Conestoga swimmer Brendan Burns is Main Line Boys Athlete of the Week

The Conestoga senior set a National Interscholastic public high school record Jan. 15 at Garnet Valley in the 200 free (1:48.47), and has qualified for the 2020 Olympic Trials in the 200 butterfly. Last winter, at the PIAA state championships, he successfully defended his state title in the 100 butterfly, led off the Pioneers’ 400 free relay that finished third and shattered the school record, and, in all, earned a pair of individual golds and two more bronze medals in the relays to power Conestoga to a fifth-place finish. He has committed to the University of Indiana. Outside of the pool, Burns participates in the school’s broadcast journalism club, known as Good Morning Stoga.

Fun facts – Brendan Burns

Favorite book: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Favorite author: Roald Dahl

Favorite TV show: Seinfeld, Rick and Morty, or Friends

Favorite movie: The Godfather, The Dark Knight, or Rocky

Favorite athlete: Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, or Aaron Judge

Favorite pre-meet pump-up song: Millidelphia by Meek Mill ft. Swizzbeats

Favorite team: New York Yankees, New England Patriots, Indiana Hoosiers

Favorite place to visit: Maui – “Really, any and all beaches.”

Favorite pre-meet meal: Pasta with red sauce and sausage/meatballs/chicken, Caesar salad

Family members: parents Eric and Heather, sister Delaney – “All of them are swimmers, Laney is a freshman at ‘Stoga.”

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