Swimming
SwimmingWhen the Analysis Returns 47 Empty Cells: The Discipline of Not Concluding2026-10-152:14 a.m., Hanoi. The report landed in my inbox. I printed it, spread it acro...
Swimming25 Meters Instead of 25 Yards: The System Signal From an NCAA Tri-Meet2026-10-10How many meters long is the pool — that was the question I asked before I eve...
SwimmingGrace Alger Commits to Sacred Heart: Reading the Ithaca Sectionals Breakthrough With Data, Not Emotion2026-10-09Over two days of competition at the Speedo Sectionals in Ithaca, Grace Alger...
SwimmingCal Recruits Noelle Benkler for 2028-29: The NCAA Top-16 Projection Needs Verification2026-10-07This month, SwimSwam's college recruiting channel published a short notice:...
SwimmingOwen Miklos and Alabama's First Class of 2028 Commitment: The 1650-Yard Mile Is the Key2026-10-06Across four consecutive meets in a single season, Owen Miklos posted personal...
SwimmingCal and the No. 2 Recruit of the Class of 2028: When Versatility Becomes NCAA Currency2026-10-06In the first days of October, the indoor pool in Charlotte still carried the...
Steenbergen Lowers European 200m Freestyle Record to 1:50.23: The Win Was Built in the MiddleAt the final leg of the World Cup swimming series in Astana, Marrit Steenberg...
The Pool at Five in the Morning: Where Medals Have Not Yet Earned a NameIn Da Nang, the pool opens at five in the morning. The sky is still dark then...
When the Analysis Returns 47 Empty Cells: The Discipline of Not Concluding2:14 a.m., Hanoi. The report landed in my inbox. I printed it, spread it acro...
Egor Kornev Sets Short-Course 50m Butterfly World Record of 21.28 at Tashkent World CupAt the 25-metre mark, the scoreboard flashed 9.60. Egor Kornev touched, turne...
The 25-Meter Pool in Bloomington: Texas, Indiana and Northwestern Tune Up for Short Course Worlds TrialsBloomington, noon Eastern. Three NCAA swim teams step onto a 25-meter pool....
25 Meters Instead of 25 Yards: The System Signal From an NCAA Tri-MeetHow many meters long is the pool — that was the question I asked before I eve...
Vietnamese Swimming's Empty Dossier: When 43 of 47 Metric Cells Are Left BlankIn the internal technical file of a Vietnamese national swimming team at the...
Grace Alger Commits to Sacred Heart: Reading the Ithaca Sectionals Breakthrough With Data, Not EmotionOver two days of competition at the Speedo Sectionals in Ithaca, Grace Alger...
Cal Recruits Noelle Benkler for 2028-29: The NCAA Top-16 Projection Needs VerificationThis month, SwimSwam's college recruiting channel published a short notice:...
Sydney 2026: Two Australian Records and a Beijing Ticket Buried Behind a Promotional ReleaseIn lane 4 of the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre, when Ed Sommerville's...
Decoding a Vendor Release: Two Australian Short-Course Records and the Beijing SelectionAt eleven o'clock at night in Brisbane, I opened a four-page file in my inbox...
Owen Miklos and Alabama's First Class of 2028 Commitment: The 1650-Yard Mile Is the KeyAcross four consecutive meets in a single season, Owen Miklos posted personal...
Cal and the No. 2 Recruit of the Class of 2028: When Versatility Becomes NCAA CurrencyIn the first days of October, the indoor pool in Charlotte still carried the...
The Empty Swimming Data Sheet and the Verification Lesson for Sports WritersAt a corner of the stands above a 25-metre pool in Nha Trang, I once saw a...
250 Children and a Job Posting: The Silent Base That Feeds American SwimmingI read that job posting on an April morning, sitting in a cafe in Nagoya,...
Egor Kornev Equals Short-Course World Record in Baku as Marrit Steenbergen Tops 2026 World Cup Prize MoneyBaku, Azerbaijan, late January. On a screen in a small apartment in Nagoya,...
CSL Round 3 With Not a Single Split: Cal, Stanford, Ohio State, Auburn and the Signal of a New League Format in US College SwimmingLate on Saturday night, I sat in front of my screen at 3 a.m. Haiphong time,...
Anh Vien Returns to the Pool with 4 Golds: A Test Meet and a Data GapFour gold medals, one evening that wrapped up at 21:00 on October 2 at the Ph...
After Anh Vien: Vietnam's Pool and the Data Problem of DepthOn a late-season afternoon, I stayed behind alone on the stands of a domestic...
Jenna Forrester and the Fifteenth Wall: An SCM 400 IM Record Without MiraclesOn the second night of the 2026 Australian Short Course Swimming Championship...
The Base of the Swimming Pyramid: The Hidden Resource Equation Behind a Job Posting at Rosemead RapidsIn June 2026, the job board of Rosemead Rapids — a grassroots swim club based...
The Pool at Five in the Morning: Where Medals Have Not Yet Earned a NameIn Da Nang, the pool opens at five in the morning. The sky is still dark then...
When the Analysis Returns 47 Empty Cells: The Discipline of Not Concluding2:14 a.m., Hanoi. The report landed in my inbox. I printed it, spread it acro...
Egor Kornev Sets Short-Course 50m Butterfly World Record of 21.28 at Tashkent World CupAt the 25-metre mark, the scoreboard flashed 9.60. Egor Kornev touched, turne...
The 25-Meter Pool in Bloomington: Texas, Indiana and Northwestern Tune Up for Short Course Worlds TrialsBloomington, noon Eastern. Three NCAA swim teams step onto a 25-meter pool....
25 Meters Instead of 25 Yards: The System Signal From an NCAA Tri-MeetHow many meters long is the pool — that was the question I asked before I eve...
Vietnamese Swimming's Empty Dossier: When 43 of 47 Metric Cells Are Left BlankIn the internal technical file of a Vietnamese national swimming team at the...
Grace Alger Commits to Sacred Heart: Reading the Ithaca Sectionals Breakthrough With Data, Not EmotionOver two days of competition at the Speedo Sectionals in Ithaca, Grace Alger...
Cal Recruits Noelle Benkler for 2028-29: The NCAA Top-16 Projection Needs VerificationThis month, SwimSwam's college recruiting channel published a short notice:...
Sydney 2026: Two Australian Records and a Beijing Ticket Buried Behind a Promotional ReleaseIn lane 4 of the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre, when Ed Sommerville's...
Decoding a Vendor Release: Two Australian Short-Course Records and the Beijing SelectionAt eleven o'clock at night in Brisbane, I opened a four-page file in my inbox...
Owen Miklos and Alabama's First Class of 2028 Commitment: The 1650-Yard Mile Is the KeyAcross four consecutive meets in a single season, Owen Miklos posted personal...
Cal and the No. 2 Recruit of the Class of 2028: When Versatility Becomes NCAA CurrencyIn the first days of October, the indoor pool in Charlotte still carried the...
The Empty Swimming Data Sheet and the Verification Lesson for Sports WritersAt a corner of the stands above a 25-metre pool in Nha Trang, I once saw a...
250 Children and a Job Posting: The Silent Base That Feeds American SwimmingI read that job posting on an April morning, sitting in a cafe in Nagoya,...
Egor Kornev Equals Short-Course World Record in Baku as Marrit Steenbergen Tops 2026 World Cup Prize MoneyBaku, Azerbaijan, late January. On a screen in a small apartment in Nagoya,...
CSL Round 3 With Not a Single Split: Cal, Stanford, Ohio State, Auburn and the Signal of a New League Format in US College SwimmingLate on Saturday night, I sat in front of my screen at 3 a.m. Haiphong time,...
Anh Vien Returns to the Pool with 4 Golds: A Test Meet and a Data GapFour gold medals, one evening that wrapped up at 21:00 on October 2 at the Ph...
After Anh Vien: Vietnam's Pool and the Data Problem of DepthOn a late-season afternoon, I stayed behind alone on the stands of a domestic...
Jenna Forrester and the Fifteenth Wall: An SCM 400 IM Record Without MiraclesOn the second night of the 2026 Australian Short Course Swimming Championship...
The Base of the Swimming Pyramid: The Hidden Resource Equation Behind a Job Posting at Rosemead RapidsIn June 2026, the job board of Rosemead Rapids — a grassroots swim club based...
