Swimming
45.91 in a 25-Yard Pool: An NCAA Milestone and the 50-Meter Comparison TrapThe clock in lane four stopped at 45.91. The CSL Match #4 board carried a lin...
Sam Gao Commits to Johns Hopkins: The Data Profile of a Distance Swimmer Moving From SCY to LCMTwo Clocks for One Swim 9:36.36 and 9:30.06. Two times for the same 1000-yard...
Angelina Lista Decommits From LSU and Flips to Missouri: Reading a Recruiting File Through Short-Course and Long-Course DeltasThe day Angelina Lista pulled her commitment from LSU, the item on SwimSwam's...
Arizona Smith Chooses Florida: The Short Course Numbers Are the Real StoryIn March 2026, in Cary, North Carolina, Arizona Smith swam the 100-yard...
Yu Yiting Breaks Chinese 400 IM Record: 4:22.74 and the 0.01-Second MarginIn the opening butterfly leg of the women's 400m individual medley at the Wor...
Decoding Deep Swimming Analysis: Nine Data Dimensions and the Lesson of an Empty DossierIn elite sport, a swimming lane is no longer read from the number on the...
Northwestern Sweeps Miami (OH) at Evanston: A Data Lesson Behind Lillie Nordmann's 1:55.44 Pool RecordA Saturday in early October, Evanston, Illinois. The pool at Northwestern...
Vietnamese Swimming Enters a New Cycle: The Discipline of Data and the Trap of Empty ConclusionsOn my screen is a swimming analysis sent in by a colleague. The title is blan...
Four-round 50m format at 2027 Pro Swim Series: When the system stress-tests American sprinters' heartbeatAt Nashville in January 2027, the starting block for the 50m butterfly will...
Jenna Forrester Breaks the Oceanian SCM 400 IM Record: Re-reading the Nearly 10-Second LeapIn short course, races are not won in the middle of the lane. They are won at...
US College Swimming Opens Its Fall Season: CSL, ESPN+ and Cal's Two No. 1 RecruitsOn the morning of September 28, I sat in a small apartment on Nguyen Truong T...
2026 Golden Goggle: Reading USA Swimming's Intent From an Empty Data ColumnTwo in the morning, I reopened the 2026 Golden Goggle honoree list, built a...
Sam Gao Commits to Johns Hopkins: The Data Profile of a Distance Swimmer Moving From SCY to LCMTwo Clocks for One Swim 9:36.36 and 9:30.06. Two times for the same 1000-yard...
Angelina Lista Decommits From LSU and Flips to Missouri: Reading a Recruiting File Through Short-Course and Long-Course DeltasThe day Angelina Lista pulled her commitment from LSU, the item on SwimSwam's...
Arizona Smith Chooses Florida: The Short Course Numbers Are the Real StoryIn March 2026, in Cary, North Carolina, Arizona Smith swam the 100-yard...
Yu Yiting Breaks Chinese 400 IM Record: 4:22.74 and the 0.01-Second MarginIn the opening butterfly leg of the women's 400m individual medley at the Wor...
Decoding Deep Swimming Analysis: Nine Data Dimensions and the Lesson of an Empty DossierIn elite sport, a swimming lane is no longer read from the number on the...
Northwestern Sweeps Miami (OH) at Evanston: A Data Lesson Behind Lillie Nordmann's 1:55.44 Pool RecordA Saturday in early October, Evanston, Illinois. The pool at Northwestern...
Vietnamese Swimming Enters a New Cycle: The Discipline of Data and the Trap of Empty ConclusionsOn my screen is a swimming analysis sent in by a colleague. The title is blan...
Four-round 50m format at 2027 Pro Swim Series: When the system stress-tests American sprinters' heartbeatAt Nashville in January 2027, the starting block for the 50m butterfly will...
Jenna Forrester Breaks the Oceanian SCM 400 IM Record: Re-reading the Nearly 10-Second LeapIn short course, races are not won in the middle of the lane. They are won at...
US College Swimming Opens Its Fall Season: CSL, ESPN+ and Cal's Two No. 1 RecruitsOn the morning of September 28, I sat in a small apartment on Nguyen Truong T...
2026 Golden Goggle: Reading USA Swimming's Intent From an Empty Data ColumnTwo in the morning, I reopened the 2026 Golden Goggle honoree list, built a...


