Junior Ben Kardian qualified for the NCAA Diving Zone Championships in the loss.
2010-11: Top scorer for the Friars with 231.75 points (19th on the all-time scoring list)...Swam free and IM events almost exclusively during the year...Set five of the 13 top Friar times measured in yards for the season and four of the 13 top Friar times measured in meters for the season...Swam a career-best time of 1:46.99 in the 200y free at the BIG EAST Championships (2/17/11)...Was a part of the 400y and 400m free relay teams that clocked the lowest times of the season...Earned seven individual and three relay first-place finishes on the year...Qualified for and competed in the 800y free relay, 200y IM, 200y free, 100y back and 400y free relay at the BIG EAST Championships...Horace Bowden Award winner for most valuable student-athlete on the team.
High School: Member of the varsity swimming team for three years at Bishop Feehan...Set school records in the 200m & 400m freestyle relay and 200m medley relay...Placed 5th in 2009 and 7th in 2008 in the New England Open... Sectional Champions in 2007...Conference Champions in 2006, 2007, and 2009...Member of the Spanish Honor Society and Science Honor Society...Earned Eagle Scout status in Boy Scouts.
Personal: Born April 27, 1991...Son of Wayne and Laurie Burtchell...Philosophy major.
