Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Burkett ya fara wakiltar Ostiraliya a 1987 Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships, inda ya lashe lambar zinare a cikin 100 m butterfly. A Wasannin Seoul na 1988, ya lashe lambar azurfa a gasar maza 4 × 50 m Freestyle Relay A1 <unk> A8. A Wasannin 1992 na Barcelona, ya lashe lambar tagulla a gasar maza na mita 50 Freestyle S9. Ya lashe lambar azurfa a gasar
Wasannin Commonwealth na Victoria na 1994 a cikin maza 100 m Freestyle S9 taron. A Wasannin Atlanta na 1996, shi ne kyaftin din kungiyar nakasassu ta Ostiraliya. A wasannin, ya lashe lambar zinare a gasar maza 50 m Freestyle S9, wanda ya sami lambar yabo ta Australia, da kuma lambar azurfa a gasar maza 4 × 100 m Freestyle S7<unk>10. A gasar tseren ruwa ta duniya ta IPC a shekarar 1998 a Christchurch, ya kasance wani bangare na kungiyar Australiya da ta lashe lambar zinare kuma ta karya tarihin duniya a gasar 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay. Ya lashe lambar zinare kuma ya sake karya rikodin duniya a cikin maza 50 m Freestyle S9 a gasar zakarun Turai ta 1999; mahaifinsa ya mutu a farkon wannan shekarar. Ya ɗauki tutar Ostiraliya a bikin buɗe Wasannin Sydney na 2000. A Wasannin, ya lashe lambar azurfa a gasar maza 4 × 100 m Freestyle 34 pts; ya yi matukar bakin ciki da cewa ba zai iya kare taken sa na 50 m freestyle ba. Ya yi ritaya daga gasar ninkaya bayan wasannin 2000.