Swimming
Swimming2026 Swimming World Cup: the top earner was not the record breaker2026-10-18I sat in front of a screen in Melbourne and rewound the post-Astana interview...
SwimmingWilliam Canori – Stanford’s First 2028 Verbal Commitment, A Signal of the New Recruiting Era2026-10-15Not Benzema, and 8,000 meters to touch the wall... well, apologies, I am...
SwimmingVietnam's Swimming at the 2026 SEA Games: A Gap That Begins at the Starting Block2026-10-10On the evening of October 12, 2026, at the Senayan pool in Jakarta, the final...
SwimmingVietnam's Swimming Lanes and the Discipline of Numbers That Must Never Be Guessed2026-10-03I still remember that summer afternoon in 2026, when I sat behind the stands ...
SwimmingThe Margaret Lietzau File: Reading the SCY-LCM Gap to Understand the US Swimming Machine2026-09-30In Margaret Lietzau's file, two numbers sit side by side that most readers sk...
SwimmingCristofini Commits to Florida for Fall 2027: A European Semi-Finalist and the Data Gap Behind the Projection2026-09-28The water broke in lane four, the final leg of the 4x200m freestyle relay. I...
2026 Swimming World Cup: the top earner was not the record breakerI sat in front of a screen in Melbourne and rewound the post-Astana interview...
William Canori – Stanford’s First 2028 Verbal Commitment, A Signal of the New Recruiting EraNot Benzema, and 8,000 meters to touch the wall... well, apologies, I am...
The George Gibney case: 33 years, three roles and a system that failed to stop himAt the Central Criminal Court of Ireland, a 78-year-old former swimming coach...
When Data Stops Speaking: A Warning from an Empty Analysis PipelineA transfer feed opens, and dozens of rows of data pour in. But there are days...
Kosuke Makino's 51.06 Seconds and the Value Ceiling of a Non-Olympic Asian RecordIn lane 4, Kosuke Makino touched the wall. The scoreboard flicked to 51.06...
Marrit Steenbergen's 50.32: A European Record Built in the Back HalfMarrit Steenbergen touched the wall and the scoreboard flashed 50.32. A new...
Vietnam's Swimming at the 2026 SEA Games: A Gap That Begins at the Starting BlockOn the evening of October 12, 2026, at the Senayan pool in Jakarta, the final...
Charles 'Bud' Howard Chooses Michigan: A Swimming Scholarship Priced in DataTequesta, Florida. A seventeen-year-old swimmer types a short line on social...
Swimming and the Nine-Dimensional Map: What the Water Measures and What It HidesSwimming and the Nine-Dimensional Map: What the Water Measures and What It...
Vietnamese Swimming Through the Lens of Video Review: Recounting the Strokes After the Anh Vien EraIn May 2026, at the Morodok Techo aquatic center in Phnom Penh, I sat in the...
Vietnamese Swimming Through Nine Dimensions of Deep Analysis: Technique, Performance Data and the Road to Continental LevelVIETNAMESE SWIMMING THROUGH NINE DIMENSIONS OF DEEP ANALYSIS: TECHNIQUE,...
From Heidelberg to Texas: Lena Ludwig and the Half-Second Problem on the Breaststroke LaneHalf a second. In the NCAA women's 100m breaststroke, the gap between an SEC...
US College Swimming in Mid-October: A New League Is Quietly Redrawing the MapOn an early October morning in a US college town, the water in the short-cour...
College Swimming League: How US College Swimming Is Restructuring Itself, and the Lesson About Schedule DataIn early October 2026, while compiling the US college swimming schedule for t...
Empty Cells at the Pool: When a Swimming Analysis Cannot Be CompletedOn my screen in Brisbane, the nine-dimension analysis grid opens exactly as i...
40 Dollars an Hour for a Sunday Swim Lesson in Tribeca: A Labor Index for the Adult Learn-to-Swim MarketA job posting barely one page long, published on the internal channel of a Ne...
USD 40 an Hour to Teach Adults to Swim: A Labor Signal from the Base of the Swimming PyramidThe number sits quietly inside a job posting, with no medal, no record, no...
Vietnam's Swimming Lanes and the Discipline of Numbers That Must Never Be GuessedI still remember that summer afternoon in 2026, when I sat behind the stands ...
Texas A&M Opens 2026-27 Season With Win Over TCU in Dual Meet Intrasquad: When Numbers Don't Tell the Whole StoryData analysis from Texas A&M's 2026-27 season-opening dual meet against TCU...
The Margaret Lietzau File: Reading the SCY-LCM Gap to Understand the US Swimming MachineIn Margaret Lietzau's file, two numbers sit side by side that most readers sk...
Cristofini Commits to Florida for 2027: Reading an NCAA Ticket With Data, Not Promises1:45.28. Not 1:45.74. The two figures sit exactly 0.46 seconds apart. Across ...
Cristofini Commits to Florida for Fall 2027: A European Semi-Finalist and the Data Gap Behind the ProjectionThe water broke in lane four, the final leg of the 4x200m freestyle relay. I...
The Match Without Times: CSL 2026, Virginia's Opener, and the Trap of the Live BlogThere is a live blog running to thousands of words about the second match of...
The 0.74-Second Gap: Marchand, Ohashi and the Map of Asian BreaststrokeThe scoreboard read 2:06.59. The seventeen-year-old pulled himself onto the...
Tatjana Smith and the 50m Breaststroke at LA 2028: A Champion's Bet on an Olympic Event With No IncumbentThe scoreboard flickered and stopped at 29.50. In that lane, Tatjana Smith...
Peng Xuwei Breaks Asian 200m Backstroke Record: 2:05.77 and the Real Gap to the Medal TierOn the scoreboard, the clock stopped at 2:05.77. There was no stadium-sized...
The 53.54-Second Backstroker and Why Princeton's Door Doesn't Open on Speed AloneA 25-yard pool. No Olympic grandstand, no Olympic blue. Just one backstroke...
Anatomy of a Swim Race: When Data Speaks Before the ScoreboardEvery summer, I sit in front of a screen with a stack of notes and a tablet...
William Canori – Stanford’s First 2028 Verbal Commitment, A Signal of the New Recruiting EraNot Benzema, and 8,000 meters to touch the wall... well, apologies, I am...
The George Gibney case: 33 years, three roles and a system that failed to stop himAt the Central Criminal Court of Ireland, a 78-year-old former swimming coach...
When Data Stops Speaking: A Warning from an Empty Analysis PipelineA transfer feed opens, and dozens of rows of data pour in. But there are days...
Kosuke Makino's 51.06 Seconds and the Value Ceiling of a Non-Olympic Asian RecordIn lane 4, Kosuke Makino touched the wall. The scoreboard flicked to 51.06...
Marrit Steenbergen's 50.32: A European Record Built in the Back HalfMarrit Steenbergen touched the wall and the scoreboard flashed 50.32. A new...
Vietnam's Swimming at the 2026 SEA Games: A Gap That Begins at the Starting BlockOn the evening of October 12, 2026, at the Senayan pool in Jakarta, the final...
Charles 'Bud' Howard Chooses Michigan: A Swimming Scholarship Priced in DataTequesta, Florida. A seventeen-year-old swimmer types a short line on social...
Swimming and the Nine-Dimensional Map: What the Water Measures and What It HidesSwimming and the Nine-Dimensional Map: What the Water Measures and What It...
Vietnamese Swimming Through the Lens of Video Review: Recounting the Strokes After the Anh Vien EraIn May 2026, at the Morodok Techo aquatic center in Phnom Penh, I sat in the...
Vietnamese Swimming Through Nine Dimensions of Deep Analysis: Technique, Performance Data and the Road to Continental LevelVIETNAMESE SWIMMING THROUGH NINE DIMENSIONS OF DEEP ANALYSIS: TECHNIQUE,...
From Heidelberg to Texas: Lena Ludwig and the Half-Second Problem on the Breaststroke LaneHalf a second. In the NCAA women's 100m breaststroke, the gap between an SEC...
US College Swimming in Mid-October: A New League Is Quietly Redrawing the MapOn an early October morning in a US college town, the water in the short-cour...
College Swimming League: How US College Swimming Is Restructuring Itself, and the Lesson About Schedule DataIn early October 2026, while compiling the US college swimming schedule for t...
Empty Cells at the Pool: When a Swimming Analysis Cannot Be CompletedOn my screen in Brisbane, the nine-dimension analysis grid opens exactly as i...
40 Dollars an Hour for a Sunday Swim Lesson in Tribeca: A Labor Index for the Adult Learn-to-Swim MarketA job posting barely one page long, published on the internal channel of a Ne...
USD 40 an Hour to Teach Adults to Swim: A Labor Signal from the Base of the Swimming PyramidThe number sits quietly inside a job posting, with no medal, no record, no...
Vietnam's Swimming Lanes and the Discipline of Numbers That Must Never Be GuessedI still remember that summer afternoon in 2026, when I sat behind the stands ...
Texas A&M Opens 2026-27 Season With Win Over TCU in Dual Meet Intrasquad: When Numbers Don't Tell the Whole StoryData analysis from Texas A&M's 2026-27 season-opening dual meet against TCU...
The Margaret Lietzau File: Reading the SCY-LCM Gap to Understand the US Swimming MachineIn Margaret Lietzau's file, two numbers sit side by side that most readers sk...
Cristofini Commits to Florida for 2027: Reading an NCAA Ticket With Data, Not Promises1:45.28. Not 1:45.74. The two figures sit exactly 0.46 seconds apart. Across ...
Cristofini Commits to Florida for Fall 2027: A European Semi-Finalist and the Data Gap Behind the ProjectionThe water broke in lane four, the final leg of the 4x200m freestyle relay. I...
The Match Without Times: CSL 2026, Virginia's Opener, and the Trap of the Live BlogThere is a live blog running to thousands of words about the second match of...
The 0.74-Second Gap: Marchand, Ohashi and the Map of Asian BreaststrokeThe scoreboard read 2:06.59. The seventeen-year-old pulled himself onto the...
Tatjana Smith and the 50m Breaststroke at LA 2028: A Champion's Bet on an Olympic Event With No IncumbentThe scoreboard flickered and stopped at 29.50. In that lane, Tatjana Smith...
Peng Xuwei Breaks Asian 200m Backstroke Record: 2:05.77 and the Real Gap to the Medal TierOn the scoreboard, the clock stopped at 2:05.77. There was no stadium-sized...
The 53.54-Second Backstroker and Why Princeton's Door Doesn't Open on Speed AloneA 25-yard pool. No Olympic grandstand, no Olympic blue. Just one backstroke...
Anatomy of a Swim Race: When Data Speaks Before the ScoreboardEvery summer, I sit in front of a screen with a stack of notes and a tablet...
