Burns & Farnham Cited for Athletic Prowess

Congratulations to both Caroline Burns '09 and Kendall Farnham '10 for being recognized for their athletic ability this week. Caroline was named an Honorable Mention Athlete of the Week in The Capital and Kendall is noted as an Athlete Worth Watching in What's Up Annapolis magazine. 
   
Caroline Burns (as printed in the 1/20/09 Capital)
Burns swam her way to four victories last week despite the Admirals' 0-2 mark. Burns picked up victories in the 100 freestyle (56:63) and 100 backstroke (1:00.4) against St. Mary's on Monday. She shaved her time in the 100 freestyle by 1.35 seconds against McDonogh two days later, cruising again to victories in both events.

Kendall Farnham (as published in the January 2009 edition of What's Up Annapolis)
Farnham is an All-County performer in two sports, swimming and cross-country; the former is her main sport that she hopes to continue in college. She began swimming at age six in Japan, where she and

her family lived for several years. Her father, Austin Farnham, is an engineer and business entrepreneur who took on a venture in Japan. “In Japan they really worked with me, fixing my feet and fixing my arms and working my techniques for the butterfly,” said Farnham. “So, when I got here, I already had the technique and built my endurance.” By the time Kendall was in fourth grade, the family was back in the states and the young lady joined the SPY club swimming team. Farnham has been with SPY ever since and is a junior at Severn, swimming the butterfly and 200 Individual Medley for coach Carolyn Cosentino. It’s with SPY, under the tutelage of coaches Christee Ballard and Jim Hutchinson, that she has developed and honed her skills. “We have eight practices a week and travel to meets in Raleigh [North Carolina] for three days and districts, states, and nationals later in the spring,” said Farnham, who loves to eat, especially animal crackers. “Your team is like your family. I spend a lot of time with my teammates.” She says she is one of the shorter butterfly athletes at 5’6”. Her 100-meter fly is top 10 collegiately speaking, but Farnham says she needs to work on her 200-meter fly. Farnham says swimming for SPY as compared to the Admirals’ school team “is incomparable,” competitively speaking. She took 10th place in the Nationals among 100 swimmers. Academically, Farnham, whose younger sister Margot is a freshman on the Severn swim team, is really into math and science and is leaning toward following in her dad’s footsteps by studying engineering in college. She is interested in Princeton and Duke. She carries a 4.01 grade-point-average and will soon take the SAT. She is the daughter of Austin and Reneé Farnham.