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William & Mary Athletics

2010 Women's Swimming Roster

Emily Burns

  • Position Free/Fly
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Snellville, Ga.
  • High School Atlanta Girls' School

Biography

Personal-Best Times
50 Free - 23.07
100 Free - 51.35
100 Back - 56.91
100 Fly - 57.59

Junior Year (2009-10): Took home seventh in the 50 free at the CAA Championships with a time of 23.66 … Helped the Tribe take home second and sixth place in the 200 free and 200 medley relays, respectively, at the CAA Championships … Her time in the 200 medley relay helped the team earn the second-best time in school history in that event … Also set school records in the 200 medley and 400 free relays … Member of the 400 free relay team which finished fourth with a time of 3:24.76 at CAAs … Swam a personal-best time of 56.91 in the 100 back to finish first in the consolation finals at the CAA Championships … Also finished fifth in the 100 free consolation finals … Member of both the 200 and 400 free relay teams which finished second in their respective events at the Terrapin Invitational Cup … Finished fifth in the 50 free at the Terrapin Invitational with a time of 23.54 … Took home sixth place in the consolation finals of the 100 Free with a time of 52.77 … Touched the wall first in the 100 back against UMBC and Delaware, finishing with a time of 59.65 … Helped the 400 free relay team to a victory over Richmond … Member of the 200 free relay which finished first in the CAA Pod Meet … Finished first in the 50 free against defending CAA Champion Towson …

Sophomore Year (2008-09): On the 200 Free Relay team that set new CAA Championship, CAA Conference, Jim McKay Natatorium and W&M records of 1:31.20 with their win at the CAA Championships ... Finished fourth in 50 Free Championship finals at CAA Championships with 23.07, a personal best that ranks second all-time at W&M ... Member of the 200 Medley Relay team that finished fifth at CAA Championships with 1:44.47, a time that ranks second all-time at W&M ... Placed 100th in the 100 Free at Short Course Nationals with 52.35 ... Was 58th in the 50 Free at Short Course Nationals with 23.62 ... Participant on the 200 Medley Relay team that finished third at the Terrapin Cup Invitational with 1:46.07, a time that ranks third all-time at W&M ... Finished 19th in 100 Fly finals at Terrapin Cup Invitational ... Set personal best of 58.17 in 100 Fly preliminaries ... On the 200 Free Relay team that finished second at the Terrapin Cup Invitational with 1:33.87, a time that ranks second all-time at W&M ... Finished sixth in 50 Free finals at Terrapin Cup Invitational with 23.68 ... Member of the winning 200 Free Relay against Davidson, at the CAA Pod Meet and vs. ECU … Time of 1:36.19 against ECU was a new Rec Center Pool record … Swam on the winning 200 Medley and 400 Free relays at the CAA Pod Meet, while swimming on the victorious 400 Medley Relay vs. Davidson … Won the 50 Free at the CAA Pod Meet …

Freshman Year (2007-08): Member of two CAA Championship relays in the 200 and 400 frees … Set a personal best time of 51.63 in winning the consolation finals of the 100 free at the CAA Championships … Placed fifth in the 50 free at the CAA Championships … Earned first career victory in the 50 free against Delaware … Member of the winning 200 free relay team against Richmond, Mary Washington and at the CAA Pod Meet … Became the 10th-fastest 100 free swimmer at the College with her time of 53.10 at the Terrapin Invitational … Member of the 10th-place 400 free relay team at the Terrapin Invitational … Member of the ninth-place 200 medley relay team at the Terrapin Cup … Member of the 200 free relay team that finished second at the Terrapin Cup Invitational … Placed 14th in the 50 free at the Terrapin Cup Invitational …

Prep: Won six titles in her last two years at the Georgia Independent School’s state championships ... Swept the 50 free, 100 free, and 200 back each year ... Holds the GISA state records in the 50 free and 100 back ... Junior Nationals qualifier in the 50 free and 100 free for the Dynamo Swim Club ... Four-year starter at defense for the AGS soccer team ... Member of the chours, and the Tri-M Music Honor Society ... Chose W&M over Kenyon …

Personal: Daughter of Dean and Carol Burns ... Enjoys musical theater and playing ultimate frisbee ... Was Cinderella in her school musical as a senior.

Historical Player Information

  • 2007Freshman

    Free/Back
    5'6"
  • 2008Sophomore

    Free/Back
    5'6"
  • 2009Junior

    Free/Fly
    5'6"
  • 2010Senior

    Free/Fly
    5'6"