Ryan Burcham
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- Height:
- 5-9
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- Weight:
- 165
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- Hometown:
- Lenior City, Tenn.
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- Year:
- Sophomore
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- High School:
- Bearden
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- Previous College:
- Western Kentucky
Bio
2015-16: All-BMC honoree with a sixth-place finish in the 100 Fly... Picked up three wins on the year, including: 200 Fly vs Bellarmine, 100 Fly at Limestone and a member of the 400 Free Relay against King.... BMC Swimmer of the Week on Nov. 24.
Western Kentucky: Swam with the Hilltoppers for one season before the program was shut down... Won the Conference USA title as a freshman... Member of the WKU NIT Championship team... Named Most Improved as a freshman.
High School: Lettered all four seasons during his career with the Bulldogs... Two-time All-American... State runner-up in the 100 Fly... Three-time Knoxville City Champion... Signed with Western Kentucky out of high school.
Personal: Son of Kevin Burcham... Native of Lenior City, Tenn... Majors in Exercise Science.
News mentions
EMORY, Va. – Carson-Newman freshman Lisa Posta (Leiden, Holland) and sophomore Margaret Stansberry (Knoxville, Tenn.) registered three wins in the 50 and 100m Free and the 400 Free Relay and helped guide the Eagles to a tri-meet win over the Emory & Henry Wasps and King Tornado Saturday afternoon at Emory & Henry Aquatic Center in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Carson-Newman freshmen swimmers Jon Lancaster (Ringgold, Ga.) and Olivia Winkler (Marietta, Ga.) swept the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Swimmers of the Week awards on Monday after contributing to the Eagles’ 387-131 combined win over the Bellarmine Knights last Saturday.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. — The men and women's Carson-Newman swim teams took care of business Saturday afternoon in the lone home meet Maddox Pool had to offer this season as the Eagles outmatched the Bellarmine Knights with a combined score of 387-131.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The lone home meet of the season for the Carson-Newman swim program has arrived as the Eagles will host the Bellarmine Knights of the Great Lakes Valley Conference Saturday afternoon in Maddox Pool at 1 p.m.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman swim teams have reached their highest plateaus three years into the program as the women were ranked seventh and the men are currently 13th in the latest Division II Collegeswimming.com rankings.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Carson-Newman sophomore swimmers Ryan Burcham (Lenoir City, Tenn.) and Margaret Stansberry (Knoxville, Tenn.) were named the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Swimmers of the Week after notching season best times at the Georgia Tech Invitational.
ATLANTA – A Carson-Newman swimmer reset the third school record of the weekend during Saturday’s session of the Georgia Tech Invitational at McCauley Aquatic Center in Atlanta.
ATLANTA – Carson-Newman sophomore swimmer Maggie Melhorn (Knoxville, Tenn.) set a new school record in the 100 Breast and sophomore Ryan Burcham recorded the Eagles’ best individual finish in the 100 Fly during the second day of the Georgia Tech Invitational in McCauley Aquatic Center in Atlanta.
ATLANTA – A Carson-Newman school record fell during the first day of the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational at McAuley Aquatic Center as the Eagles’ swim team competed against 14 Division I programs and the teams registered five provisional B-cut times.
GAFFNEY, S.C. – Freshman Jon Lancaster (Ringgold, Ga.) won three events and set a school record and sophomores Maggie Melhorn (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Margaret Stansberry (Knoxville, Tenn.) each picked up three wins as the Carson-Newman swim team competed against the Limestone Saints at Timkin Aquatic Center in Gaffney, S.C.
WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. – The Carson-Newman swim team opened the 2015-16 regular season with a 356.5-158.5 combined victory over the University of the Cumberlands Patriots Saturday afternoon at the Dinah Taylor Aquatic Center.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman swim teams set two new school records during Thursday night’s Triple Splash swam in Maddox Pool.