Swimming
The 23:47 Wall Touch: The Real Map of the 2026 Transfer WindowThe Nha Trang pool opens at five in the morning. I have swum there for eleven...
The Split-Time Gap: Why Vietnamese Swimming Data Is Hard to VerifyThe result file reached my inbox at 15:40, after the men's freestyle final at...
Yusei Imaizumi Breaks World Junior Record in 50m Breaststroke: 26.75 Seconds and the Ratification GapA Morning in Niigata The scoreboard at the Niigata pool read 26.75 on an...
Alex Siegel Commits to UVA: The Seventh Spot and the Real Value of the Long-Distance LaneAlex Siegel touches the wall in the 1650-yard freestyle and the scoreboard...
Yu Zidi, 13, Breaks Asian Games 400 IM Record: The 4:28.56 and an Unanswered QuestionThe moment Yu Zidi touched the wall, the scoreboard lit up with 4:28.56. No...
Siobhan Haughey and Hong Kong's Record Silver: One Relay, Two Realities52.22. When that number flashed after Siobhan Haughey touched the wall on leg...
Silent Scoreboards: The Swimming Analyst's Craft and the Borderline of Missing DataSilent Scoreboards: The Swimming Analyst's Craft and the Borderline of Missin...
Rutgers Lands Its First 2028 Verbal: Caroline Bryan and the Nearly Flat 100 Fly CurveAmong the hundreds of numbers in the Michigan High School Athletic Associatio...
Empty Data and the Conclusion Trap: Notes from a Swimming Injury Analyst's DeskEmpty Data and the Conclusion Trap: Notes from a Swimming Injury Analyst's De...
Injuries in the Transfer Window: When Medical Reports Become Valuable CommoditiesLate at night on the twelfth of January, my phone buzzed. An acquaintance...
Gianna Cook Commits to Monmouth: Three and a Half Seconds in the 200 Fly and the Math of a Last-Place ProgramOn a February morning in 2026, at the MA JW SuperBowl Splash ABBC, Gianna Coo...
Gianna Cook Chooses Monmouth: The Three-Second Drop in the 200 Fly and the Gap Nobody Wants to FillIn February, at the MA JW SuperBowl Splash ABBC meet, the scoreboard read...
Gianna Cook Commits to Monmouth: The Three-Second Drop in the 200 Fly and the Load Problem Behind ItOn a February evening at the MA JW SuperBowl Splash ABBC, hosted by Jersey...
Lizzy Johnson Commits to Florida State: The 200 Freestyle Breakthrough That Opens the Road to TallahasseeThe water broke in lane four later than I expected. It was a December evening...
Lizzy Johnson to Florida State: Reading the Sprint Curve Before the Market Prices ItLast December, at the RAFC Winter Classic, a high school junior from...
Lizzy Johnson Commits to Florida State for 2028: Reading the Progression Curve Behind Windermere's Sprint Sensation23.17 seconds. In December 2026, at the RAFC Winter Classic in Florida, Lizzy...
When the Data Table Returns ZeroAt 2:17 in the morning I reopened the spreadsheet I had left running overnigh...
Addie Farrier, 27.12 Seconds, and the Risk Map of a Ten-Year-Old TalentSaturday morning in Clearwater, Florida. The Doyle Aquatic Center had just...
WADA Releases 2026 Annual Report: Testing Growth Slows as Funding Cracks WidenThe pandemic season was where the truest voice lived: the sound of the ball...
Addie Farrier, 27.12 Seconds and the Regression Problem of a Ten-Year-Old's RecordAt the Doyle Aquatic Center, part of the Long Center in Clearwater, Florida,...
Swimming at the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya: Seven Hundred Free Hours and the Numbers Nobody ReadsSwimming at the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya: Seven Hundred Free Hours and the...
Addie Farrier, 10, Swims 27.12 in the 50-Yard Fly: What the Data Actually Says Before the Puberty Barrier27.12 seconds. A 10-year-old girl completed the 50-yard butterfly at the Doyl...
Vietnam's Women's Swimming After Anh Vien: Those Who Stayed and the Silence Nobody CountedVIETNAM'S WOMEN'S SWIMMING AFTER ANH VIEN: THOSE WHO STAYED AND THE SILENCE...
WADA 2026: The Testing Rhythm Slows and the Cracks Behind the NumbersThe sample-collection room at four in the morning. White fluorescent tubes, t...
700 Free Hours in Nagoya 2026: How Asian Swimming Is Being RepricedPrelims begin at 9:00 PM Eastern Time. Finals begin at 4:00 AM. The stretch...
Addie Farrier and the 27.12-Second Butterfly of a Ten-Year-OldLate afternoon at Long Center, Clearwater, Florida. The pool had just been...
WADA's 2026 Annual Report: More Tests, But a Slowing RhythmOPENING: A VIAL OF BLOOD AT FIVE IN THE MORNING I remember a March morning at...
