Photo Courtesy: Griffin Scott
Agon is the proud sponsor of all high school coverage (recruiting, results, state championships, etc.) on SwimmingWorld.com. For more information about Agon, visit their website Agonswim.com.
SARATOGA, California, October 18. During a busy college swimming weekend, one of the top recruits in the nation decided to make the call to Georgia as Santa Clara’s Aidan Burns has committed to being a future Bulldog.
Burns, who is ranked the top recruit in the nation by CollegeSwimming.com, is a Junior Pan Pacific Championship silver medalist who swims for head coach John Bitter.
This past summer, Burns took second in the 400-meter freestyle at Junior Pan Pacs, as well as placed ninth in the 200-meter free and 11th in the 1500-meter freestyle events. Last summer, he also competed at the World Junior Championships in the 200-meter free.
Burns brings some seriously fast times to the table for Georgia. He posted a 1:45.36 in the 200-yard IM during the NASA Junior National Championships this past March, and he ranges up to a strong 1000-yard free with an 8:51.80. His other top-ranked short course yard times are in the 500-yard free (4:17.97), 200-yard back (1:44.37) and 1650-yard free (14:57.07).
In long course competition, Burns has an 8:05.35 in the 800-meter free and a 3:52.51 from Junior Pan Pacs in the 400-meter freestyle events.
Not sure if he’s as good of a swimmer as he is good looking….
Perhaps he should consider a side career in modeling… he’d be my top recruit