Swimming
Nine Empty Boxes on the Lane Line: What Vietnamese Swimming Data Loses After Every SEA GamesAt three in the morning on 12 August, I reopened a data file still sitting on...
From Wales to the Pac-12: Amy Hempenstall's Movement Map and Washington State's Roster Depth EquationThere is a moment in American college swimming when a scholarship is no longe...
When Water Stops Whispering: The Data Void in Women's Swimming and the Price of InvisibilityThere is a silence in women's swimming that no one wants to name. Not the...
Vietnamese youth swimming records only read correctly with pool length and the 50m split tableAn internal test session at a 25m pool in Hai Phong, 14 June 2026. A...
Angelina Lista Flips from LSU to Missouri: The 1.3-Second Gap Is the Real StoryLast March, at the Florida Swimming LSC Senior Short Course Championships,...
Michigan Lands Treyvn Krauss: The 4:21.31 in the 500 Yard Free Is the Number That MattersOn the day Treyvn Krauss confirmed a verbal commitment to the Michigan men's...
Jaouadi Took Two Months Off After NCAAs, Returned With 7:33.79 and the Year's No. 2 World RankingIn the results sheet of a swim meet held in Charlottesville, one line made me...
Ahmed Jaouadi Returns After Two Months Off: Reading 7:33.79 Through Data, Not EmotionOn a summer evening in Charlottesville, Virginia, Ahmed Jaouadi swam the 800m...
2026 College Swimming League: When a Headline Promises Data, the Body Delivers Self-PraiseA headline appears on a swimming news site: "2026 College Swimming League –...
The Silent Heat Sheet in Charlottesville: When a 25-Meter Pool Tells Its Story Before the ChampionshipIn Charlottesville, Virginia, there is a 25-meter pool on the campus of the...
Yu Yiting's 4:22.74: A 14-Year-Old Chinese Record Erased and the 0.01-Second Gap to AsiaI sat with Yu Yiting's split chart at nearly two in the morning, and the numb...
Base Rhythm and Split Range: Reading the Long-Distance Tactics of Vietnamese SwimmersIn the final 300 meters of a 1500m freestyle race, a Vietnamese swimmer kept...
Grace Higdon and William & Mary: The Simple Subtraction of a CommitmentThe number 1:04.12 does not lie. That is Grace Higdon's 100 breaststroke time...
Sofia Oliveira and the 2.77-Second Gap: When Short Course Doesn't Tell the Whole StoryWater in a short-course pool and a long-course pool is not the same. In a...
After Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên, Vietnam's Lanes Search for a New Rhythm-KeeperThe water broke after the start with the sound of a missed drumbeat. In lane...
Vietnamese Swimming and the Challenge of Keeping Pace After Ánh ViênThe splash in lane 4 does not sound like any other noise in the arena. It is...
Decoding the Pool with Data: Nine Analytical Dimensions and the Discipline of an Empty TableA nine-dimension swimming analysis landed on my desk on August 13, 2026. The...
Marrit Steenbergen Lowers Her Own European Record in Short-Course 100 IM to 56.18 Seconds: The Power Map of an Event With No Olympic BerthMarrit Steenbergen touched the wall, the electronic clock ticked and stopped ...
From Wales to the Pac-12: Amy Hempenstall's Movement Map and Washington State's Roster Depth EquationThere is a moment in American college swimming when a scholarship is no longe...
When Water Stops Whispering: The Data Void in Women's Swimming and the Price of InvisibilityThere is a silence in women's swimming that no one wants to name. Not the...
Vietnamese youth swimming records only read correctly with pool length and the 50m split tableAn internal test session at a 25m pool in Hai Phong, 14 June 2026. A...
Angelina Lista Flips from LSU to Missouri: The 1.3-Second Gap Is the Real StoryLast March, at the Florida Swimming LSC Senior Short Course Championships,...
Michigan Lands Treyvn Krauss: The 4:21.31 in the 500 Yard Free Is the Number That MattersOn the day Treyvn Krauss confirmed a verbal commitment to the Michigan men's...
Jaouadi Took Two Months Off After NCAAs, Returned With 7:33.79 and the Year's No. 2 World RankingIn the results sheet of a swim meet held in Charlottesville, one line made me...
Ahmed Jaouadi Returns After Two Months Off: Reading 7:33.79 Through Data, Not EmotionOn a summer evening in Charlottesville, Virginia, Ahmed Jaouadi swam the 800m...
2026 College Swimming League: When a Headline Promises Data, the Body Delivers Self-PraiseA headline appears on a swimming news site: "2026 College Swimming League –...
The Silent Heat Sheet in Charlottesville: When a 25-Meter Pool Tells Its Story Before the ChampionshipIn Charlottesville, Virginia, there is a 25-meter pool on the campus of the...
Yu Yiting's 4:22.74: A 14-Year-Old Chinese Record Erased and the 0.01-Second Gap to AsiaI sat with Yu Yiting's split chart at nearly two in the morning, and the numb...
Base Rhythm and Split Range: Reading the Long-Distance Tactics of Vietnamese SwimmersIn the final 300 meters of a 1500m freestyle race, a Vietnamese swimmer kept...
Grace Higdon and William & Mary: The Simple Subtraction of a CommitmentThe number 1:04.12 does not lie. That is Grace Higdon's 100 breaststroke time...
Sofia Oliveira and the 2.77-Second Gap: When Short Course Doesn't Tell the Whole StoryWater in a short-course pool and a long-course pool is not the same. In a...
After Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên, Vietnam's Lanes Search for a New Rhythm-KeeperThe water broke after the start with the sound of a missed drumbeat. In lane...
Vietnamese Swimming and the Challenge of Keeping Pace After Ánh ViênThe splash in lane 4 does not sound like any other noise in the arena. It is...
Decoding the Pool with Data: Nine Analytical Dimensions and the Discipline of an Empty TableA nine-dimension swimming analysis landed on my desk on August 13, 2026. The...
Marrit Steenbergen Lowers Her Own European Record in Short-Course 100 IM to 56.18 Seconds: The Power Map of an Event With No Olympic BerthMarrit Steenbergen touched the wall, the electronic clock ticked and stopped ...


