Jude Burkhart Annihilates 11-12 National Age Group Record By 12 Seconds | SwimSwam

By Braden Keith on SwimSwam

2024 NBAC Fall Festival

• October 17-20, 2024
• Loyola University Fitness & Aquatic Center, Baltimore, Maryland
• Short Course Yards (25 yards)
• Results on Meet Mobile: “2024 NBAC Fall Festival Meet”

12-year-old Jude Burkhart has shattered a National Age Group Record in the 11-12 age group just a few weeks before his 13th birthday.

The NBAC age grouper swam 16:05.52 in the 1650 free at the 2024 NBAC Fall Festival Meet. That broke the old record of 16:17.80 that was set by Floridian Nicholas Caldwell in 2006.

Splits Comparison

	Jude Burkhart	Nicholas Caldwell
	New NAG Record	Old NAG Record
100y	54.18	56.13	-1.95
200y	57.99	59.14	-1.15
300y	58.42	59.38	-0.96
400y	58.26	59.63	-1.37
500y	58.67	59.8	-1.13
600y	58.59	59.34	-0.75
700y	58.98	59.93	-0.95
800y	58.87	59.43	-0.56
900y	59.5	59.46	0.04
1000y	59.33	59.49	-0.16
1100y	59.47	59.66	-0.19
1200y	59.19	59.74	-0.55
1300y	59.22	59.86	-0.64
1400y	59.31	60.11	-0.80
1500y	59.31	59.69	-0.38
1600y	58.44	58.98	-0.54
1650y	27.79	28.03	-0.24
	16:05.52	16:17.80	-12.28

Burkhart’s first 1000 yard split of 9:42.79 was also a best time and is the second-best 1000 yard swim in the history of the age group behind only Matthew Hirschberger‘s 9:38.50 in the event in 2011. In fact, even his first 500 yard time of 4:47.52 was a best time and ranks him 14th all-time in the age group.

This is not Burkhart’s first age group record, though it is likely his last meet before aging up. In July, he broke Hirschberger’s record in the 800 meter free in long course (8:48.44), and he also swam a leg of NBAC’s record-setting mixed 400 meter free relay last year.

Burkhart crushed his own personal bests throughout the weekend. Other results:

• 100 IM – 56.89 (-.57 seconds) – #75 all-time
• 200 IM – 2:01.98 (.04 from PB)
• 400 IM – 4:11.38 (-5.75 seconds) – #4 all-time
• 100 free – 49.59 (-1.50 seconds) – #37 all-time
• 200 free – 1:47.18 (-2.84 seconds) – #19 all-time
• 200 breast – 2:22.00 (-7.42 seconds)
• 200 fly – 1:59.24 (-1.82 seconds) – #12 all-time
• 50 back on a relay leadoff – 26.11 (-.95 seconds) – #78 all-time

Burkhart swims for coach Tom Hines.

 

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