2015-16 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster
Biography
Business Administration major... born 10/17/93... son of Chris and Connie Burke, Baldwinsville, N.Y... returning for his fourth season, Burke had another strong season for the Golden Flyers in 2014-15 as he earned the team's High Point Award as team MVP for the third year in a row... broke his own school records in the 200-yard freestyle (1:44.24), the 100-yard backstroke (:50.72), the 200-yard backstroke (1:50.07) and the 200-yard IM (1:54.79)... also broke pool and school records in the 100- and 200-meter backstrokes with times of :58.97 and 2:08.33 respectively... earned second-team Empire 8 all-conference honors in the 200 backstroke after finishing fourth in that event at the UNYS/Empire 8 Meet... also placed third in the 100 backstroke and sixth in the 200 IM.
2014-15: Burke continued to excel for the Golden Flyers as he reached the conference finals in the 100- and 200-yard backstrokes and set school records in each... placed fourth in the 200 back (1:51.16) and fifth in the 100 back (:51.23)... also 10th in the 200 IM (1:55.30) and eighth in the 800 free relay (7:07.73)... also set a school record in the 200-yard freestyle (1:44.42)... also broke the Nazareth pool record in the 200-meter backstroke (2:09.42)... recipient of the team's High Point Award for the second year in a row as the Most Valuable Swimmer.
2012-13: Burke was the Golden Flyers' Most Valuable Swimmer as he set three individual school records and was part of four relay records... set records in the 100- (:51.77) and 200-yard backstrokes (1:52.51) by placing sixth and fourth respectively at the UNYS/Empire 8 Conference meet... also set a record in the 200 IM (1:55.35) with a sixth-place finish and the 50-yard backstroke (:24.45)... was part of school records in the 400-yard free relay (3:13.16); 800 free relay (7:05.51); 200 medley relay (1:36.26) and the 400 medley relay (3:32.29)... also broke school record in 100-meter backstroke (1:00.04).
Scholastic: a graduate of C.W. Baker High School in Baldwinsville, Burke was a five-year member of the varsity swim team... earned team MVP honors in 2012 after capturing Section Three Class A titles in the 200 IM and 100 backstroke... also competed in the state meet in both events... won two gold medals in the Empire State Games.
Historical Player Information
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2012-13Freshman
Backstroke/IM
5'10"
150 lbs
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2013-14Sophomore
Backstroke/IM
5'11"
170 lbs
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2014-15Junior
Backstroke/IM
5'11"
170 lbs
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2015-16Senior
Backstroke/IM
5'11"
175 lbs