Swimming
Arizona Smith commits to the University of Florida: the data behind a 22.95 in CaryIn March 2026, in Cary, a sixteen-year-old swimmer stepped off the blocks and...
Vietnamese Swimming Is Missing a Data Standard: Lessons from an Empty Table and 43 World Records in Rome 2026At two in the morning a data table loaded onto the screen with eleven rows. T...
Yu Yiting's 2:02.63: An Asian Record Built on a Slower First HalfThree 200m individual medley finals in short course, inside a single month, a...
Douglass Outduels Walsh in 100 Free at UVA Pro Elite Prep Meet: When the Charlottesville Locker Room SpeaksOne morning in Charlottesville, with the stands of the 25-metre short-course...
Ahmed Jaouadi Took Two Months Off After NCAAs, Returned Solo in Short Course at 7:33.79 and a No. 2 World RankingThe number 7:33.79 lit up the scoreboard at the Charlottesville pool on a...
The Submerged Part of the Lane: When a Data Void Tells More Than a RecordA swimming data file arrived on my desk one morning in Melbourne. The title w...
An Empty Data File in V.League: Injury Analysis and the Boundary of ConclusionNight of April 12, Lạch Tray Stadium, Hải Phòng. In the 71st minute of the...
Grace Higdon Commits to William & Mary: Reading a Recruiting Bulletin Through DataLate that night I sat with the results sheet from the Florida Swims High Scho...
William Canori Hands Stanford Men Their First 2028 Verbal Commitment: A Depth-Building Signal for Cardinal SwimmingIn the context of increasingly fierce competition in U.S. college athletic...
Swimming's Data Void: When Every Metric Falls SilentThat night in Saigon, I opened the Excel file named "Chance-Counting Data" an...
World Swimming and the Data Race: The Fine Line Between Analysis and DivinationI still remember that morning in the empty training hall of a sports centre i...
Maine Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame 2026: Five Names, Four Generations, and Why 49.87 Seconds Must Be Read CorrectlyOn the electronic scoreboard of a 25-yard pool in the state of Maine, on a...
Ching Hwee Gan and 15:45.23: Singapore's 1500m Freestyle Record Rewritten in TashkentIn a 25-metre short-course pool, the 1500m freestyle is not a long lane. It i...
Vietnamese Swimming: When SEA Games Medals Hide the Continental GapOn a 50-metre lane, the final sprint of a 200m race lasts only a little over...
Cal and the Class of 2028: The New Power Map of American College SwimmingOn a night in October in Melbourne, when the central pool had turned off its...
Reading a Swim Through Nine Layers of DataAt the heats of the men's 200-metre freestyle at a national youth meet, one...
When the Lane Falls Silent: The Line Between Investigation and SpeculationThe screen in front of me was blank. Not a single athlete name, not a time...
Australia and the 25-Meter Equation: 24 Names to Beijing, Three Stars Stay HomeWhen Swimming Australia announced the 24-member squad for the 2026 Short Cour...

