It’s been a great start to 2024-2025. In our fall report we cover a duo of meet wins in York, PA and Baltimore, a national age group record performance, an invite to the national select camp and our ‘NBAC in the Community’ Fall focus. NBAC PICKS UP 115 TOP 3 FINISHES AT THE BILL SCHMIDT INVITATIONAL Hosted by the York YMCA, NBAC traveled to the Graham Aquatic Center to swim benchmark times in the first meet of the year. Swimmers from the performance, challenge, imagination and discovery groups put up...

The North Baltimore Aquatic Club welcomed swimmers back at NBAC Team Day this September for the 57th year. Starting in 1967 with only 8 swimmers, Maryland’s top ranked team gathered with just over 250 registrants this year. Athletes were welcomed back by a coaching staff that included 2024 USA Swimming/ASCA Top 10 coach Tom Himes, high-performance coach Paul Yetter, and a stable of 2024 Maryland Swimming’s top age-group coaching award winners including Kathyrn Violette, Brian Horan, Charles Nyasae, Will Williams and Solomon Snaid. Athletes from the Coppermine Bel Air and...

ASCA and Fitter & Faster Swim Camps are pleased to announce the 2024 TOP 10 FINALISTS FOR AGE GROUP COACH OF THE YEAR. Congratulations to the following outstanding coaches (in alphabetical order): Joe Finke Saint Petersburg Aquatics - FL Rod Hansen Irvine Novaquatics - CA Tom Himes North Baltimore Aquatic Club - MD Mike Julian NOVA of Virginia Aquatics, Inc - VA Russ Kasl SwimMAC Carolina - NC Luke Nelson NOVA of Virginia Aquatics, Inc - VA Rob Norman TAC Titans - NC Thomas Pearson Crow Canyon Sharks - PC...

The following is the recording from Coach Paul's discussion to help parents and swimmers prepare for the college swimming recruiting process. https://youtu.be/ixFYg0hKCp0

NBAC HAS ONCE AGAIN MADE THE TOP 100 USA SWIMMING / ASCA TOP 100 AGE GROUP TEAMS LIST. THIS YEAR COMING IN AT #16. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NBAC COACHING STAFF AS WELL AS THE NBAC SWIMMERS! NBAC IS THE ONLY MARYLAND SWIMMING TEAM TO MAKE THE LIST.

NBAC'S JUDE BURKHART BROKE THE USA SWIMMING NATIONAL AGE GROUP RECORD IN THE 11-12 800 METER FREESTYLE THIS EVENING WITH A TIME OF 8:48.44. THE OLD RECORD WAS HELD BY MATTHEW HIRSCHBERGER SINCE 2011 WITH A TIME OF 8:48.59. CONGRATULATIONS TO JUDE!

FROM THE DESK OF TOM HIMES: The North Baltimore Aquatic Club remains committed to supporting our local community and will continue to lead in the region with engagement in activities that impact those in our broader Baltimore family. Today, at Loyola University, NBAC teamed up with Loyola University and the Towson - Catonsville Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity to host Maryland’s Day of Diversity & Inclusion in Swimming. The event was designed to provide youth in the area the opportunity to learn water safety and learn new and/or...