Pepperdine waves SWIMMING & DIVING
PEPPERDINE SWIMMERS
Shannon Adkins
Sarah Burris
5-7, Sophomore Back/Free/Individual Medley Granite Bay, Calif. (Granite Bay HS/Sierra Marlins) Undeclared
5-6, Sophomore Free/Back Virginia Beach, Va. (Frank W. Cox HS) Sports Medicine
53.50 (100 free) 5:08.73 (500 free) 2:09.25 (200 back) 4:35.51 (400 IM)
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FRESHMAN/2009-10: PCSC All-Conference ... Scored in six events at the PCSC Championships, including the 400 and 800 freestyle relays and the 400 medley relay ... Individually, placed 12th in the 500 free, 15th in the 400 individual medley and 18th in the 200 backstroke ... Helped record the team’s fastest 400 free and medley relays at the conference championships with times of 3:55.22 and 3:57.60, respectively ... Posted the Waves’ second-fastest season marks in the 200 (1:55.60) and 500 free (5:09.93), the 100 (1:00.68) and 200 backstroke (2:10.75) and the 400 IM (4:44.35). HIGH SCHOOL: 2009 graduate from Granite Bay High School, where she was a four-year varsity letterwinner for head coach John Sherman ... Four-year All-Sierra Foothill League selection and high school All-American on the 200 medley and 400 free relays ... Set a San Joaquin sectional record in the 400 free relay during her senior year ... Led school to four league titles and a pair of sectional championships in 2007 and 2009 ... Member of the California Scholastic Federation ... Received school’s Scholar-Athlete Award in 2008 and the President’s Outstanding Academic Excellence Award in 2009. CLUB: Has competed for the Sierra Marlins Swim Team since 2001 ... Recently served as the Marlins’ team captain during the 2008-09 season and was named the team’s Most Motivational swimmer ... Won a short-course sectional championship with the Marlins at Cal-Nevada in 2009 ... USA Swimming Academic All-American and member of its Gold Medal Club ... Trained at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs in April of 2008. PERSONAL: Given name is Shannon Marie Adkins ... Born in Oakland ... Raised in Granite Bay, Calif. ... Daughter of Jeff and Tracy Adkins ... Sister to Ryan ... Father, Jeff, was a track and field athlete at Penn State ... Grandfather, Don Adkins, was a three-sport athlete at Marshall University ... Chose Pepperdine because of “Coach Nick’s positive attitude and emphasis on improvement ... academic excellence ... good moral character ... (and) incredible chemistry between teammates.” FAVORITES: Cullen Jones and Brendan Hansen (pro athletes) ... To Kill A Mockingbird (book) ... Mean Girls (movie) ... House and Gossip Girl (TV shows) ... Amy Winehouse (musical artist) ... Pasta and Hamburgers (food) ... Soccer (sport other than swimming) ... Hobbies include running, kayaking, shopping and photography.
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Top Times 24.40 (50-yard free) 27.7 (50-meter free) 1:01.3 (100-meter free) 1:58.34 (200-yard free) 1:01.81 (100-yard back)
1:55.60 (200 free) 59.78 (100 back) 2:12.11 (200 IM)
2010-11 PEPPERDINE SWIMMING & DIVING
FRESHMAN/2009-10: PCSC All-Conference ... Scored in five events at the PCSC Championships, including all three freestyle relays that posted season best times of 1:37.74, 3:35.22 and 7:47.51 ... Individually, collected conference points for the Waves in the 100 backstroke and 100 freestyle ... Recorded personal bests in the 50 and 200 free of 24.40 and 1:58.34 against Cal State Northridge ... Finished as Pepperdine’s third-fastest competitor in the 100 backstroke and its fourth-best swimmer in the 50 and 100 free. HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated in 2009 with honors from Frank W. Cox High School, where she was a four-year varsity letterwinner in the 50 and 100 freestyle for head coach Joe Gentry ... Named high school’s 2008-09 Athlete of the Year ... Twotime team MVP ... Voted Most Improved swimmer following freshman year ... Led school to four consecutive district championships and two regional championships in 2006 and 2009 ... Left as the school’s record holder in the 50 and 100-meter free, and the 200 and 400-meter freestyle relays ... National Honor Society secretary ... AP Scholar with distinction. JUNIOR OLYMPICS: Competed unattached at the 2006 Junior Olympics, winning the gold medal in the 50-meter free and placing fifth in the 100-meter backstroke. PERSONAL: Given name is Sarah Allyne Burris ... Born in San Diego ... Hometown is Virginia Beach, Va. ... Majoring in sports medicine ... Daughter of Scott and Marie Burris ... Sister of Stephanie and Kelly ... Chose Pepperdine because “it has a good sports medicine program, Christian and conservative values and a great location” ... Mother, Marie, played volleyball at the U.S. Naval Academy, and two uncles played golf at Cal State Northridge. FAVORITES: Dara Torres (pro athlete) ... San Diego Chargers (pro sports team) ... Call of the Wild (book) ... Christmas Vacation (movie) ... Scrubs (TV show) ... Sushi (food) ... Volleyball (sport other than swimming) ... Hobbies include going to the beach, hanging out with friends and playing volleyball.
Sarah Burris