2024-25 Men's Swimming Roster

Luca Burns

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Houston, Texas
  • Highschool Memorial Senior
  • Major Engineering Physics

Biography

Career Top Times

2024-25: Received a bachelor’s degree in engineering physics in May 2025 ... CSCAA Second-Team Scholar All-America ... First-Team All-RMAC (200-medley relay, 400-medley relay) ... Second-Team All-RMAC (100-fly) ... RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... Raced in nine meets for the Orediggers during the season ... Scored conference points for Mines in four individual events including a bronze medal and all-conference honors in the 100-fly ... Helped the 200-medley relay and 400-medley relay to RMAC silver ... Additional finishes at the conference championships included fifth in the 100-back, ninth in the 200-back, and 15th in the 50-free ... His fifth-place 100-back of 48.39 (altitude adjusted) at the RMAC meet was a NCAA "B" cut which ranked 33rd in the nation ... Was 19th in the nation in the 50-back, top-75 in the 200-back, and top-100 in the 50-fly and 100-fly as well ... Produced a career-best 50-back of 22.23 as leadoff of the 200-medley relay at the RMAC meet which was also fast enough for the program record ... Added personal records in the 50-fly and 100-fly at 22.62 and 48.76, respectively ... Laid down a 22.92 in the 50-back during the regular season which gave him the Mines Natatorium record ... Retired from collegiate swimming after the season was over and closed his career holding three program records and two home facility records.

2023-24: First-Team All-RMAC (200-medley relay) ... Second-Team All-RMAC (100-fly, 400-medley relay) ... CSCAA Second-Team Scholar All-America ... CSC Academic All-District ... RMAC First-Team All-Academic ... Posted NCAA "B" times in three different events during the season, ranking 25th in the country in the 100-back, 37th in the 200-back, and top-100 in the 100-fly ... Individually contributed 43 points towards Mines' team score at the RMAC Championships after qualifying for finals in all four individual events entered ... Highlight of the conference meet was bronze in the 100-fly thanks to a raw time of 48.87 ... Was fifth in the RMAC in the 100-back after stopping the clock at 48.68 ... Took 11th in the conference in the 50-free at a 20.94 clip ... Added a 10th-place finish in the 200-back, touching the wall in 1:51.20 ... Also helped the Orediggers' 200-medley relay to conference silver, swimming leadoff and posting a personal-best 50-back of 22.38 ... Assisted the men's 400-medley relay to RMAC bronze as the Mines quartet combined for a program-record 3:17.88 ... Appeared on the Orediggers' second 200-freestyle relay as well ... During the season, broke the program record in the 50-back with a 22.38 at the conference meet ... Toppled the Mines record in the 100-back thanks to a 48.20 at the TYR/CMU Invitational in November ... Added the facility record in the 50-back to his resume as well.

2022-23: Second-Team All-RMAC (400-medley relay) ... Made his RMAC Championships debut and served as lead leg of the 400-medley relay, helping the team take bronze in a time of 3:19.44 ... Also scored for Mines at the conference championships by taking 11th in the 100-back, 10th in the 200-back, and 14th in the 100-fly ... His altitude-adjusted 1:51.21 in the 200-yard back at the RMAC championships was a career best as was his altitude-adjusted 50.27 in the 100-fly ... Also notable was his personal record of 1:04.57 in the 100-breast at the dual with Colorado College, and his 21.01 in the 50-free at the TYR Colorado Mesa Invitational.

HIGH SCHOOL: Texas state finalist in the 100-backstroke and two relays for Memorial Senior HS … Regional medalist in the 100-back and 200-medley relay … Program recordholder in the 200-medley and 400-free relays … Also swam for Dads Club Swim Team and was a NCSA Junior Nationals finalist … Graduated cum laude … AP Scholar with Distinction … Four-year Texas State Solo and Ensemble Contest qualifier … Area and Region Choir member.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

  • 2023-24Sophomore

  • 2024-25Junior