Swimming
Joey Eaddy, 14:55.71 and 25.7 Seconds: Dissecting the US Boys 15-16 Mile Ranking
Grace Alger and the 8-Second Leap: A Division I Scholarship Built on a Sample Size of One
Cal Lands Its Fourth Class of 2028 Commit: The Sammons File Through a Recruiting Data Lens
Luke Barr's 1:50.19 in the 200-Yard Breaststroke: A Personal Best, Not a Miracle
Grant Bellin Commits to Cal: Reading the Class of 2028 Backstroke Signal Across Three Data Sources
JT Goett Commits to BYU: Decoding the 23.38 Backstroke Split and the 1.68-Second Gap to the Big 12 Cut
SwimRVA Faces $100 Million Lawsuit: The VDOE Licensing Gap Is the Most Durable Evidence StrandThe person who spotted the victim underwater was a seven-year-old girl. A...
When Data Stays Silent: A Lesson on the Limits of Sports AnalysisSome mornings, I sit in front of a screen with an empty set of documents. No...
Joey Eaddy, 14:55.71 and 25.7 Seconds: Dissecting the US Boys 15-16 Mile RankingThe scoreboard at a New England pool read 14:55.71 as a 15-year-old touched t...
25 Metres, 50 Metres and a Three-Second Gap: The Biggest Data Gap in Vietnamese SwimmingA photo of an electronic scoreboard landed in a work group chat at 6:40 in th...
The Empty Notebook by the Pool: The Data Void in Vietnamese SwimmingIn July 2026, at a pool north of Hanoi, I stood by lane four with a stopwatch...
The Data-Starved Pool: Vietnamese Swimmers and the Two-Second Gap Nobody CountsIn a SEA Games men's 200m individual medley final, a young Vietnamese swimmer...
Cindy Hook Steps Down as Brisbane 2032 CEO: A Handover Between Two Phases of an Olympic MachineIn a 4x100m relay, fans remember the individual bursts of speed, but medals a...
Workout #1131 — The Swim-Training Content Pipeline and the Data Gap Nobody Measures11:47 p.m., on an ordinary day in the middle of the regular season. I am...
Grace Alger and the 8-Second Leap: A Division I Scholarship Built on a Sample Size of OneIn swimming, there is an unwritten rule I have followed for years in this...
Cal Lands Its Fourth Class of 2028 Commit: The Sammons File Through a Recruiting Data LensIn early October, as the autumn short-course season in the United States was...
Cristofini Commits to Florida for Fall 2027: Re-reading One Breakout Summer Through Long-Course DataThere is a number from the 2026 European Championships that most viewers scro...
Luke Barr's 1:50.19 in the 200-Yard Breaststroke: A Personal Best, Not a Miracle"1:50.19" appeared on the scoreboard in Dallas last weekend, in a race that...
Grant Bellin Commits to Cal: Reading the Class of 2028 Backstroke Signal Across Three Data SourcesTwo numbers sit next to each other in the personal-bests table of a 16-year-o...
JT Goett Commits to BYU: Decoding the 23.38 Backstroke Split and the 1.68-Second Gap to the Big 12 CutThe most interesting figure in this recruiting report is not 49.96 seconds. I...
Day 1 at 2026 Asian Games: The Numbers That Set the Championship Race on FireOn the morning of August 13, 2026, the swimming events at the Aichi-Nagoya...
Karina Plaza – American teenage swimmer breaking national records – commits to University of VirginiaKarina Plaza, a junior at Myers Park High School in Charlotte, North Carolina...
Carson Hoak and the Hidden Equation Between Two American Pool Measurement SystemsThe gap between 50.19 and 1:46.91 does not sit in the water. It sits in the...
When the Swimming Data File Is Empty: The Discipline of a Sports WriterDuring preparation for a broadcast of a women's 200m freestyle heat, I opened...
When Data Stays Silent: A Lesson on the Limits of Sports AnalysisSome mornings, I sit in front of a screen with an empty set of documents. No...
Joey Eaddy, 14:55.71 and 25.7 Seconds: Dissecting the US Boys 15-16 Mile RankingThe scoreboard at a New England pool read 14:55.71 as a 15-year-old touched t...
25 Metres, 50 Metres and a Three-Second Gap: The Biggest Data Gap in Vietnamese SwimmingA photo of an electronic scoreboard landed in a work group chat at 6:40 in th...
The Empty Notebook by the Pool: The Data Void in Vietnamese SwimmingIn July 2026, at a pool north of Hanoi, I stood by lane four with a stopwatch...
The Data-Starved Pool: Vietnamese Swimmers and the Two-Second Gap Nobody CountsIn a SEA Games men's 200m individual medley final, a young Vietnamese swimmer...
Cindy Hook Steps Down as Brisbane 2032 CEO: A Handover Between Two Phases of an Olympic MachineIn a 4x100m relay, fans remember the individual bursts of speed, but medals a...
Workout #1131 — The Swim-Training Content Pipeline and the Data Gap Nobody Measures11:47 p.m., on an ordinary day in the middle of the regular season. I am...
Grace Alger and the 8-Second Leap: A Division I Scholarship Built on a Sample Size of OneIn swimming, there is an unwritten rule I have followed for years in this...
Cal Lands Its Fourth Class of 2028 Commit: The Sammons File Through a Recruiting Data LensIn early October, as the autumn short-course season in the United States was...
Cristofini Commits to Florida for Fall 2027: Re-reading One Breakout Summer Through Long-Course DataThere is a number from the 2026 European Championships that most viewers scro...
Luke Barr's 1:50.19 in the 200-Yard Breaststroke: A Personal Best, Not a Miracle"1:50.19" appeared on the scoreboard in Dallas last weekend, in a race that...
Grant Bellin Commits to Cal: Reading the Class of 2028 Backstroke Signal Across Three Data SourcesTwo numbers sit next to each other in the personal-bests table of a 16-year-o...
JT Goett Commits to BYU: Decoding the 23.38 Backstroke Split and the 1.68-Second Gap to the Big 12 CutThe most interesting figure in this recruiting report is not 49.96 seconds. I...
Day 1 at 2026 Asian Games: The Numbers That Set the Championship Race on FireOn the morning of August 13, 2026, the swimming events at the Aichi-Nagoya...
Karina Plaza – American teenage swimmer breaking national records – commits to University of VirginiaKarina Plaza, a junior at Myers Park High School in Charlotte, North Carolina...
Carson Hoak and the Hidden Equation Between Two American Pool Measurement SystemsThe gap between 50.19 and 1:46.91 does not sit in the water. It sits in the...
When the Swimming Data File Is Empty: The Discipline of a Sports WriterDuring preparation for a broadcast of a women's 200m freestyle heat, I opened...
