendan Burns Reflects on Swimming Career, Repeating as NCAA Champion

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2024 Men’s Division I NCAA Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

Trying to reclaim his NCAA record in the event, Luke Hobson will look defend his title in the 200 free and improve upon his AR of 1:29.13, set Wed. night.