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Updated: July 14, 2015

2014-15:
NCAAs:
16th - Relay - Honorable-Mention All-American - 400 medley relay (3:08.50) - with Higgins, B Fiala, Latimer
ACCs:
4th - 200 free (1:34.54)
5th - 100 free (42.82)
6th - 200 IM (1:45.13)
Bronze - Relay - 800 free relay (6:21.48) - with Bureau, Latimer, Szuba
5th - Relay - 400 medley relay (3:11.12) - with Higgins, B Fiala, Latimer
5th - Relay - 400 free relay (2:54.13) - with Bureau, B Fiala, CJ Fiala
6th - Relay - 200 free relay (1:18.57) - with CJ Fiala, Latimer, B Fiala

At the NCAA Championships, finished 24th in the 200 free and helped the 400 medley relay team earn honorable-mention all-America honors with a 16th place finish … At the ACC Championships, earned 75 individual points and 202 relay points across seven events, including a bronze medal relay … Against Georgia Tech and UNCW, took second in the 200 free, won the 100 free (44.82), took fourth in the 100 fly and swam the opening leg of the first-place 400 free relay team … At No. 21 Virginia, finished first in the 200 free with a time of 1:38.39 and second in the 200 IM .. Also helped the 400 free relay team to a first place finish and the 200 free relay team to a first place finish … Against Kentucky, won the 200 free in 1:39.41, helped the 200 free relay finish second and the 400 medley relay team win … Finished third in the 200 IM at the H20kie Fall Invitational … Helped the 400 freestyle relay team to a second place finish by swimming the anchor leg at the H20kie Fall Invitational … At Notre Dame with Pittsburgh, finished third in the 100 fly, first in the 100 free, second in the 200 IM, first in the 200 free and helped the 800 free relay team win … At Duke, won the 200 free with a time of 1:38.66, took second in the 200 breast and helped the 400 free relay team win … At UNC, won the 200 free in 1:38.70 and finished second in the 100 free … In the Virginia Tech Swimming & Diving Challenge, won the 200 free in 1:38.74, won the 100 free in 44.80, won the 100 IM in 50.26 - setting a new personal record - and helped the 400 free relay team win in a time of 3:00.82.

2013-14:
ACCs:
8th - 200 IM (1:45.97)
11th - 200 breast (1:56.64)
11th - 200 free (1:36.67)
Silver - Relay - 800 free relay (6:19.69) - with Latimer, Bureau, Switkowski
Bronze - Relay - 400 free relay (2:54.28) - with Bonk, Bureau, Switkowski

One of 10 swimmers and three divers to compete at NCAAs for the Hokies … At NCAAs, helped the 400 medley relay team finish 19th, helped the 800 free relay team finish 18th and helped the 400 free relay team finish 22nd … At ACCs, earned 54 individual points and 110 team points after finishing eighth in the 200 IM, 11th in the 200 breast and 11th in the 200 free as well as helping the 400 free relay team finish third and the 800 free relay team finish second … At UNC Wilmington, won the 200 free in 1:41.05 and took fourth in the 100 butterfly … At No. 18 Virginia, finished fifth in the 200 IM, eighth in the 200 free and ninth in the 200 breast, and helped the 800 free relay team finish first, the 400 free relay team finish second and the 400 medley relay team finish seventh … While hosting Wisconsin, UVA, No. 24 Harvard and Miami, finished eighth in the 200 free and fifth in the 200 IM, and helped the 400 free relay team finish second, the 800 free relay team finish first and the 400 medley relay team finish seventh … At Tennessee with No. 23 Missouri, finished second in the 200 free, seventh in the 200 breast and helped the 400 free relay team finish second … At the H2Okie Fall Invite, won the 200 breast in 1:58.55, helped the 400 free relay team win, finished second in the 200 free, helped the 800 free relay team win, finished 10th in the 200 IM and helped the 400 medley relay team finish third … In a double dual against host Pittsburgh and Notre Dame, took second in the 100 free, helped the 400 free relay win and took third in the 200 free … At Cincinnati, won the 200 breast … At Ohio State with Cleveland State and Denison, finished sixth in the 100 breast, sixth in the 100 free and second in the 200 IM … While hosting NC State, took third in the 100 breast, third in the 100 free and won the 200 IM … At the VT Swimming Challenge, helped the 400 medley relay team win, finished eighth in the 200 free, won the 100 IM and helped finish second in the 400 free relay.

2012-13:
ACCs:
8th - 200 breast (1:59.00)
10th - 200 IM (1:47.37)
Bronze - Relay - 800 free relay (6:26.80) - with Latimer, Tremols. Bureau

Tallied 18 individual points, along with 32 in relays at the ACC Championships ... Placed 10th in the 200 IM and eighth in the 200 breaststroke and swam the second leg of the 800 freestyle relay that won bronze at ACCs ... Posted eighth-place finishes in the 200 breaststroke and 200 freestyle at No. 11 Virginia ... Won the 100 freestyle, while taking third in the 100 breaststroke against William & Mary ... Won the 200 IM and took third in the 200 freestyle at NC State ... Placed second in the 200 IM and 200 freestyle in the win over Tennessee ... Swam his first B standard time of 1:37.86 in the 200 freestyle at the H2Okie Fall Invitational and placed second ... Posted two more second-place finishes at the invite in the 200 IM and 200 breaststroke ... Won the 200 freestyle at Georgia Tech ... Won the 200 freestyle at Duke, along with placing second in the 200 breaststroke and the 200 IM ... Posted two third-place finishes at North Carolina in the 200 freestyle and 200 IM ... Opened the season winning the 200 freestyle and placed second in the 200 breaststroke against VMI and Gardner-Webb.

2011-2012:
ACCs:
17th - 200 free
18th - 200 IM
30th - 200 breast
5th - Relay - 800 free relay

Competed in four events at the ACC Championships ... Placed 17th in the 200 freestyle, 18th in the 200 IM and 30th in the 200 breaststroke, while helping the 800 freestyle relay team to a fifth-place finish ... Took home the title in the 200 IM, while coming in second in the 200 freestyle and 200 breaststroke against Georgia Tech ... Placed second with a career-best 1:39.00 in the 200 freestyle and ninth in the 200 breaststoke with a time of 2:05.85, bringing in 39 overall points for the H2Okies at the Yellow Jacket Invitational ... Finished fifth in the 200 freestyle at Ohio State ... Posted a third-place finish in the 200 freestyle in the quad meet against Florida State, Duke and UNC Wilmington.

High School: Two-year letterwinner at Bishop Eustace Prep … A member of the Jersey Wahoos club team … Qualified for the 2012 Olympic Trials in the 200 freestyle … Record holder in the 100 freestyle and 50 freestyle for the Jersey Wahoos … Also holds multiple team-relay records … Received the Most Outstanding Swimmer award at the ages 15, 16 and 17.

Personal: Owen James Burns was born July 11, 1993, in Willingboro, N.J. ... Son of James Burns and Amy Stocke-Burns … Has five siblings, Christa, Gianna, Grete, Riley and Dylan ... Majoring in business management.