Swimming
Karly Whitehead Commits to SMU: The 2.4-Second Gap to an ACC FinalKarly Whitehead Commits to SMU: The 2.4-Second Gap to an ACC Final In Februar...
Xu Jiayu and 22.03: a short-course world record built on a single turnAt the fifteen-metre mark of the opening leg, Xu Jiayu surfaced, took a breat...
Zona Smith and the Near-Eight-Second Conversion Gap: The Data File Before Florida 2028March, the Cary pool, North Carolina. The scoreboard changed five times acros...
Zona Smith's 2028 Florida Commitment: The Improvement Curve Is the Real StoryIn March 2026, at Cary Sectionals, a junior from Providence Day School steppe...
USA Swimming Sets 2028 Olympic Trials Standards: An 18-Month Window and a 15-Year Predictive ModelEighteen months. That is the window a U.S. swimmer has to hit the qualifying...
48.58 Seconds: How Japan Erased the 49-Second Barrier in Men's 100m ButterflyI have long said that every race sends a signal, and the analyst does not...
China Ends 2026 Asian Games As Overall Medal Table Winners, Japan Rises to SecondOn the final evening of the swimming finals at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, the...
Seven Asian Games Gold Medals: Dominance or Data Illusion?The Asian Games swimming night witnessed an unprecedented record: Trương Trấn...
Shin Ohashi's 2:04.83: A 200m Breaststroke World Record Built in the First 100m, Not the Last 50Shin Ohashi's opening 50m in the men's 200m breaststroke final, long course, ...
SEC Unveils a Seven-Day Swimming and Diving Championship Format: A Reshuffle Without a Timeline ModelIn the spring of 2027, the Southeastern Conference swimming and diving...
SEC Releases New 7-Day Swimming & Diving Conference Championship Format: Swimming Pushed to the Weekend, Diving Cut to Four DaysSEC has announced a new format for its Swimming & Diving Conference...
2026 Swimming World Cup: Three Weeks, Three Cities and a Broadcast Map With No AthletesOn the night of 3 October 2026, the lights go out over the pool in Baku. Seve...
Nora McCarthy, Princeton, and the Backstroke of a Swimmer Who Cannot See the FinishI mispronounced a person's name, but the water called her life by the right...
Swimming without a stopwatch: When a deep analysis returns all N/AThere was a sports report called Stage-2 Deep Professional Analysis — Swimmin...
The Stroke Doesn't Break at the Shoulder: Re-reading Freestyle Swimmer's InjuriesThe final set of that morning's session was eight times 200 metres freestyle,...
The Blank Sheet in the Press Tribune: Sports Writing and the Limits of TruthIn the press tribune of a major swim meet, you hear two things: water slappin...
Swimming and the Data Frontline: When the Numbers Go Silent, an Analyst Must Not InventOn my computer screen in Brisbane, a swimming analysis report had just been...
The Pool and the 'Safe Sport' Trap: Why the Shoulder Is Vietnamese Swimming's Number One CasualtyI used to believe swimming was the safest sport in the world. Water supports...
Gianna Cook's Monmouth Commitment: How Three Seconds in the 200 Fly Is Reshaping the Coastal Athletic Association RaceI have swum the 200 butterfly exactly once in my life, and I still remember...
Lizzy Johnson Commits to Florida State for 2028: What the Numbers Say About a Windermere SprinterLizzy Johnson Commits to Florida State for 2028: What the Numbers Say About a...
WADA Releases 2026 Annual Report: Testing Growth Decelerates, Funding Fractures, and the January 1, 2027 AnchorIn March 2026, at a suburban Melbourne pool, I sat in the fourth row of a...
The Gap Beneath the Surface: Vietnamese Swimming Lacks the Data to Read ItselfThe final leg of a 200m individual medley lasts barely more than thirty...
Miracle or Just a Data Point? Decoding Addie Farrier's Historic Age-10 PerformanceWhen 10-year-old Addie Farrier touched the wall in the 50-yard butterfly in...
The Column Nobody Publishes: The Last 50 Metres and Vietnamese Swimming's Speed-Retention ProblemIn the spreadsheet I built for the most recent SEA Games season, there is a...
Vietnam's Swimming Lanes After Anh Vien: The Silence Between Two BreathsThe sound of water breaking in lane five was dry and compact. That is the sou...
WADA 2026: Testing Volume Growth Decelerates as 45% of Non-Conformities Sit in Sample CollectionLate at night in Binh Duong, I opened WADA's testing dataset for the fourth...
27.12 Seconds at Age 10: The Risk Map Around Addie Farrier's Age-Group Mark27.12 seconds. Recorded for a ten-year-old girl. The 50-yard butterfly,...
Nagoya 2026: Seven Hundred Hours of Swimming and the Map That Redistributes the Breath of the Water TrackIn Nagoya, in late September 2026, the water in the pool will lie flat as an...
Xu Jiayu and 22.03: a short-course world record built on a single turnAt the fifteen-metre mark of the opening leg, Xu Jiayu surfaced, took a breat...
Zona Smith and the Near-Eight-Second Conversion Gap: The Data File Before Florida 2028March, the Cary pool, North Carolina. The scoreboard changed five times acros...
Zona Smith's 2028 Florida Commitment: The Improvement Curve Is the Real StoryIn March 2026, at Cary Sectionals, a junior from Providence Day School steppe...
USA Swimming Sets 2028 Olympic Trials Standards: An 18-Month Window and a 15-Year Predictive ModelEighteen months. That is the window a U.S. swimmer has to hit the qualifying...
48.58 Seconds: How Japan Erased the 49-Second Barrier in Men's 100m ButterflyI have long said that every race sends a signal, and the analyst does not...
China Ends 2026 Asian Games As Overall Medal Table Winners, Japan Rises to SecondOn the final evening of the swimming finals at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, the...
Seven Asian Games Gold Medals: Dominance or Data Illusion?The Asian Games swimming night witnessed an unprecedented record: Trương Trấn...
Shin Ohashi's 2:04.83: A 200m Breaststroke World Record Built in the First 100m, Not the Last 50Shin Ohashi's opening 50m in the men's 200m breaststroke final, long course, ...
SEC Unveils a Seven-Day Swimming and Diving Championship Format: A Reshuffle Without a Timeline ModelIn the spring of 2027, the Southeastern Conference swimming and diving...
SEC Releases New 7-Day Swimming & Diving Conference Championship Format: Swimming Pushed to the Weekend, Diving Cut to Four DaysSEC has announced a new format for its Swimming & Diving Conference...
2026 Swimming World Cup: Three Weeks, Three Cities and a Broadcast Map With No AthletesOn the night of 3 October 2026, the lights go out over the pool in Baku. Seve...
Nora McCarthy, Princeton, and the Backstroke of a Swimmer Who Cannot See the FinishI mispronounced a person's name, but the water called her life by the right...
Swimming without a stopwatch: When a deep analysis returns all N/AThere was a sports report called Stage-2 Deep Professional Analysis — Swimmin...
The Stroke Doesn't Break at the Shoulder: Re-reading Freestyle Swimmer's InjuriesThe final set of that morning's session was eight times 200 metres freestyle,...
The Blank Sheet in the Press Tribune: Sports Writing and the Limits of TruthIn the press tribune of a major swim meet, you hear two things: water slappin...
Swimming and the Data Frontline: When the Numbers Go Silent, an Analyst Must Not InventOn my computer screen in Brisbane, a swimming analysis report had just been...
The Pool and the 'Safe Sport' Trap: Why the Shoulder Is Vietnamese Swimming's Number One CasualtyI used to believe swimming was the safest sport in the world. Water supports...
Gianna Cook's Monmouth Commitment: How Three Seconds in the 200 Fly Is Reshaping the Coastal Athletic Association RaceI have swum the 200 butterfly exactly once in my life, and I still remember...
Lizzy Johnson Commits to Florida State for 2028: What the Numbers Say About a Windermere SprinterLizzy Johnson Commits to Florida State for 2028: What the Numbers Say About a...
WADA Releases 2026 Annual Report: Testing Growth Decelerates, Funding Fractures, and the January 1, 2027 AnchorIn March 2026, at a suburban Melbourne pool, I sat in the fourth row of a...
The Gap Beneath the Surface: Vietnamese Swimming Lacks the Data to Read ItselfThe final leg of a 200m individual medley lasts barely more than thirty...
Miracle or Just a Data Point? Decoding Addie Farrier's Historic Age-10 PerformanceWhen 10-year-old Addie Farrier touched the wall in the 50-yard butterfly in...
The Column Nobody Publishes: The Last 50 Metres and Vietnamese Swimming's Speed-Retention ProblemIn the spreadsheet I built for the most recent SEA Games season, there is a...
Vietnam's Swimming Lanes After Anh Vien: The Silence Between Two BreathsThe sound of water breaking in lane five was dry and compact. That is the sou...
WADA 2026: Testing Volume Growth Decelerates as 45% of Non-Conformities Sit in Sample CollectionLate at night in Binh Duong, I opened WADA's testing dataset for the fourth...
27.12 Seconds at Age 10: The Risk Map Around Addie Farrier's Age-Group Mark27.12 seconds. Recorded for a ten-year-old girl. The 50-yard butterfly,...
Nagoya 2026: Seven Hundred Hours of Swimming and the Map That Redistributes the Breath of the Water TrackIn Nagoya, in late September 2026, the water in the pool will lie flat as an...
