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

The Conestoga senior was named Outstanding Swimmer of the Meet at the PIAA 3A state championships for the second year in a row. He won his third consecutive gold medal in the 100 fly, breaking his own state record with a time of 46.79; then the following day captured his second straight gold medal in the 100 back. The University of Indiana commit has won 13 state medals in his four-year Conestoga career. He 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. 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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