Swimming
Sam Short and the 2.91 Seconds Between Him and a 14-Year-Old RecordAt the Australian Short Course National Championships, Sam Short touched the...
2:09.80 and the Untimed Touch: Emma Redman Breaks the 2:10 Barrier Mid-SeasonWhen Emma Redman touched the wall in lane 4, the scoreboard read 2:09.80. The...
Vietnamese Swimming and the Lesson of a Data Drop: When the Analysis Chain Breaks, Don't Fill It with BeliefAt Lach Tray, I learned to read injuries from the very first numbers. But the...
Raphael-Sauveur Cristofini Commits to Florida for 2027: The Long-Course to Yards Conversion Still Has No AnswerThe Final Leg and the Silence After the Race August 2026. Raphael-Sauveur...
49.62 and 1:47.47: Anders Koschmann Opens Northwestern's 2028 Recruiting ClassPrelims of the 100-meter backstroke at the summer Futures meet: 57.10. The...
CSL Match 2: Virginia Opens Its Season, NC State Sits Seventh on Both SidesI read the live recap of CSL Match 2 three times. The first time to learn who...
2026 Swimming World Cup in Baku: One Week Out, and the Course-Type ProblemOn October 1, 2026, a 25-metre racing pool will be installed in Baku for the...
13-Year-Old Yu Zidi Swims 2:06.10 in the 200 IM: Four Records in One Swim and a Gap Left UnfilledI once got scolded by an editor for making things up. In 2026, in Bangkok, I...
The Summer of 2026 Without a Whistle: Vietnam's Lanes and the Silence That Forced a ReckoningIn April 2026, the Phu Tho pool in Ho Chi Minh City and the National Sports...
Swimming's Missing Split Column: Why a Final Time Cannot Carry an AnalysisOn the pool's electronic board the result appeared neat and complete: one...
JT Goett Commits to BYU for 2027: Reading the Data Trail Before Calling It a MiracleSwimSwam's recruiting alert confirms JT Goett, a backstroker from Moraga,...
Hong Kong Break Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay National Record: The 2.6-Second Fault Line Behind HaugheyThe results sheet locked in late at night. I rewound the footage three times...
2026 Asian Games - Day 1 Morning Session: What the Seed List Is Hiding Before the Lanes OpenAt 10 a.m. Japan time, the water in Aichi-Nagoya has yet to be disturbed by a...
Backstroker JT Goett Commits To BYU For 2027: 50-Yard Speed and the 1.68-Second Gap to Big 12 FinalsThe opening leg of a California high school meet rarely draws a big crowd. JT...
Carson Hoak Commits to Cincinnati: Reading America's Swimming Talent Supply Chain Through Two Measurement Systems50.19 seconds. That is Carson Hoak's 100-yard backstroke time from the 2026...
The U14 Relay Lane and the Data Vacuum in Youth SwimmingHOOK 1:40 a.m. in Nha Trang. I replayed, for the fourth time, a 72-second cli...
Gianna Cook Chooses Monmouth: When a 2:10.05 Time Says More Than a CommitmentIn December 2026, at the 63rd Annual Christmas Meet in Pittsburgh, the...
Lizzy Johnson Verbally Commits to Florida State: Re-reading 51.13 Seconds and the Gap Behind ItOpening: A Result That Looks Like Hundreds of Others At the FHSAA Class 4A...
Lizzy Johnson and the 2028 Gamble: A 16-Year-Old Commits to Florida State Before the Finish Line Comes Into ViewThere is a moment in American scholastic swimming that outsiders almost never...
Addie Farrier, 27.12 Seconds and the Measurement Limits of Age TenThe Long Center pool in Clearwater, Florida, had just finished its renovation...
700 Free Hours in Nagoya: Asian Games 2026 Swimming Is Sold by Attention, Not by Subscription4 A.M. in Ohio, 3 P.M. in Hai Phong If you are a swimming fan in Ohio and you...
700 free hours and Asia's swimming bet in North America: Reading the Nagoya 2026 Asian Games from the first numberIn Lach Tray, I learned to read injuries from the first numbers — but sometim...
Vietnamese Swimming: One Golden Generation and a Talent Pipeline Wide Enough for a Single LaneOn the final night of swimming finals at a SEA Games held on home soil, I...
Vietnamese Women's Swimming After the Anh Vien Era: The Gap Is Not Only in the PoolOn a late-year afternoon in Can Tho, with the pool nearly empty and only the...
Addie Farrier, 10, and 27.12 Seconds in the 50-Yard Fly: What the All-Time List Still Won't SayLate afternoon in Clearwater, Florida. The Long Center pool had just come out...
2:09.80 and the Untimed Touch: Emma Redman Breaks the 2:10 Barrier Mid-SeasonWhen Emma Redman touched the wall in lane 4, the scoreboard read 2:09.80. The...
Vietnamese Swimming and the Lesson of a Data Drop: When the Analysis Chain Breaks, Don't Fill It with BeliefAt Lach Tray, I learned to read injuries from the very first numbers. But the...
Raphael-Sauveur Cristofini Commits to Florida for 2027: The Long-Course to Yards Conversion Still Has No AnswerThe Final Leg and the Silence After the Race August 2026. Raphael-Sauveur...
49.62 and 1:47.47: Anders Koschmann Opens Northwestern's 2028 Recruiting ClassPrelims of the 100-meter backstroke at the summer Futures meet: 57.10. The...
CSL Match 2: Virginia Opens Its Season, NC State Sits Seventh on Both SidesI read the live recap of CSL Match 2 three times. The first time to learn who...
2026 Swimming World Cup in Baku: One Week Out, and the Course-Type ProblemOn October 1, 2026, a 25-metre racing pool will be installed in Baku for the...
13-Year-Old Yu Zidi Swims 2:06.10 in the 200 IM: Four Records in One Swim and a Gap Left UnfilledI once got scolded by an editor for making things up. In 2026, in Bangkok, I...
The Summer of 2026 Without a Whistle: Vietnam's Lanes and the Silence That Forced a ReckoningIn April 2026, the Phu Tho pool in Ho Chi Minh City and the National Sports...
Swimming's Missing Split Column: Why a Final Time Cannot Carry an AnalysisOn the pool's electronic board the result appeared neat and complete: one...
JT Goett Commits to BYU for 2027: Reading the Data Trail Before Calling It a MiracleSwimSwam's recruiting alert confirms JT Goett, a backstroker from Moraga,...
Hong Kong Break Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay National Record: The 2.6-Second Fault Line Behind HaugheyThe results sheet locked in late at night. I rewound the footage three times...
2026 Asian Games - Day 1 Morning Session: What the Seed List Is Hiding Before the Lanes OpenAt 10 a.m. Japan time, the water in Aichi-Nagoya has yet to be disturbed by a...
Backstroker JT Goett Commits To BYU For 2027: 50-Yard Speed and the 1.68-Second Gap to Big 12 FinalsThe opening leg of a California high school meet rarely draws a big crowd. JT...
Carson Hoak Commits to Cincinnati: Reading America's Swimming Talent Supply Chain Through Two Measurement Systems50.19 seconds. That is Carson Hoak's 100-yard backstroke time from the 2026...
The U14 Relay Lane and the Data Vacuum in Youth SwimmingHOOK 1:40 a.m. in Nha Trang. I replayed, for the fourth time, a 72-second cli...
Gianna Cook Chooses Monmouth: When a 2:10.05 Time Says More Than a CommitmentIn December 2026, at the 63rd Annual Christmas Meet in Pittsburgh, the...
Lizzy Johnson Verbally Commits to Florida State: Re-reading 51.13 Seconds and the Gap Behind ItOpening: A Result That Looks Like Hundreds of Others At the FHSAA Class 4A...
Lizzy Johnson and the 2028 Gamble: A 16-Year-Old Commits to Florida State Before the Finish Line Comes Into ViewThere is a moment in American scholastic swimming that outsiders almost never...
Addie Farrier, 27.12 Seconds and the Measurement Limits of Age TenThe Long Center pool in Clearwater, Florida, had just finished its renovation...
700 Free Hours in Nagoya: Asian Games 2026 Swimming Is Sold by Attention, Not by Subscription4 A.M. in Ohio, 3 P.M. in Hai Phong If you are a swimming fan in Ohio and you...
700 free hours and Asia's swimming bet in North America: Reading the Nagoya 2026 Asian Games from the first numberIn Lach Tray, I learned to read injuries from the first numbers — but sometim...
Vietnamese Swimming: One Golden Generation and a Talent Pipeline Wide Enough for a Single LaneOn the final night of swimming finals at a SEA Games held on home soil, I...
Vietnamese Women's Swimming After the Anh Vien Era: The Gap Is Not Only in the PoolOn a late-year afternoon in Can Tho, with the pool nearly empty and only the...
Addie Farrier, 10, and 27.12 Seconds in the 50-Yard Fly: What the All-Time List Still Won't SayLate afternoon in Clearwater, Florida. The Long Center pool had just come out...
