Conestoga’s Brendan Burns wins back-to-back state titles in 100 back

One day after winning back-to-back PIAA Class 3A state titles in the 100 fly, Conestoga senior Brendan Burns successfully defended his state title in the 100 back Saturday, finishing first with a time of 46.95 at the PIAA Class 3A boys’ state swimming championships at Bucknell University.
“He just took it out aggressively in the final,” said Conestoga boys swimming coach Mark Tirone.
Friday, Burns clocked 46.79 in the 100 fly to break his own state record of 47.04 set last year when he finished first. In addition to winning the state title in the 100 back Saturday, Burns was the leadoff swimmer in the Pioneers’ medal-winning 400 free relay. Burns teamed with senior Aidan McKenrick, freshman Stephen Graver and freshman Raymond Welgosh to finish seventh in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:07.39.
“All four of them swam very well,” noted Tirone.
Another Conestoga freshman, Gary Wang, finished 15th in the 100 ******. Friday, Wang was part of the Pioneers’ 200 free relay team that finished first in the B final with a season-best and school-record time of 1:25.58.
“It’s great that we had three freshmen do so well at States,” said Tirone. “For us, this has been a great, successful weekend.”

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