Swimming
Peter Kovacs Stays Home at Indiana: 20.03 Seconds, a Commitment Signed Two Years Early, and the Hoosiers' Relay MathThe last sound before the water broke in the boys' 50 freestyle final at the...
Nine Dimensions, One Empty Table: Why I Refused to Fill Numbers Into a Swimming DossierAt 7:12 in the morning, the report file sat in my inbox under exactly the nam...
The Pool With No Data: When a Nine-Dimension Swimming Analysis Confesses Its Own EmptinessThere is a moment in sports writing that I learned from the COVID-era...
Mikayla Tan Chooses Stanford: The Class of 2028 and the Short-Course-Long-Course QuestionAt the Winter Juniors West in December 2026, the board showed 2:06.74. Mikayl...
Astana Closes Swimming World Cup: Steenbergen and Coetze Win on Points StructureI opened the Astana results file at 1:15 a.m., after the overall standings ha...
2027 Swimming World Cup: Six LA28 Tickets and a Gate That Opens Only OnceThe fingertips touch the wall and the water breaks with a dry snap. I was...
An arena Job Posting and the Battle for the American Swim Locker RoomAt eleven at night in Nha Trang, I read swimwear companies' job boards instea...
Rome 2026, 43 World Records and the Measure Swimming ForgotEight days at the Foro Italico in the summer of 2026, and the scoreboard at t...
1:50.46 and 4:20.70: The Two Numbers a Recruiting Profile Refuses to NameThere is a detail in SwimSwam's recruiting report on Cassie Espinoza that mad...
USD 1.46 Million and Three World Records: The Truth Lies Where the Swimming World Cup Won't PublishThere is a number in the 2026 swimming World Cup financial report that made m...
Yu Yiting, 2:02.63 and the Pacing Lesson: A Slower First Half, a Faster Whole RaceThe electronic scoreboard clicked to 2:02.63 as Yu Yiting's hand struck the...
Yu Yiting Breaks SCM 200 IM Asian Record: 2:02.63 and the Depth Beneath China's LaneIn her last three swims in the 200m short-course individual medley, Yu Yiting...
Kate Douglass and 2:02.76: Reading a Record Through Pool LengthWhen Kate Douglass touched the wall in the women's 200m individual medley at...
Vietnamese Swimming at SEA Games 26 in 2026: Medals Recorded, Splits MissingPalembang, November 2026. The scoreboard at the Jakabaring aquatic centre...
The Data Gap in the Lane: When the Spreadsheet Returns ZeroOn the night of December 8, 2026, I sat in front of the tracking spreadsheet...
Arizona State Crushes Northern Arizona 201-99: When a Lopsided Score Hides the Close RacesAt nearly 2,100 meters of altitude, where the air is thinner and every breath...
Sofia Oliveira's 23-Second Sprint and the Starting Line Nobody SeesThere is a distance in swimming that the clock never measures. When I sat dow...
Anatomy of a Swim Lane: Nine Layers of Data Behind a MedalIn swimming, the gap between a gold medal and a ticket home often fits within...
Gan Ching Hwee and the 15:45.23 Lane: When Singapore Found Its Pace-Keeper in TashkentChing Hwee Gan touched the wall in Tashkent at 15:45.23, and the...
Vietnamese Swimming and the Data Gap Bigger Than Any MedalIn the file I keep on Vietnamese swimming, there is one empty column. It is n...
Charles 'Bud' Howard Commits to Michigan: Decoding His Butterfly Times Through the SCY and LCM Conversion LensIn the final of the men's 100 butterfly at Summer Junior Nationals, a...
Nine Dimensions, One Empty Table: Why I Refused to Fill Numbers Into a Swimming DossierAt 7:12 in the morning, the report file sat in my inbox under exactly the nam...
The Pool With No Data: When a Nine-Dimension Swimming Analysis Confesses Its Own EmptinessThere is a moment in sports writing that I learned from the COVID-era...
Mikayla Tan Chooses Stanford: The Class of 2028 and the Short-Course-Long-Course QuestionAt the Winter Juniors West in December 2026, the board showed 2:06.74. Mikayl...
Astana Closes Swimming World Cup: Steenbergen and Coetze Win on Points StructureI opened the Astana results file at 1:15 a.m., after the overall standings ha...
2027 Swimming World Cup: Six LA28 Tickets and a Gate That Opens Only OnceThe fingertips touch the wall and the water breaks with a dry snap. I was...
An arena Job Posting and the Battle for the American Swim Locker RoomAt eleven at night in Nha Trang, I read swimwear companies' job boards instea...
Rome 2026, 43 World Records and the Measure Swimming ForgotEight days at the Foro Italico in the summer of 2026, and the scoreboard at t...
1:50.46 and 4:20.70: The Two Numbers a Recruiting Profile Refuses to NameThere is a detail in SwimSwam's recruiting report on Cassie Espinoza that mad...
USD 1.46 Million and Three World Records: The Truth Lies Where the Swimming World Cup Won't PublishThere is a number in the 2026 swimming World Cup financial report that made m...
Yu Yiting, 2:02.63 and the Pacing Lesson: A Slower First Half, a Faster Whole RaceThe electronic scoreboard clicked to 2:02.63 as Yu Yiting's hand struck the...
Yu Yiting Breaks SCM 200 IM Asian Record: 2:02.63 and the Depth Beneath China's LaneIn her last three swims in the 200m short-course individual medley, Yu Yiting...
Kate Douglass and 2:02.76: Reading a Record Through Pool LengthWhen Kate Douglass touched the wall in the women's 200m individual medley at...
Vietnamese Swimming at SEA Games 26 in 2026: Medals Recorded, Splits MissingPalembang, November 2026. The scoreboard at the Jakabaring aquatic centre...
The Data Gap in the Lane: When the Spreadsheet Returns ZeroOn the night of December 8, 2026, I sat in front of the tracking spreadsheet...
Arizona State Crushes Northern Arizona 201-99: When a Lopsided Score Hides the Close RacesAt nearly 2,100 meters of altitude, where the air is thinner and every breath...
Sofia Oliveira's 23-Second Sprint and the Starting Line Nobody SeesThere is a distance in swimming that the clock never measures. When I sat dow...
Anatomy of a Swim Lane: Nine Layers of Data Behind a MedalIn swimming, the gap between a gold medal and a ticket home often fits within...
Gan Ching Hwee and the 15:45.23 Lane: When Singapore Found Its Pace-Keeper in TashkentChing Hwee Gan touched the wall in Tashkent at 15:45.23, and the...
Vietnamese Swimming and the Data Gap Bigger Than Any MedalIn the file I keep on Vietnamese swimming, there is one empty column. It is n...
Charles 'Bud' Howard Commits to Michigan: Decoding His Butterfly Times Through the SCY and LCM Conversion LensIn the final of the men's 100 butterfly at Summer Junior Nationals, a...
