Burkhart Sets Six Lifetime Bests at NBAC Meet
The 14-year-old swimmer won eight individual events and two relays at the NBAC Fall Fastival Meet in Baltimore.
Updated on Nov. 3, 2026 in Swimming
Jude Burkhart, 14, clocked six lifetime bests and won eight individual events and two relay events at the NBAC Fall Fastival Meet in Baltimore, held October 16-18, 2026. His winning times included 4:36.66 in the 500 free and 15:42.03 in the 1650 free.
Why it matters
The meet showed Burkhart posting personal bests across multiple strokes over three days, not just in a single event. Results at a regional meet like this one help show how young swimmers in the Baltimore area are progressing.
Burkhart won the 50 free in a career-best 21.80, the 500 free in 4:36.66, and the 1650 free in 15:42.03, with lifetime bests of 24.94 in the 50 back, 1:49.00 in the 200 back, 27.73 in the 50 breast and 1:50.28 in the 200 fly. The extraction does not specify how these marks rank against age-group standards or competitors.
The players
Jude Burkhart
A 14-year-old swimmer who competes in freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly events.
The details
Burkhart won three freestyle events and posted lifetime bests in each of his other stroke events at the meet. The results were recorded at the NBAC Fall Fastival Meet held in Baltimore, Maryland.
Timeline
October 16-18, 2026: NBAC Fall Fastival Meet held in Baltimore.
Season Trajectory
Burkhart's multi-stroke results at this fall meet are one data point in a young swimmer's development, not a shift in the broader competitive picture. The extraction provides no comparison to prior seasons or other swimmers.
Burkhart's eight individual wins and two relay wins at this meet are the concrete results that followed his lifetime bests across all four stroke events. Readers tracking youth swimming in the Baltimore area can follow his results at future NBAC meets.
The takeaway
Burkhart's results show that improvement can come across several strokes at once, not only in a single specialty. Young swimmers in similar regional meets can use multi-event results to track progress against their own prior bests.
Further reading
For more swimming coverage, see Swimming in Baltimore.
Source note: This article includes information reported by SwimSwam.
