Swimming
Vietnamese Swimming and the Data Void: When the Analysis Sheet Returns ZeroAt 22:47, the final script finished running. I opened the output file and fou...
Angelina Lista Flips From LSU to Missouri: How 25-Yard Water Prices a ScholarshipMarch in Gainesville, short course, the stands barely half full. The starter'...
Vietnamese Swimming and the Data Problem: When Every Metric Comes Up EmptyI once thought data was the answer. 2026 gave me a better question. But it to...
Nine Analytical Dimensions, Zero Data Points: The Limits of Inference in a Swimming ReportNine analytical dimensions. Zero data points. The report landed in my inbox a...
Treyvn Krauss Verbally Commits to Michigan: The Data Profile of a Distance SpecialistTwo placements. One swimmer. One meet. Four days apart. At Summer Junior...
25-Metre Pools, 50-Metre Pools and the Empty Column in Vietnam's Swimming Record BookIn August 2026, a young coach in Hai Phong sent me a photograph of a results...
The 17-Year-Old Leaving North Carolina for Florida: The 2028 Swimming Commitment and the Silent Race of American AcademiesThere is a moment in swimming that never makes it onto a results sheet: the...
Gretchen Walsh Lowers 50m Short-Course Freestyle World Record to 22.75 Ahead of Selection TrialsKate Douglass touched in 22.94 seconds. For a few hours, that was the fastest...
Jaouadi Swims 7:33.79 in the 800 Freestyle After Two Months Off: A Fitness Signal, Not a Season VerdictCharlottesville, a 25-metre pool. One lane, one swimmer. Ahmed Jaouadi swam t...
College Swimming League Match 5: Four NCAA Top-10 Teams and Postseason Qualification PressureAt Match 5 of the 2026 College Swimming League, Stanford, Cal, NC State and...
Jaouadi Took Two Months Off, Then Swam the 800m Alone: When Rest Becomes Part of the PlanThe lane was empty on both sides. In Charlottesville, at a meet the organizer...
Gretchen Walsh Swims 53.04 in 100 SCM Butterfly: U.S. Open Record and Third-Fastest Time in HistoryOn the first 50 meters, the electronic board reads 24.58 seconds. In the...
The Data Void in Women's Swimming: When the Locker Room of Numbers Falls SilentAt the My Dinh Water Sports Palace during SEA Games 31, I sat in the seventh...
Arizona State Women Dominate Northern Arizona 201-99: Deep Professional Analysis of NCAA Swimming Dual MeetThe women's swimming dual meet between Arizona State University (ASU) and...
Bali and the Breathing of the Teacher: The First Marriage of Pool and OceanOn August 10, in Bali, a class ended without medals. No starting horn, no...
7:32.76 — The Night Japan Rewrote Two Short-Course Records and Left One Question UnansweredLane 4, flat water under the lights, and the whistle. No grandstand was...
Kotomi Kato's 1:03.82: A Japanese Record and the 1.45 Seconds Nobody Wants to Read AloudThe number surfaced from the scoreboard of the Japanese national short-course...
The 8-Second Drop in Ithaca: Grace Alger and the Promise to Sacred HeartWhen the Speedo Sectionals results from Ithaca were posted this season, most...
MacKenzie Lung swam the 2026 NCAA Championships while pregnant: Decoding the 58.89 in the 100 breaststrokeOne March evening, I sat in front of my screen watching the final of the...
Vietnamese Swimming: The Real Gap Lies Beneath the SurfaceIn the technical analysis sheet of a continental swim meet, I marked one line...
Rome 2026: 43 World Records and the Swimsuit That Acted as RefereeOn July 28, 2026, at the Foro Italico pool in Rome, Paul Biedermann touched t...
Owen Miklos Commits to Alabama: Reading the Times of a Class of 2028 Distance SwimmerMELBOURNE — Six in the morning, the pools in the city not yet open. I open...
Angelina Lista Flips From LSU to Missouri: How 25-Yard Water Prices a ScholarshipMarch in Gainesville, short course, the stands barely half full. The starter'...
Vietnamese Swimming and the Data Problem: When Every Metric Comes Up EmptyI once thought data was the answer. 2026 gave me a better question. But it to...
Nine Analytical Dimensions, Zero Data Points: The Limits of Inference in a Swimming ReportNine analytical dimensions. Zero data points. The report landed in my inbox a...
Treyvn Krauss Verbally Commits to Michigan: The Data Profile of a Distance SpecialistTwo placements. One swimmer. One meet. Four days apart. At Summer Junior...
25-Metre Pools, 50-Metre Pools and the Empty Column in Vietnam's Swimming Record BookIn August 2026, a young coach in Hai Phong sent me a photograph of a results...
The 17-Year-Old Leaving North Carolina for Florida: The 2028 Swimming Commitment and the Silent Race of American AcademiesThere is a moment in swimming that never makes it onto a results sheet: the...
Gretchen Walsh Lowers 50m Short-Course Freestyle World Record to 22.75 Ahead of Selection TrialsKate Douglass touched in 22.94 seconds. For a few hours, that was the fastest...
Jaouadi Swims 7:33.79 in the 800 Freestyle After Two Months Off: A Fitness Signal, Not a Season VerdictCharlottesville, a 25-metre pool. One lane, one swimmer. Ahmed Jaouadi swam t...
College Swimming League Match 5: Four NCAA Top-10 Teams and Postseason Qualification PressureAt Match 5 of the 2026 College Swimming League, Stanford, Cal, NC State and...
Jaouadi Took Two Months Off, Then Swam the 800m Alone: When Rest Becomes Part of the PlanThe lane was empty on both sides. In Charlottesville, at a meet the organizer...
Gretchen Walsh Swims 53.04 in 100 SCM Butterfly: U.S. Open Record and Third-Fastest Time in HistoryOn the first 50 meters, the electronic board reads 24.58 seconds. In the...
The Data Void in Women's Swimming: When the Locker Room of Numbers Falls SilentAt the My Dinh Water Sports Palace during SEA Games 31, I sat in the seventh...
Arizona State Women Dominate Northern Arizona 201-99: Deep Professional Analysis of NCAA Swimming Dual MeetThe women's swimming dual meet between Arizona State University (ASU) and...
Bali and the Breathing of the Teacher: The First Marriage of Pool and OceanOn August 10, in Bali, a class ended without medals. No starting horn, no...
7:32.76 — The Night Japan Rewrote Two Short-Course Records and Left One Question UnansweredLane 4, flat water under the lights, and the whistle. No grandstand was...
Kotomi Kato's 1:03.82: A Japanese Record and the 1.45 Seconds Nobody Wants to Read AloudThe number surfaced from the scoreboard of the Japanese national short-course...
The 8-Second Drop in Ithaca: Grace Alger and the Promise to Sacred HeartWhen the Speedo Sectionals results from Ithaca were posted this season, most...
MacKenzie Lung swam the 2026 NCAA Championships while pregnant: Decoding the 58.89 in the 100 breaststrokeOne March evening, I sat in front of my screen watching the final of the...
Vietnamese Swimming: The Real Gap Lies Beneath the SurfaceIn the technical analysis sheet of a continental swim meet, I marked one line...
Rome 2026: 43 World Records and the Swimsuit That Acted as RefereeOn July 28, 2026, at the Foro Italico pool in Rome, Paul Biedermann touched t...
Owen Miklos Commits to Alabama: Reading the Times of a Class of 2028 Distance SwimmerMELBOURNE — Six in the morning, the pools in the city not yet open. I open...
