2018-19 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Russell James
Jim Burgess
Jim Burgess
Michael Hickey
Reagan Lunn

Hannah Burns

  • Position Breast/IM
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • High School Columbia High
  • Hometown Lake City, Fla.

Biography

Career Accolades

  • 2018 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2017 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2016 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
  • 2016 CSCAA Scholar All-America
  • 2018 SEC Community Service Team
  • 2017 SEC Community Service Team
  • Two-time SEC Female Freshman Swimmer of the Week
 
2017-18 (Junior)
NCAA Championships
  • Qualified for the 2018 NCAA Championships, swimming in the 200 IM, 400 IM and 200 fly
  • Finished 27th in the 400 IM with a time of 4:11.70
  • Posted a 31st-place finish in the 200 fly with a time of 1:57.24
  • Swam a 1:58.17 in the 200 IM to finish 36th overall
SEC Championships
  • Scored points in all three of her events at the 2018 SEC Championships
  • Finished sixth overall in the 400 IM with a career-best time of 4:08.22
  • Placed 14th in the 200 fly with a personal-best time of 1:56.94
  • Swam to a career-best time of 1:57.83 to finish 16th in the 200 IM
Regular Season
  • Totaled seven individual wins over the course of the season
  • Notched B-cuts in the 200 free (1:46.73), 500 free (4:45.55), 1650 free (16:27.05), 200 breast (2:15.79), 200 fly (1:57.56), 200 IM (1:57.39) and 400 IM (4:08.10)
 
2016-17 (Sophomore)
NCAA Championships
  • Qualified for the 2017 NCAA Championships, finishing 28th in the 400 IM (4:10.99), 30th in the 200 IM (1:58.32) and 54th in the 200 breast (2:13.47); her 200 breast and 200 IM times marked career-bests
SEC Championships
  • Swam at the 2017 SEC Championships, finishing second in the 400 IM B-final (4:08.65), sixth in the 200 breast C-final (2:14.50) and 29th in the 200 IM (2:00.23)
 
2015-16 (Freshman)
NCAA Championships
  • One of two Florida freshman to qualify for the NCAA Meet
  • Competed across three events, swimming to a 36th-place finish in the 400 IM (4:14.45), a 46th-place showing in the 1,650 Free, and a 55th-place mark in the 200 IM (2:01.51)
SEC Championships
  • Tallied 46 points off a pair of Top-20 finishes
  • Qualified for the ‘B’ final in the 400-yard medley relay and finished 10th overall, clocking a time of 3:38.60 to bring in 34 team points
  • Finished 15th overall and brought in 12 team points in the 1,650-yard freestyle, touching out with a time of 16:27.67
  • Also finished 26th in the 400 IM (4:18.28) and 45th in the 200 IM (2:01.95)
Regular Season
  • Participated in all 10 regular-season duals and registered eight wins (six individual)
  • Clocked a season-best time in the 400 IM (4:09.22) which ranks 10th all-time in the Florida record books
 
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION:
  • Participated in the 2017 US Open Swimming Championships, racing in the 200m fly, 200m breast, and 200m and 400m IM
  • Qualified for a final in each of the four events, with her best finish coming in the 400m IM A final, in which she placed seventh with a time of 4:47.64
  • Swam in the B final in both the 200m fly and the 200m IM, finishing with a time of 2:15.48 in the fly and 2:16.22 in the IM
  • Rounded out her competition in the C final of the 200m breast, posting a time of 2:34.43
  • Competed in the 2017 Phillips 66 National Championships
  • Raced in the 200m Individual Medley, as well as 400m IM
  • Made it to the B Final of the 400m IM, finishing sixth in the final and 14th overall with a time of 4:46.73
  • Made it to the final after recording a time of 4:48.19 in the preliminary round
  • She posted a time of 2:18.31 in the 200m IM.
 
Career-Best Times at Florida:
100 Free 52.02 Florida Gulf Coast Nov. 4, 2017
200 Free 1:46.73  SEC Championships Feb. 14-18, 2018
500 Free 4:45.55 Purdue Invitational Nov. 16-18, 2017
1000 Free 9:53.14 Florida Gulf Coast Nov. 4, 2017
1650 Free 16:21.14 Ohio State Invite Nov. 22, 2015
200 Back 2:07.18 All-Florida Sept. 20, 2015
100 Breast 1:04.23 South Carolina Nov. 6, 2015
200 Breast 2:13.47 NCAA Championships March 18, 2017
200 Fly 1:56.94 SEC Championships  Feb. 14-18, 2018
200 IM 1:57.39 SEC Championships Feb. 14-18, 2018
400 IM 4:08.22 SEC Championships Feb. 14-18, 2018
 
Prior to Florida
  • According to CollegeSwimming.com, Burns is the No. 5-ranked recruit in the state of Florida and is the No. 29 overall swimmer in Class of 2015.
  • In the pool during her career at Columbia, Burns is a five-time Florida state high school champion. Nationally, she is a USA National Junior Team member and was a 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier.
  • Burns’ accolades continue into the classroom, as she was a scholastic high school All-American.

 
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    Breast/IM
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    Breast/IM
    5'9"
  • 2017-18Junior

    Breast/IM
    5'9"
  • 2018-19Senior

    Breast/IM
    5'9"