fullname coach birth_place weight height birth_date article_title strokes name collegeteam
elvis vereance burrows gary conelly freeport , bahamas 82 kg lb on 1.83 m ftin on 24 february 1989 elvis burrows
 freestyle , butterfly elvis burrows university of kentucky -lrb- u.s. -rrb-
elvis burrows

elvis vereance burrows -lrb- born february 24 , 1989 -rrb- is a bahamian swimmer who specializes in sprint freestyle and butterfly events .
he is a four-time national record holder in his respective swimming events , and is a member of kentucky wildcats swimming team , upon his admission at the university of kentucky .
burrows started out his swimming career , when he and his family moved to the united states to pursue his father 's education with a doctorate of philosophy in theology .
he won a state championship title for the sprint freestyle in 2005 , and later emerged as the most valuable swimmer of the year at seneca high school mca in louisville , kentucky .
with his outstanding achievements , he was eventually recruited by gary conelly , a coach and a relay swimmer who competed at the 1972 summer olympics in munich , germany , to play for the kentucky wildcats swimming team .
as a member of the team , burrows earned two all-american honors for the freestyle and medley relays at the ncaa championships .
burrows made into the international scene , when he represented his homeland bahamas at the 2008 summer olympics in beijing .
he competed for the men 's 50 m freestyle , and swam against contenders , including switzerland 's flori lang and lithuania 's rolandas gimbutis , in the eighth heat of the competition .
burrows completed his event , with a time of 23.19 seconds , finishing seventh in the heats , but placing fifty-second in the overall standings .
despite his disappointing result at the olympics , burrows eventually emerged as one of bahamas ' most prominent swimmers in the late 2000s .
at the 2009 fina world championships in rome , italy , he had set four national records in the men 's sprint freestyle and butterfly events , which were all previously held by former olympic swimmer allan murray .
he also competed at the 2010 central american and caribbean games in mayagüez , puerto rico , and won a bronze medal in the men 's 50 m butterfly event , with an impressive time of 24.30 seconds .
in 2010 , burrows graduated a bachelor 's degree of hospitality management and tourism major in nutrition and food science .
he is currently working as a music producer and songwriter .
burrows also tried out for the 2012 olympics but due to an injury he missed the qualification standard by a mere 4 one-hundredths of a second .
