2017 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Casey Burns
- Position:
- Jumps
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Burien, Wash.
- High School:
- Kennedy Catholic
2017 Pac-12 Triple Jump Third-Place
2015 Pac-12 Triple Jump Runner-Up
Burns Features
ยปย Burns' Unique Path To UW Track (GoHuskies.com; May 7, 2015)
2017: Turned in his most consistent season to date in the triple jump, upping his PR and finishing top-three at the Pac-12 Championships for the second time โฆ at the Pac-12 meet in Eugene, took third in the triple jump with a best of 50-9 ยฝ โฆ advanced to NCAA West Prelims for a third time, finishing 21st with a mark of 51-0 ยผ โฆ set a new PR at the Texas Relays, winning the B section with a mark of 51-10 ยฝ โฆ won the UW-WSU Dual triple jump going 50-1 ยพ โฆ opened his outdoor season with a victory at the Trojan Invitational in L.A., going 51-feet, 5-inches โฆ indoors, competed just twice, but took runner-up honors at the MPSF Championships with a mark of 49-5 ยพ โฆ also second at the UW Invitational at 49-9.
2016: Season was limited by a hamstring issue but still scored once again in the triple jump at Pac-12s and advanced to a second NCAA West Prelims โฆ took seventh at the home Pac-12 Championships at Husky Track, going 49-4 ยฝ โฆ at West Prelims in Kansas, jumped 49-3 ยพ to place 30th overall โฆ won the triple jump at the UW-WSU Dual meet with a best mark of 49-feet, 10-inches ... had a wind-aided leap of 50-2 1/2 at the Mt. SAC Relays on April 16 in his first competition since January ... competed just once during the indoor season due to a hamstring issue, but got an indoor PR of 50-10 1/4 at the UW Invitational to move to No. 2 on the UW indoor triple jump top-10.
2015: Washingtonโs newcomer of the year on the menโs side, as the late entry into college athletics made a huge splash late in the season, flying to the second-best triple jump in school history and finishing runner-up at the Pac-12 Championships โฆ headed into the Pac-12 meet with a season-best of 49-0 ยผ, but then proceeded to break that old PR on five of six jumps, going 50-8 ยผ on his second attempt and then 51-8 ยฝ on his round five jump to finish second โฆ that mark of 51-8 ยฝ broke the freshman school record and ranked No. 2 in UW history โฆ followed that up by competing at the NCAA West Prelims, where he finished 18th overall with a mark of 50-6 ยพ โฆ won the UW-WSU Dual triple jump with a mark of 48-11 โฆ first 49-foot leap was 49-0 ยผ at the Stanford Invitational, finishing third โฆ led the team in the triple jump indoors, with a best of 48-2 ยพ at the Husky Classic โฆ first indoor competition was unattached at the UW Indoor Preview, where he went 48-3 ยผ.
High School and Personal:ย Born in Tacoma, Wash. โฆ parents are Carolyn and Ken Burns โฆ has one older brother, KaeBee (Kenneth, II) who is a 2012 graduate of the University of Washington โฆ mother Carolyn has held the 4A Washington State Record in the Girls 4x400m relay since 1983 โฆ father Ken is a 10 year U.S. Army veteran โฆ in the Simultaneous Membership Program (SMP) at UW ROTC and 7229th U.S. Army Reserve Medical Support Unit (MSU) ... job title in SMP is *09-R* โฆ a ASCP certified laboratory technician ... has been involved in Track & Field since he was eight years old โฆ coaches jumps at his high school alma mater Kennedy Catholic ... ran for Rainier Beach Track Club and competed at Nationals many times โฆ took 7th in the multi-events and 5th in 4x400m Relay at the USATF National Meet held in Eugene, OR in 2004 โฆ took 7th in the 4x400m Relay at the USATF National Meet in Baltimore, MD in 2006 โฆ captain of his high school track team his junior and senior year โฆ took secondย in the triple jump at the 2011 3A State Championship as a senior, and was seventh as a junior in 2010ย โฆ won the triple jump atย the BorderDuel Track Classic in 2011 with a mark of 47-0 1/4 ... graduated with a 3.56 GPA ... plans to major in Biology.
Major Meets
2015 MPSF - 13th, Triple Jump
2015 Pac-12 - 2nd, Triple Jump
2015 NCAA Prelims - 18th, Triple Jump
2016 MPSF - Foul, Triple Jump
2016 Pac-12 - 7th, Triple Jump
2016 NCAA Prelims - 30th, Triple Jump
2017 MPSF - 2nd, Triple Jump
2017 Pac-12 - 3rd, Triple Jump
Outdoor Bests
Triple Jump.......51-10ย 1/2
Indoor Bests
Triple Jump.......50-10 1/4
