2025 Maryland Long Course Championships
- July 30-August 2, 2025
- St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, Maryland
- Long Course Meters (50m), Prelims/Finals
- Meet Results
13-year-old Jude Burkhart, an 11-12 National Age Group Record holder in distance freestyles, showed off his versatility en route to 7 wins at the Maryland Long Course Championships.
Burkhart’s wins included new best times in the 200 free (1:57.01), 400 free (4:08.65), 100 fly (58.48), and 200 fly (2:10.26). The only event he didn’t win in the 13-14 age group was the 100 free, where he was 2nd in 53.86, which was a personal best.
Both the 200 and 400 free are the best in the country this season among 13-year-olds; the 400 free was a 2.76 drop off his previous lifetime best and is about the same gap ahead of anybody else his age nationally.
Burkhart’s Results from the meet:
- 100 free – 53.86 (PB by .15)
- 200 free – 1:57.01 (PB by 1.62)
- 400 free – 4:08.65 (PB by 2.76)
- 1500 free – 16:33.90
- 100 fly – 58.48 (PB by .16)
- 200 fly – 2:10.26 (PB by 1.15)
- 200 IM – 2:13.75
- 400 IM – 4:39.77
He also swam legs on the winning 400 free relay and 400 medley relay. In the 400 free relay, he combined with Bryce Heo (53.29), Peyton Knott (57.84), Dempsey Guyer (56.82), and his anchor (54.77) for the win. The medley saw Knott on backstroke (1:03.04), Heo on breaststroke (1:11.06), Guyer on fly (1:02.38), and Burkhart again on the anchor (53.92). They won those races by more than 15 and more than 18 seconds, respectively.
NBAC dominated the meet scoring, winning the girls’, boys’ and combined titles and picking up 75 total event wins. The next-highest by a club was 15 from the Eagle Swim Team.
Other NBAC standouts included Philip Scharper, who won nine individual events in the 10 & under age group, and on the girls’ side, Olivia Karp, who won three individual events in the 10 & under age group. The team had five new Sectionals qualifiers at the meet, and Avery Heron picked up his first Junior Nationals cut in the 1500 free with a 16:04.68.
Team Scores
Girls’ Top 5:
- NBAC – 3,018.5
- Monocacy Aquatic Club – 1,121
- Eagle Swim Team – 963
- Annapolis Swim Club – 765.5
- Fox Swim Club – 738
Boys’ Top 5:
- NBAC – 2,613.5
- Columbia Aquatics Association – 1,236.5
- Eagle Swim Team – 1,150
- Loyola Blakefield Aquatics – 1,126.5
- Annapolis Swim Club – 1,021
Combined Top 5:
- NBAC – 5,632
- Eagle Swim Team – 2,113
- Monocacy Aquatic Club – 1,936
- Columbia Aquatics Association – 1,862.5
- Annapolis Swim Club – 1,786.5
