UMass Lowell Athletics

Career Bests:
8km XC: 25:57.0

Kingsway Regional High School: Team Captain … Two-time All-South Jersey Team … Three-Time Tri-County Conference First-Team All-Conference … Multiple team championships … National 4 x Mile, 2k Steeplechase, DMR National qualifier … Track Meet of Champions qualifier … National Honor Society … President of the World Language National Honor Society … Superintendent’s List every semester … Kingsway Regional High School Scholar-Athlete … Ranked fourth in the class of 2019

Personal: Son of Catherine and Liam Burns … has three sisters … sister Emma played Field Hockey at Widener University … Uncle Declan Burns competed in sprint canoeing and kayaking for the Irish Olympic Team, 1976-1988 … His interests include drawing/illustration, writing, gaming, reading and music … His favorite television shows include The Office, Top Gear and Brooklyn Nine-Nine … His favorite sports teams are the Philadelphia Eagles and the Philadelphia Phillies … He calls Nick Foles his greatest influence … He describes his greatest sports moment as: “Winning the 2017 Group IV State Championship as a team with an 11 second 1-5 split and a 16:23 average for 5k, all runners in the top 15 finishers” … Chose UMass Lowell because “UMass Lowell offered a combination of academics and athletics that to me just could not be beat. From an extensive and diverse engineering program to D1 athletics competitive at the conference, regional, and national levels, UMass Lowell was the right choice for me” … He wants to “work in the field of renewable energy to help create a more sustainable and environmentally friendly future for the United States. Additionally, I also plan to travel as much as possible to countries in Europe, Asia, and Australia” … Majoring in Electrical Engineering …