Swimming
Tennessee Wins College Swimming League Match #6: A 20.95 Lead-Off, a 45.91 for the History Books, and a Disqualification in the Final Round
NAIA Votes on November 4: A Fifth Season, a 96-Credit Gate, and the Clause That Takes Back More Than It Gives
2027 Swimming World Cup: a knockout funnel built for the six LA28 50m events
Amy Hempenstall and the 57.78 Line: The Sound of Water Crying in a Welsh Pool
Avery Antoniewski commits to Iowa State: 25.42 seconds and a 100 back C-finalThe sound of a hand hitting the wall at the 2026 NCSA Spring Championships wa...
Tennessee Wins College Swimming League Match #6: A 20.95 Lead-Off, a 45.91 for the History Books, and a Disqualification in the Final RoundThe scoreboard clicked to 20.95 on the lead-off leg of the 200 freestyle rela...
Florida Gators' 2027 Swim Camp: A Staffing Notice and the Gaps Worth ReadingThis month a staffing notice for the University of Florida's 2027 summer swim...
NAIA Votes on November 4: A Fifth Season, a 96-Credit Gate, and the Clause That Takes Back More Than It GivesPeople watch the goal; I watch the pass ten beats before it. In this file, th...
Fairweather and Clareburt Lead New Zealand's 11-Athlete Squad for the 2026 Short Course World Championships in BeijingIn a 25-metre pool, the sound of a hand hitting the wall lands like a brick...
2027 Swimming World Cup: a knockout funnel built for the six LA28 50m eventsOn 15 October 2027, in Berlin, a swimmer will stand behind the starting block...
Amy Hempenstall and the 57.78 Line: The Sound of Water Crying in a Welsh PoolDecember, and the Ponds Forge pool in Sheffield is cold the way an unheated...
The Empty Cell on a Swim Result Sheet: The Limits of Analysis Before LA 2028On the printed result sheet at any swim meet, the column furthest to the righ...
No Data, No Verdict: The Lesson of an Empty AnalysisThere is a kind of failure in sports analysis that no one teaches you in...
Emma Redman Breaks 2:10 in the 200 Breaststroke: What 2:09.80 Says, and What the Data Leaves OutNha Trang, five in the morning. The pool surface is flat as glass, the corrid...
Treyvn Krauss to Michigan: A Distance Specialist Whose 200m Freestyle Is the Real GapAt Summer Junior Nationals, in the men's 200m freestyle, Treyvn Krauss touche...
McEvoy and the World's Best Swimmers Take to the Astana Ice: World Cup Stop 3 Opens With a FallOn the ice at Barys Astana's arena, Cameron McEvoy stood somewhere fifteen...
Zona Smith Commits to Florida 2028: The March Best Times and the Gators' Relay MathCary Sectionals, March 2026. Arizona Smith stepped onto the blocks and left...
Yu Yiting's 2:02.63 and the Slow-Start Paradox: The Short-Course 200 IM Asian Record Came From a Split Plan, Not a MiracleAstana, the third stop in three consecutive weeks. Yu Yiting left the blocks...
Vietnamese Swimming: A Complete Analytical Framework, an Empty DatasetAn analysis report on swimming has nine layers: technique, performance,...
Vietnamese Swimming and the Lesson of an Empty Data Sheet: When Sports Journalism Must Learn to Say 'Insufficient Data'There was an evening in August 2026 when I sat in a small apartment in Binh...
Yu Yiting, 55.17 Seconds and the Map of the Women's 100m Butterfly Asian RecordWhen Yu Yiting's fingertips touched the wall, the electronic board in lane 4...
Decoding the Lane: Nine Layers of Data Behind a PerformanceThe touchpad hits the wall and releases a number. The stands rise. In the...
When a Swimming Analyst Says: 'Insufficient Information'I stayed behind in the data room after the pool had emptied. The screen was...
Roos Vanotterdijk Downs Own Belgian Record In 50m Butterfly, Cracks All-Time Top 10Over the last three stops of the World Cup swimming season, a Belgian swimmer...
Nguyen Huy Hoang's Stroke Equation: The 29 Seconds Don't Live in His LegsIn lane 4, Nguyen Huy Hoang touched the wall in the men's 1500m freestyle wit...
Stanford's First 2028 Commitment: William Canori and the 'Best of the Rest' EquationOn the scoreboard at the USA Swimming Nationals final, William Canori's name...
Two Strokes in One Night: Marchand and the Limits of SpecializationOn the evening of July 31, 2026, at La Défense Arena, a hush lasted less than...
Beneath the Still Surface: World Swimming After Paris 2026, Technique, Data and Vietnam's Open GapBENEATH THE STILL SURFACE: WORLD SWIMMING AFTER PARIS 2026, TECHNIQUE, DATA A...
Grace Alger Commits to Sacred Heart: An 8-Second Drop and a Single Data Point in IthacaTwo-point-zero-five seconds against the current At the Speedo Sectionals held...
Decoding Noelle Benkler's Commitment: Cal Buys Potential, Not ResultsThe number 2:09.30 sits on a European results sheet, but it does not belong t...
Vietnam's Pool After the Anh Vien Era: The Data Curve Points to a Seven-Year GapIn May 2026, at the Morodok Techo Aquatics Center in Phnom Penh, I sat in the...
Tennessee Wins College Swimming League Match #6: A 20.95 Lead-Off, a 45.91 for the History Books, and a Disqualification in the Final RoundThe scoreboard clicked to 20.95 on the lead-off leg of the 200 freestyle rela...
Florida Gators' 2027 Swim Camp: A Staffing Notice and the Gaps Worth ReadingThis month a staffing notice for the University of Florida's 2027 summer swim...
NAIA Votes on November 4: A Fifth Season, a 96-Credit Gate, and the Clause That Takes Back More Than It GivesPeople watch the goal; I watch the pass ten beats before it. In this file, th...
Fairweather and Clareburt Lead New Zealand's 11-Athlete Squad for the 2026 Short Course World Championships in BeijingIn a 25-metre pool, the sound of a hand hitting the wall lands like a brick...
2027 Swimming World Cup: a knockout funnel built for the six LA28 50m eventsOn 15 October 2027, in Berlin, a swimmer will stand behind the starting block...
Amy Hempenstall and the 57.78 Line: The Sound of Water Crying in a Welsh PoolDecember, and the Ponds Forge pool in Sheffield is cold the way an unheated...
The Empty Cell on a Swim Result Sheet: The Limits of Analysis Before LA 2028On the printed result sheet at any swim meet, the column furthest to the righ...
No Data, No Verdict: The Lesson of an Empty AnalysisThere is a kind of failure in sports analysis that no one teaches you in...
Emma Redman Breaks 2:10 in the 200 Breaststroke: What 2:09.80 Says, and What the Data Leaves OutNha Trang, five in the morning. The pool surface is flat as glass, the corrid...
Treyvn Krauss to Michigan: A Distance Specialist Whose 200m Freestyle Is the Real GapAt Summer Junior Nationals, in the men's 200m freestyle, Treyvn Krauss touche...
McEvoy and the World's Best Swimmers Take to the Astana Ice: World Cup Stop 3 Opens With a FallOn the ice at Barys Astana's arena, Cameron McEvoy stood somewhere fifteen...
Zona Smith Commits to Florida 2028: The March Best Times and the Gators' Relay MathCary Sectionals, March 2026. Arizona Smith stepped onto the blocks and left...
Yu Yiting's 2:02.63 and the Slow-Start Paradox: The Short-Course 200 IM Asian Record Came From a Split Plan, Not a MiracleAstana, the third stop in three consecutive weeks. Yu Yiting left the blocks...
Vietnamese Swimming: A Complete Analytical Framework, an Empty DatasetAn analysis report on swimming has nine layers: technique, performance,...
Vietnamese Swimming and the Lesson of an Empty Data Sheet: When Sports Journalism Must Learn to Say 'Insufficient Data'There was an evening in August 2026 when I sat in a small apartment in Binh...
Yu Yiting, 55.17 Seconds and the Map of the Women's 100m Butterfly Asian RecordWhen Yu Yiting's fingertips touched the wall, the electronic board in lane 4...
Decoding the Lane: Nine Layers of Data Behind a PerformanceThe touchpad hits the wall and releases a number. The stands rise. In the...
When a Swimming Analyst Says: 'Insufficient Information'I stayed behind in the data room after the pool had emptied. The screen was...
Roos Vanotterdijk Downs Own Belgian Record In 50m Butterfly, Cracks All-Time Top 10Over the last three stops of the World Cup swimming season, a Belgian swimmer...
Nguyen Huy Hoang's Stroke Equation: The 29 Seconds Don't Live in His LegsIn lane 4, Nguyen Huy Hoang touched the wall in the men's 1500m freestyle wit...
Stanford's First 2028 Commitment: William Canori and the 'Best of the Rest' EquationOn the scoreboard at the USA Swimming Nationals final, William Canori's name...
Two Strokes in One Night: Marchand and the Limits of SpecializationOn the evening of July 31, 2026, at La Défense Arena, a hush lasted less than...
Beneath the Still Surface: World Swimming After Paris 2026, Technique, Data and Vietnam's Open GapBENEATH THE STILL SURFACE: WORLD SWIMMING AFTER PARIS 2026, TECHNIQUE, DATA A...
Grace Alger Commits to Sacred Heart: An 8-Second Drop and a Single Data Point in IthacaTwo-point-zero-five seconds against the current At the Speedo Sectionals held...
Decoding Noelle Benkler's Commitment: Cal Buys Potential, Not ResultsThe number 2:09.30 sits on a European results sheet, but it does not belong t...
Vietnam's Pool After the Anh Vien Era: The Data Curve Points to a Seven-Year GapIn May 2026, at the Morodok Techo Aquatics Center in Phnom Penh, I sat in the...
