Bowling Green State University Athletics
Andrea (Szekely) Burton: BGSU Hall Of Fame Inductee
September 17, 2001 | General
Sept. 17, 2001
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University Athletic Hall of Fame will welcome eight new members this Friday (Sept. 21). The 2001 class will be inducted during a formal dinner in Olscamp Hall on the BGSU campus. There is still time to order tickets to the dinner, as well as for the next night's football game at which the inductees will be honored.
The official induction ceremony will take place Friday (Sept. 21) in Olscamp Hall. The social hour begins at 6:00 p.m. with dinner served at 7:00 p.m. and the program starting shortly thereafter.
In addition, the class will be introduced at halftime of Saturday's (Sept. 22) BGSU-Temple football game at Doyt Perry Stadium. The game begins at 6:00 p.m. and is designated as Varsity BG & Hall of Fame Night.
Tickets for the Sept. 21 dinner can be purchased at the Memorial Hall Ticket Office for $28 and advance reservations are required. Tickets can also be reserved by calling the ticket office at 1-877-BGSUTICKET or 372-0000. The deadline for ordering tickets for the dinner is tomorrow (Tuesday), Sept. 18. Football game tickets can also be purchased through the ticket office.
The public is invited to attend the induction dinner.
The class of 2001 will include basketball player Stephanie (Coe) DeSalvio '86, softball player Vicki Miwa-Hansen '90, golf coach John Piper, football and track athlete Bob Ramlow '59, cross country and track athlete Kevin Ryan '80, swimmer Andrea (Szekely) Burton '89, gymnast Cheryl (Vasil) Christiansen '80 and swimmer Don Worsfold '58.
The following is the sixth in a series of eight articles profiling each of the inductees:
ANDREA (SZEKELY) BURTON
Burton, a Bowling Green native, burst onto the collegiate scene quickly, setting three MAC records in her freshman season, in the 100 yard butterfly, 200 fly and the 200 freestyle.
Later that season, she was named the Swimmer of the Meet at the 1986 MAC Championships, winning four individual events and one relay in that meet. Burton, who appeared in Sports Illustrated's "Faces in the Crowd" following that meet, would win a total of six individual MAC titles and two relays in her career. She capped that season by competing at the NCAA meet.
Burton set three more BGSU records, all in freestyle events, as a junior. At the time of her graduation, she held seven school records and three relay records. Burton still holds four school records.
During her four years, the Falcons posted three second-place finishes and one third-place finish at the MAC Championships. In the classroom, Burton was a two-time Academic All-MAC At-Large selection. At her final MAC meet, in 1989, she was named the Outstanding Senior Swimmer.
Burton was part of a swimming family. Her brothers, Les, Pete and Alex Szekely, all preceded Andrea as swimming letterwinners at BGSU.
Upon graduation, Burton spent five years as a learning disabilities teacher in Alexandria, Va., where she also coached the high school swim team. She moved to Cleveland in 1994, and worked as a learning disabilities tutor. Burton currently teaches a gifted class once a week, and was a coach of an 8-and-Under United States Swimming team in Rocky River.
Burton and her husband, Dane, have a son, Aiden, and two daughters, Riley and Kacie.
