Swimming
SwimmingSwimming's Unanswered Questions: Missing Evidence Prevents a Reliable Assessment of Performance and Global Competitiveness2026-11-08Reliable Results Must Come Before Performance Analysis After a swimming...
SwimmingNot the Short-Course Glitter: What Gabor Zombori's 1:54.54 Actually Says2026-11-06When the men's 200m IM final at the Hungarian Nationals ended, the scoreboard...
SwimmingThe Integrity of an Empty Dataset: Nine Chapters Written, Not a Single Split Time Produced2026-10-25A report arrived at my desk a few days ago. Nine chapters, fourteen tables,...
SwimmingLe Moyne's Metro Move: From a Five-Team Meet to a Thirteen-Team Meet, and the Arithmetic Nobody Is Doing2026-10-23Four. After July 1, 2027, the Northeast Conference swimming championship will...
Swimming's Unanswered Questions: Missing Evidence Prevents a Reliable Assessment of Performance and Global CompetitivenessReliable Results Must Come Before Performance Analysis After a swimming...
College Swimming League Confirms Season 2 Within 24 Hours of Inaugural Final, Signalling New Commercial AmbitionsThe College Swimming League has confirmed a second season less than 24 hours...
Jefimova's Repeatability and Winkler's League Record: The Real Signal from CSL Match 8At CSL Match 8, NC State's Eneli Jefimova and Kaii Winkler were named MVPs....
Not the Short-Course Glitter: What Gabor Zombori's 1:54.54 Actually SaysWhen the men's 200m IM final at the Hungarian Nationals ended, the scoreboard...
Josh Bey Wins the 400m Individual Medley, but How Should We Read 4:00.05?Josh Bey finished the 400m individual medley in 4:00.05 at the United States...
1:47.65: Urlando's Record Is Not Just Speed, It's a Three-Format Survival LedgerOn Saturday evening at the Westmont pool, when Luca Urlando finished the 200...
Irelyn Kennedy Commits to Missouri: Class of 2028 Breaststroker Picks the TigersIntroduction: Missouri's First Confirmed Piece of the Class of 2028 Irelyn...
56.7 in the Final 100: Andre Labara and the Number Sitting Beside the RecordIn the men's 400m individual medley final at the 2026 Australian Short Course...
A Two-Season-Old Record and a Flip in Arizona: The Delaney Barbee Numbers Nobody Read23.64. Delaney Barbee's individual 50-yard freestyle at the 2026 Arizona LSC...
The Testimony of an Empty Cell: A Null-Result Report from Swimming AnalyticsA spreadsheet arrived. Every cell in it was empty. Nine analytical columns. R...
The Integrity of an Empty Dataset: Nine Chapters Written, Not a Single Split Time ProducedA report arrived at my desk a few days ago. Nine chapters, fourteen tables,...
Lausanne's List, Mirpur's Silence: What the IOC's Closure of 12 Committees Actually Changes on the Swimming DeckSeven in the morning at the outdoor 50m pool in Mirpur. The water is...
Le Moyne's Metro Move: From a Five-Team Meet to a Thirteen-Team Meet, and the Arithmetic Nobody Is DoingFour. After July 1, 2027, the Northeast Conference swimming championship will...
Sam Short's 2.91 Seconds: Where the 400m Short-Course Record Actually Hides3:35.16. An Australian national title, 400 metres freestyle, short-course...
Zero Point Zero Two: Coetze's 22.09 in Tashkent and the St. Petersburg Arithmetic Behind the RecordOn the page of my notebook where Tashkent is written, the page directly above...
Gan's 15:38.41: An Asian Record, and the Quiet Arithmetic of the Split TimelineHook A morning timed final. On the split board at 1,400 metres in the Singapo...
5 of Arizona State's 8 American Freshmen Swam Lifetime Bests in Their First Collegiate MeetA new debate has emerged in the world of American college swimming. Arizona...
From Mirpur to Tokyo: The Story Beneath the WaterLast week in Tokyo, Tomoyuki Matsushita touched the wall in the 400m individu...
Empty Blocks, Blank Pages: Reading Zero in the Sports-Data LedgerLast night, at my desk in Chicago, I opened the old notebook again. Left colu...
College Swimming League Confirms Season 2 Within 24 Hours of Inaugural Final, Signalling New Commercial AmbitionsThe College Swimming League has confirmed a second season less than 24 hours...
Jefimova's Repeatability and Winkler's League Record: The Real Signal from CSL Match 8At CSL Match 8, NC State's Eneli Jefimova and Kaii Winkler were named MVPs....
Not the Short-Course Glitter: What Gabor Zombori's 1:54.54 Actually SaysWhen the men's 200m IM final at the Hungarian Nationals ended, the scoreboard...
Josh Bey Wins the 400m Individual Medley, but How Should We Read 4:00.05?Josh Bey finished the 400m individual medley in 4:00.05 at the United States...
1:47.65: Urlando's Record Is Not Just Speed, It's a Three-Format Survival LedgerOn Saturday evening at the Westmont pool, when Luca Urlando finished the 200...
Irelyn Kennedy Commits to Missouri: Class of 2028 Breaststroker Picks the TigersIntroduction: Missouri's First Confirmed Piece of the Class of 2028 Irelyn...
56.7 in the Final 100: Andre Labara and the Number Sitting Beside the RecordIn the men's 400m individual medley final at the 2026 Australian Short Course...
A Two-Season-Old Record and a Flip in Arizona: The Delaney Barbee Numbers Nobody Read23.64. Delaney Barbee's individual 50-yard freestyle at the 2026 Arizona LSC...
The Testimony of an Empty Cell: A Null-Result Report from Swimming AnalyticsA spreadsheet arrived. Every cell in it was empty. Nine analytical columns. R...
The Integrity of an Empty Dataset: Nine Chapters Written, Not a Single Split Time ProducedA report arrived at my desk a few days ago. Nine chapters, fourteen tables,...
Lausanne's List, Mirpur's Silence: What the IOC's Closure of 12 Committees Actually Changes on the Swimming DeckSeven in the morning at the outdoor 50m pool in Mirpur. The water is...
Le Moyne's Metro Move: From a Five-Team Meet to a Thirteen-Team Meet, and the Arithmetic Nobody Is DoingFour. After July 1, 2027, the Northeast Conference swimming championship will...
Sam Short's 2.91 Seconds: Where the 400m Short-Course Record Actually Hides3:35.16. An Australian national title, 400 metres freestyle, short-course...
Zero Point Zero Two: Coetze's 22.09 in Tashkent and the St. Petersburg Arithmetic Behind the RecordOn the page of my notebook where Tashkent is written, the page directly above...
Gan's 15:38.41: An Asian Record, and the Quiet Arithmetic of the Split TimelineHook A morning timed final. On the split board at 1,400 metres in the Singapo...
5 of Arizona State's 8 American Freshmen Swam Lifetime Bests in Their First Collegiate MeetA new debate has emerged in the world of American college swimming. Arizona...
From Mirpur to Tokyo: The Story Beneath the WaterLast week in Tokyo, Tomoyuki Matsushita touched the wall in the 400m individu...
Empty Blocks, Blank Pages: Reading Zero in the Sports-Data LedgerLast night, at my desk in Chicago, I opened the old notebook again. Left colu...