Swimming
Sam Short and the 2.91 Seconds: A Short-Course 400m World Record Bid Lives in the Turns, Not the Lungs
European Aquatics Pays Full Prize Money on Two Remaining Stops: The €2,500 Division and Open Water's Data Gap
Zona Smith's 22.95 and the Math Behind Florida's Class of 2028
1:01.38 at the CIF State Prelims and the File on an Ivy League Breaststroke Commitment
Nine Dimensions, Zero Data Points: When a Swimming Analysis Desk Has to Refuse a ConclusionAt 2:40 a.m. on 13 August 2026, an eleven-page file landed in a chat group of...
The Empty Lane: When Swimming Data Falls Silent and the Report Stays PerfectEleven o'clock at night on August 12, 2026, in Brisbane. On the screen in my...
Sam Short and the 2.91 Seconds: A Short-Course 400m World Record Bid Lives in the Turns, Not the LungsThree lines appeared on the Australian Short Course Nationals scoreboard almo...
European Aquatics Pays Full Prize Money on Two Remaining Stops: The €2,500 Division and Open Water's Data GapFour stops. Two canceled. The release from European Aquatics headquarters sti...
The Wound Is Not in the Tendon: When Swimming Data Is Not Enough to ConcludeI once thought I had read it right. In 2026, during a live commentary session...
Joey Eaddy, 14:55.71 and the New Depth of American Men’s Distance SwimmingIn late September, in a meet without spectators, Joey Eaddy touched the wall ...
Vietnam Swimming's Data Gap: 25m Pools, 50m Pools and Result Sheets That Cannot Be ComparedA result sheet printed from the organiser's computer, A4 size, two columns of...
Zona Smith's 22.95 and the Math Behind Florida's Class of 2028In March 2026 at Cary Sectionals, Arizona Smith swam the 50 free in 22.95 — a...
Astana: When the World's Fastest Swimmers Step Onto IceCameron McEvoy stood on the ice at Barys Astana arena, hockey stick in hand,...
Two Measurement Systems, One Scholarship: Cassie Espinoza and the Overlooked Flaw in the USC Commitment StoryA reader in Hai Phong sent me a screenshot with a one-line question: "Is...
Yu Yiting Breaks Asian 100m Butterfly Record in 55.17: Why 55.10 Still Doesn't CountThe electronic clock at the end of the pool flicked from 25.53 to 55.17....
Douglass 50.20, Walsh 50.32: The Short-Course 100 Free Was Settled at the Third WallAt the 75-metre mark, with one length left to swim, the gap between Kate...
Yu Yiting Breaks Asian Record in Women's 100 Butterfly with 55.17: Anatomy of a Historic SilverBased on my experience tracking international swimming competitions, I have...
UVA SCM Pro Elite 2026: A Small Seeding Sheet and the Real Order of Women's SwimmingKate Douglass tops the seeding sheet as the stated world-record holder. Behin...
Grace Higdon Chooses William & Mary: Reading a Recruiting Bulletin Through the Breath of the WaterIn Jacksonville, Florida, there is a pool that young coaches still call by an...
Arizona State Women Dominate Northern Arizona 201-99 in NCAA Swimming Dual MeetTEMPE, Arizona — The Arizona State University women's swimming team...
1:01.38 at the CIF State Prelims and the File on an Ivy League Breaststroke CommitmentAt the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF State) prelims, a high-scho...
A Record Night at the 2026 Japanese Short Course Championships: Matsushita's 400 IM World Record and Taniguchi's 50m Breaststroke National MarkOn the second night of the 2026 Japanese Short Course Championships, I stoppe...
Paul Biedermann's 400m Freestyle World Record: Seventeen Years UnbeatenOn the night of the men's 400-meter freestyle final at the 2026 World...
Jayla Kuzak and Pitt's Development Gamble: When Women's Swimming Is Valued by Rate of ImprovementOn a March morning in Ann Arbor, when the pool at Pioneer High School was sti...
250 Athletes, a Bronze Medal and a Part-Time Coaching Staff: The Real Structure of American Youth SwimmingA job posting barely a page long, pinned to the notice board of a swim club i...
Empty Lanes at CSL Match 3: Cal Confirms Weinstein and Erisman Will Not RaceAn empty lane says nothing by itself. It just lies there, flat and still,...
Vietnamese Swimming and the Lesson of an Empty Analytical FrameworkThat night in Hanoi, I opened nine files of swimming data accumulated over ma...
Behind Every Lane: Data, Verification and the Gaps in Vietnamese Swimming AnalysisIn lane four, the gap between two hands touching the wall is just 0.04 second...
Vietnamese Swimming: When the Lane Leaves No DataFrom the stands of a domestic swim meet, I once waited nearly three hours jus...
Andre Labara's 4:09.82: A 5.53-Second Leap and the Trap of the 25-Meter PoolIn the final lane of the men's 400m individual medley final at the 2026...
US College Swimming Season Opener: Cal, the CSL and Two No.1 RecruitsAutumn in an American college town; the water in the pool runs a degree colde...
The Empty Lane: When Swimming Data Falls Silent and the Report Stays PerfectEleven o'clock at night on August 12, 2026, in Brisbane. On the screen in my...
Sam Short and the 2.91 Seconds: A Short-Course 400m World Record Bid Lives in the Turns, Not the LungsThree lines appeared on the Australian Short Course Nationals scoreboard almo...
European Aquatics Pays Full Prize Money on Two Remaining Stops: The €2,500 Division and Open Water's Data GapFour stops. Two canceled. The release from European Aquatics headquarters sti...
The Wound Is Not in the Tendon: When Swimming Data Is Not Enough to ConcludeI once thought I had read it right. In 2026, during a live commentary session...
Joey Eaddy, 14:55.71 and the New Depth of American Men’s Distance SwimmingIn late September, in a meet without spectators, Joey Eaddy touched the wall ...
Vietnam Swimming's Data Gap: 25m Pools, 50m Pools and Result Sheets That Cannot Be ComparedA result sheet printed from the organiser's computer, A4 size, two columns of...
Zona Smith's 22.95 and the Math Behind Florida's Class of 2028In March 2026 at Cary Sectionals, Arizona Smith swam the 50 free in 22.95 — a...
Astana: When the World's Fastest Swimmers Step Onto IceCameron McEvoy stood on the ice at Barys Astana arena, hockey stick in hand,...
Two Measurement Systems, One Scholarship: Cassie Espinoza and the Overlooked Flaw in the USC Commitment StoryA reader in Hai Phong sent me a screenshot with a one-line question: "Is...
Yu Yiting Breaks Asian 100m Butterfly Record in 55.17: Why 55.10 Still Doesn't CountThe electronic clock at the end of the pool flicked from 25.53 to 55.17....
Douglass 50.20, Walsh 50.32: The Short-Course 100 Free Was Settled at the Third WallAt the 75-metre mark, with one length left to swim, the gap between Kate...
Yu Yiting Breaks Asian Record in Women's 100 Butterfly with 55.17: Anatomy of a Historic SilverBased on my experience tracking international swimming competitions, I have...
UVA SCM Pro Elite 2026: A Small Seeding Sheet and the Real Order of Women's SwimmingKate Douglass tops the seeding sheet as the stated world-record holder. Behin...
Grace Higdon Chooses William & Mary: Reading a Recruiting Bulletin Through the Breath of the WaterIn Jacksonville, Florida, there is a pool that young coaches still call by an...
Arizona State Women Dominate Northern Arizona 201-99 in NCAA Swimming Dual MeetTEMPE, Arizona — The Arizona State University women's swimming team...
1:01.38 at the CIF State Prelims and the File on an Ivy League Breaststroke CommitmentAt the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF State) prelims, a high-scho...
A Record Night at the 2026 Japanese Short Course Championships: Matsushita's 400 IM World Record and Taniguchi's 50m Breaststroke National MarkOn the second night of the 2026 Japanese Short Course Championships, I stoppe...
Paul Biedermann's 400m Freestyle World Record: Seventeen Years UnbeatenOn the night of the men's 400-meter freestyle final at the 2026 World...
Jayla Kuzak and Pitt's Development Gamble: When Women's Swimming Is Valued by Rate of ImprovementOn a March morning in Ann Arbor, when the pool at Pioneer High School was sti...
250 Athletes, a Bronze Medal and a Part-Time Coaching Staff: The Real Structure of American Youth SwimmingA job posting barely a page long, pinned to the notice board of a swim club i...
Empty Lanes at CSL Match 3: Cal Confirms Weinstein and Erisman Will Not RaceAn empty lane says nothing by itself. It just lies there, flat and still,...
Vietnamese Swimming and the Lesson of an Empty Analytical FrameworkThat night in Hanoi, I opened nine files of swimming data accumulated over ma...
Behind Every Lane: Data, Verification and the Gaps in Vietnamese Swimming AnalysisIn lane four, the gap between two hands touching the wall is just 0.04 second...
Vietnamese Swimming: When the Lane Leaves No DataFrom the stands of a domestic swim meet, I once waited nearly three hours jus...
Andre Labara's 4:09.82: A 5.53-Second Leap and the Trap of the 25-Meter PoolIn the final lane of the men's 400m individual medley final at the 2026...
US College Swimming Season Opener: Cal, the CSL and Two No.1 RecruitsAutumn in an American college town; the water in the pool runs a degree colde...
