2015 Track:
Indoor: Helped the 4×400-meter relay team to a ninth-place finish and a time of 3:22.68 at the Doc Hale VT Elite meet … Posted career bests in the 800 meters (2:02.34), 400 meters (51.15), and the 200 meters (23.82). Outdoor: Placed third in the 400-meter hurdles at the Georgia Spec Towns Invite … Set a career-best time of 55.86 in the same event at the Duke Twilight … Helped the 4×400-meter relay team to fifth place finishes at the Yellow Jacket Invite and the Georgia Spec Towns Invitational.
2014 Track:
Indoor: Placed ninth in the 400 meters at the Orange and Purple Classic … Ran a personal-best 51.50 in the 400 meters at the Vanderbilt Invite. Outdoor: Ran his best 400-meter hurdles in 56.58 at the ACC Championships … Helped the 4×400-meter relay team to a third place finish and a time of 3:26.59 at the Yellow Jacket Invite.
2013 Track:
Indoor: Placed 10th in the 500 meters (1:09.48) at the Orange & Purple Winter Classic … Logged a season-best 52.54 in the 400 meters at the Crimson Tide Opener. Outdoor: Did not compete.
High School:
Lettered four years in track at Pulaski Academy and Central School in Pulaski, N.Y. … Served as team captain his senior year in track … Won the 400-meter hurdles (57.96) by more than one second at the 2011 Section 3 State Qualifier … Topped that performance at the New York state meet with a time of 56.23 to finish second … Selected to the Dean’s List at Georgia Tech in 2011.
Personal:
Full name is Rockne Brian Burns … Born on Dec. 29, 1992 in Syracuse, N.Y. … Parents are Brian and Linda Burns … Brian ran track at Auburn University from 1978 – 1982 … Sisters are Lindsey and Breann … Enjoys kayaking, reading and fishing … Majoring in civil engineering.