BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Two-time NCAA Champion and Big Ten Swimmer of Year Brendan Burns will take advantage of his fifth year of eligibility, the Indiana swimming and diving senior announced on Wednesday (April 19).
Burns has helped the Hoosiers to back-to-back Big Ten Championships and was IU’s top scoring athlete at each of the last two NCAA Championships, where the Hoosiers placed top five nationally in consecutive seasons.
The senior is a four-time NCAA runner-up and 19-time All-American He also owns program records in the 100-yard backstroke (43.61), 200-yard backstroke (1:38.22), 200-yard butterfly (1:38.71), 200-yard medley relay (1:21.52) and 400-yard medley relay (2:59.09).
Burns was named the 2021-22 IU Male Athlete of the Year after becoming the first Hoosier since 1973 to win the NCAA 200-yard butterfly title. A year later, he won his second national title during the 2023 championships, this time in the 100-yard backstroke.
The 17-time Big Ten Champion was named the Big Ten Swimmer of the Championships for a third-consecutive season at the 2023 meet. Burns is the only athlete to win the 200 back, 200 fly double at the Big Ten Championships and has accomplished the feat three times in his career.
