Swimming
Xu Jiayu Sets 22.03 Short-Course 50 Backstroke World RecordWhen the scoreboard at the 2026 Chinese Short Course Championships flashed...
Nine Empty Columns: A Lesson in Vietnamese Swimming Data2:47 in the morning, the spreadsheet opens with nine standard columns: event,...
A Lane Does Not Tell Its Own Story: Four Variables That Decide What a Record Is Really WorthIn eight days of competition in Rome in the summer of 2026, 43 world records...
After Ánh Viên, Vietnamese Swimming Searches for a New RhythmAt SEA Games 31 on home soil, when Nguyễn Huy Hoàng touched the wall in the...
From an Empty Data Table at the Pool: Why Verification Still MattersThat morning, I opened the analysis file I had just received, and the first...
MacKenzie Lung's 58.89 Seconds: When a Pregnancy Rewrites the Swimming Data SheetThe number 57.92 first appeared in my spreadsheet on a December evening, whil...
The Empty Frame and the Voice of Silence in Swimming AnalysisAt five in the morning the pool held only one thing still moving: the line of...
Vietnamese Swimming: When Results Are Not RecordedOn the electronic board at a national youth swimming meet, a number appears a...
Swimming and the Data Problem: Why a Stage-2 Deep Professional Analysis Could Not Reach a ConclusionSwimming and the Data Problem: Why a Stage-2 Deep Professional Analysis Could...
Deep Swimming Analysis: When Input Data Is Empty, Sports Analysts Say Plainly “Insufficient Information”In a context where sports journalism increasingly relies on data, a Stage-2...
Inside World Aquatics' Webinar: The Tablet and the Standardisation of Artistic Swimming OfficialsThere is a moment I keep turning over in my head every time I rewatch an...
Owen Miklos and the Verbal Promise in the Longest LaneThe pool in Richmond opens at five in the morning, before the city has woken....
Reef McMeeking Moves To Top Spot This Season In Boys' 15-16 100 Breast At LBHS Patriot InvitationalI once thought I was past the age of being fooled by a number. Then last...
Owen Miklos Chooses Alabama: Reading a Commitment Through Distance-Freestyle DataOn the SwimSwam feed, a short notice appeared: Owen Miklos, ranked No. 15 in...
Vietnam's Lanes After the Gold: When Speed Is Measured by BreathAt the My Dinh Aquatic Sports Palace, on the night of the men's 1,500m...
250 Children, 10 Weeks, and the Base of the American Swimming PyramidNumbers never lie, but they know how to hide. A recruitment notice for a head...
Re-reading the swimming lane through process metrics: lessons from Paris 2026 and Vietnamese swimmingTwo swimmers touch the wall at the same instant. On the electronic board, the...
NCAA 2027: The Midseason Addition Ban and Texas's Gamble on Luka MijatovicNext Tuesday, the NCAA Board of Governors will vote on a rule change that wil...
College Swim Week: CSL, ESPN+ and Cal's Two No. 1 RecruitsCollege Swim Week: When the Short Course Becomes a Media Product In late...
LA28 Kicks Off From Atlanta: Swimming Flipped to Week Two, Temporary Pool Built Inside SoFI StadiumOn July 14, 2028, the Los Angeles Olympic Opening Ceremony will unfold inside...
Margaret Lietzau and the Short-Course vs Long-Course Gap: Decoding a Recruiting Profile with DataA 200 butterfly swimmer touches the wall at 2:02.73 in short-course yards but...
Frank Busch: 22 Years in Tucson, 6 in the Front Office, and the Data No One Cross-CheckedIn March 2026, the final team scores from the NCAA Division I Swimming and...
The 1.4-Kilobyte Empty File: When a Swimming Data Pipeline Dies Silently Before Race Day5:47 a.m. Brisbane time, August 14, 2026. I opened my work inbox and saw a JS...
Raphael-Sauveur Cristofini Commits to Florida for 2027: A Contract of Unverified Numbers0.46 seconds. That is the gap between a swimmer who finished ninth in the 200...
Three Age Records in Christchurch: Reading the Numbers Before Naming a GenerationA 25-meter pool in Christchurch, opening night of the 2026 New Zealand Short...
SwimSwam's 2028 Recruiting Database: When the Spreadsheet Becomes the Second LaneOn a June morning, at a 25-meter pool on the outskirts of Columbus, Ohio, a...
Nine Empty Columns: A Lesson in Vietnamese Swimming Data2:47 in the morning, the spreadsheet opens with nine standard columns: event,...
A Lane Does Not Tell Its Own Story: Four Variables That Decide What a Record Is Really WorthIn eight days of competition in Rome in the summer of 2026, 43 world records...
After Ánh Viên, Vietnamese Swimming Searches for a New RhythmAt SEA Games 31 on home soil, when Nguyễn Huy Hoàng touched the wall in the...
From an Empty Data Table at the Pool: Why Verification Still MattersThat morning, I opened the analysis file I had just received, and the first...
MacKenzie Lung's 58.89 Seconds: When a Pregnancy Rewrites the Swimming Data SheetThe number 57.92 first appeared in my spreadsheet on a December evening, whil...
The Empty Frame and the Voice of Silence in Swimming AnalysisAt five in the morning the pool held only one thing still moving: the line of...
Vietnamese Swimming: When Results Are Not RecordedOn the electronic board at a national youth swimming meet, a number appears a...
Swimming and the Data Problem: Why a Stage-2 Deep Professional Analysis Could Not Reach a ConclusionSwimming and the Data Problem: Why a Stage-2 Deep Professional Analysis Could...
Deep Swimming Analysis: When Input Data Is Empty, Sports Analysts Say Plainly “Insufficient Information”In a context where sports journalism increasingly relies on data, a Stage-2...
Inside World Aquatics' Webinar: The Tablet and the Standardisation of Artistic Swimming OfficialsThere is a moment I keep turning over in my head every time I rewatch an...
Owen Miklos and the Verbal Promise in the Longest LaneThe pool in Richmond opens at five in the morning, before the city has woken....
Reef McMeeking Moves To Top Spot This Season In Boys' 15-16 100 Breast At LBHS Patriot InvitationalI once thought I was past the age of being fooled by a number. Then last...
Owen Miklos Chooses Alabama: Reading a Commitment Through Distance-Freestyle DataOn the SwimSwam feed, a short notice appeared: Owen Miklos, ranked No. 15 in...
Vietnam's Lanes After the Gold: When Speed Is Measured by BreathAt the My Dinh Aquatic Sports Palace, on the night of the men's 1,500m...
250 Children, 10 Weeks, and the Base of the American Swimming PyramidNumbers never lie, but they know how to hide. A recruitment notice for a head...
Re-reading the swimming lane through process metrics: lessons from Paris 2026 and Vietnamese swimmingTwo swimmers touch the wall at the same instant. On the electronic board, the...
NCAA 2027: The Midseason Addition Ban and Texas's Gamble on Luka MijatovicNext Tuesday, the NCAA Board of Governors will vote on a rule change that wil...
College Swim Week: CSL, ESPN+ and Cal's Two No. 1 RecruitsCollege Swim Week: When the Short Course Becomes a Media Product In late...
LA28 Kicks Off From Atlanta: Swimming Flipped to Week Two, Temporary Pool Built Inside SoFI StadiumOn July 14, 2028, the Los Angeles Olympic Opening Ceremony will unfold inside...
Margaret Lietzau and the Short-Course vs Long-Course Gap: Decoding a Recruiting Profile with DataA 200 butterfly swimmer touches the wall at 2:02.73 in short-course yards but...
Frank Busch: 22 Years in Tucson, 6 in the Front Office, and the Data No One Cross-CheckedIn March 2026, the final team scores from the NCAA Division I Swimming and...
The 1.4-Kilobyte Empty File: When a Swimming Data Pipeline Dies Silently Before Race Day5:47 a.m. Brisbane time, August 14, 2026. I opened my work inbox and saw a JS...
Raphael-Sauveur Cristofini Commits to Florida for 2027: A Contract of Unverified Numbers0.46 seconds. That is the gap between a swimmer who finished ninth in the 200...
Three Age Records in Christchurch: Reading the Numbers Before Naming a GenerationA 25-meter pool in Christchurch, opening night of the 2026 New Zealand Short...
SwimSwam's 2028 Recruiting Database: When the Spreadsheet Becomes the Second LaneOn a June morning, at a 25-meter pool on the outskirts of Columbus, Ohio, a...

