Swimming
22.75 Seconds and a Word Nobody Explains
Arizona Smith Commits to Florida: The 22.95 in the 50 Free and the Long-Course Test
GPS Error and the Lesson of Verification: When Swimming Data Is Not Just Numbers
Vietnamese Swimming and the Data Void Behind Every Medal
The Hidden Space of the Lane: How Australia Rebuilt Its Power Beneath the Surface
American Swimming Redraws the 50-Meter Lanes: Four Rounds, Three Stops and a Gamble for Los Angeles 2028
Zona Smith Commits to Florida for 2028: The Load Profile of a 16-Year-Old SwimmerIn March 2026 at Cary Sectionals, a 16-year-old swimmer raced five events and...
2026 Swimming World Cup Stop #3 in Astana: Six Names on Ice and the Limits of Reading a RosterAstana, Kazakhstan — On the ice at Barys Astana's home rink, Cameron McEvoy...
22.75 Seconds and a Word Nobody ExplainsIn the women's 50m freestyle short-course meters (SCM), Gretchen Walsh touche...
2:02.63: Yu Yiting Breaks the Short-Course 200m IM Asian Record by Swimming the First Half SlowerA week before she broke the Asian record, Yu Yiting went out almost a full...
Arizona Smith Commits to Florida: The 22.95 in the 50 Free and the Long-Course TestIn March at the Cary Sectionals, Arizona Smith touched the wall in the 50...
Eight Months After Giving Birth, Abbey Weitzeil Swims 23.72 in the 50m Free — and the Right Benchmark Is 23.44The pool in Charlottesville, an afternoon in October. The stands were not ful...
When the Data Is Empty: Why a Swimming Analysis Stops at the Evidence GateIn the sports data analysis trade, there is a type of failure nobody wants to...
Gretchen Walsh's 53.04 in the 100 SCM Butterfly: A U.S. Open Record Built on the Front HalfAt two in the morning Shanghai time, the live results board on Meet Mobile...
Olympic Trials 2028: When American Swimming Lets a Predictive Model Draw the ThresholdI remember the feeling of standing inside an empty arena. In 2026, when the...
When Data Falls Silent: The Line Between Sports Analysis and SpeculationI was sitting in front of my screen close to midnight, opening a nine-part...
Cindy Hook Steps Down as Brisbane 2032 CEO: A Handover Between Two Project PhasesOn December 2, 2026, Cindy Hook's contract as Chief Executive Officer of the...
Matsushita and the 0.05-Second Record: A Confirmation of the Peak, Not a BreakthroughOn the final night of the 2026 Japanese Short Course Championships, the...
Breaststroke, a Broken Shoulder and the Ivy League DoorLast month, at the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State...
GPS Error and the Lesson of Verification: When Swimming Data Is Not Just NumbersIn 2026, at the age of 25, I was the only female data consultant in the...
Vietnamese Swimming and the Data Void Behind Every MedalIn lane four, the scoreboard flickers the instant a hand touches the wall. Th...
The World Swimming Map: The Waters the Scoreboard Cannot MeasureI still remember that afternoon when I sat in front of the screen, rewinding ...
The Hidden Space of the Lane: How Australia Rebuilt Its Power Beneath the SurfaceI still keep the habit of timing the first 15 metres. Not at the wall, but at...
The Data Void in Swimming Analysis: Reading a Race with a Slower BreathAt night in Da Nang, I reopened a swimming analysis file I had scheduled that...
Sammons Commits to Cal: The No. 2 Recruit in the Class of 2028 and the Short-Course-to-Long-Course GapIn early October 2026, while most of the top swimmers in the Class of 2028 ha...
The Empty Analysis: When Swimming Data Returns Zero and the Price of a Fabricated StoryFor the third night in a row, I sat in front of a screen with a nine-dimensio...
A 25-Metre Pool, 24 Names and Three Gaps: Australia Builds Its Roster for Beijing 2026In a 25-metre pool, sound does not behave like it does in a 50-metre pool....
Australia names a 24-swimmer roster for the 2026 Short Course World Championships in Beijing: three stars at home and a signal for the 2028 cycleI scanned the start lists for the session, line after line, and the three nam...
2026 Swimming World Cup Stop #3 in Astana: Six Names on Ice and the Limits of Reading a RosterAstana, Kazakhstan — On the ice at Barys Astana's home rink, Cameron McEvoy...
22.75 Seconds and a Word Nobody ExplainsIn the women's 50m freestyle short-course meters (SCM), Gretchen Walsh touche...
2:02.63: Yu Yiting Breaks the Short-Course 200m IM Asian Record by Swimming the First Half SlowerA week before she broke the Asian record, Yu Yiting went out almost a full...
Arizona Smith Commits to Florida: The 22.95 in the 50 Free and the Long-Course TestIn March at the Cary Sectionals, Arizona Smith touched the wall in the 50...
Eight Months After Giving Birth, Abbey Weitzeil Swims 23.72 in the 50m Free — and the Right Benchmark Is 23.44The pool in Charlottesville, an afternoon in October. The stands were not ful...
When the Data Is Empty: Why a Swimming Analysis Stops at the Evidence GateIn the sports data analysis trade, there is a type of failure nobody wants to...
Gretchen Walsh's 53.04 in the 100 SCM Butterfly: A U.S. Open Record Built on the Front HalfAt two in the morning Shanghai time, the live results board on Meet Mobile...
Olympic Trials 2028: When American Swimming Lets a Predictive Model Draw the ThresholdI remember the feeling of standing inside an empty arena. In 2026, when the...
When Data Falls Silent: The Line Between Sports Analysis and SpeculationI was sitting in front of my screen close to midnight, opening a nine-part...
Cindy Hook Steps Down as Brisbane 2032 CEO: A Handover Between Two Project PhasesOn December 2, 2026, Cindy Hook's contract as Chief Executive Officer of the...
Matsushita and the 0.05-Second Record: A Confirmation of the Peak, Not a BreakthroughOn the final night of the 2026 Japanese Short Course Championships, the...
Breaststroke, a Broken Shoulder and the Ivy League DoorLast month, at the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State...
GPS Error and the Lesson of Verification: When Swimming Data Is Not Just NumbersIn 2026, at the age of 25, I was the only female data consultant in the...
Vietnamese Swimming and the Data Void Behind Every MedalIn lane four, the scoreboard flickers the instant a hand touches the wall. Th...
The World Swimming Map: The Waters the Scoreboard Cannot MeasureI still remember that afternoon when I sat in front of the screen, rewinding ...
The Hidden Space of the Lane: How Australia Rebuilt Its Power Beneath the SurfaceI still keep the habit of timing the first 15 metres. Not at the wall, but at...
The Data Void in Swimming Analysis: Reading a Race with a Slower BreathAt night in Da Nang, I reopened a swimming analysis file I had scheduled that...
Sammons Commits to Cal: The No. 2 Recruit in the Class of 2028 and the Short-Course-to-Long-Course GapIn early October 2026, while most of the top swimmers in the Class of 2028 ha...
The Empty Analysis: When Swimming Data Returns Zero and the Price of a Fabricated StoryFor the third night in a row, I sat in front of a screen with a nine-dimensio...
A 25-Metre Pool, 24 Names and Three Gaps: Australia Builds Its Roster for Beijing 2026In a 25-metre pool, sound does not behave like it does in a 50-metre pool....
Australia names a 24-swimmer roster for the 2026 Short Course World Championships in Beijing: three stars at home and a signal for the 2028 cycleI scanned the start lists for the session, line after line, and the three nam...