Swimming
Merrimack Restores Men's Swimming for 2027-28: Three Programs in One Week, and the Gaps Left Open
Vietnamese Swimming and the Four Data Filters Before Trusting a Results Sheet
Gretchen Walsh clocks 53.04 in 100m SCM butterfly: a U.S. Open record and an opening 50 of 24.58 that matters more
Cindy Hook Leaves Brisbane 2032 CEO Role: How the Olympic Organizing Committee Shifts Gear Ahead of the 2032 Lanes
Ánh Viên and the Void Behind Vietnam's Women's Swimming Lanes
Merrimack Restores Men's Swimming for 2027-28: Three Programs in One Week, and the Gaps Left OpenAt five in the morning a pool has only three sounds: the crack of water...
Karly Whitehead Commits to SMU: 2.4 Seconds, Three Seasons and a Cut Line5:47 a.m. in Boerne, Texas. Only one lane at the Samuel V. Champion High Scho...
Seven Empty Slots in College Station: Texas A&M and a Silence Contract That Runs to November 18October in College Station, and the scoreboard is still lit. It reports the...
Sam Short's 400m Short-Course World Record Bid: The 2.91 Seconds Live in Fifteen TurnsThe sound of a foot slapping a wall carries like a physical blow. In a 25-met...
Do Thanh Hai and the SB5 100m breaststroke gold at the 2026 Asian Para Games: the lane geometry of a swimmer with no wall pushIn lane four, Do Thanh Hai touched the wall and turned to the lane beside him...
Astana and the 23 Seconds That Decided It: Coetze Overturns Kornev, Steenbergen Closes a Near-Perfect Three-Stop SeriesIn Astana, the gap between the two leaders of the men's overall standings...
Steenbergen and Coetze Crowned: When World Swimming Witnesses a Race of Those Who Refuse to Give UpThere was a moment in Astana that I still remember vividly, even though I onl...
A Mountain West Job Posting, and the Lane arena Wants to Take From SpeedoI read the job posting three times. By the third read it had stopped being a...
Angelina Lista Flips from LSU to Missouri: The Asset Is in Short Course, the Question Is in Long CourseAngelina Lista, a butterflyer in the high school class of 2027, has pulled he...
Treyvn Krauss and the No. 11 Recruiting Slot: Michigan Is Buying Distance, Not SpeedIn the dense results table of an American high school swimmer, a 20.73-second...
Vietnamese Swimming and the Four Data Filters Before Trusting a Results SheetRome, July 2026. Across eight days of competition at the world swimming...
Abbey Weitzeil's 23.72 Seconds: How the One-Second Gap Hides a 0.28-Second TruthCharlottesville, an October evening. The board above the 25-metre pool shows...
53.04 Seconds and a 1.76-Second Gap: When Gretchen Walsh Swims Alone on Her Own TrackOf the three fastest swims in the history of the 100m short-course-meters...
Kate Douglass Breaks U.S. Open Record in 50 Freestyle: 22.94 and the Sub-23 Second ThresholdThe time-trial session after the second session of the 2026 UVA Pro-Am meet i...
Gretchen Walsh clocks 53.04 in 100m SCM butterfly: a U.S. Open record and an opening 50 of 24.58 that matters morePeople look at the scoreboard flashing 53.04 and call it a record. I look at...
Vietnamese Swimming and the Data Void: When the Counter Matters as Much as the SwimmerIn the summer of 2026, at a pool in Nha Trang, I sat in the third row and tim...
Karly Whitehead Commits to SMU: 2.4 Seconds, Three Seasons and a Cut Line5:47 a.m. in Boerne, Texas. Only one lane at the Samuel V. Champion High Scho...
Seven Empty Slots in College Station: Texas A&M and a Silence Contract That Runs to November 18October in College Station, and the scoreboard is still lit. It reports the...
Sam Short's 400m Short-Course World Record Bid: The 2.91 Seconds Live in Fifteen TurnsThe sound of a foot slapping a wall carries like a physical blow. In a 25-met...
Do Thanh Hai and the SB5 100m breaststroke gold at the 2026 Asian Para Games: the lane geometry of a swimmer with no wall pushIn lane four, Do Thanh Hai touched the wall and turned to the lane beside him...
Astana and the 23 Seconds That Decided It: Coetze Overturns Kornev, Steenbergen Closes a Near-Perfect Three-Stop SeriesIn Astana, the gap between the two leaders of the men's overall standings...
Steenbergen and Coetze Crowned: When World Swimming Witnesses a Race of Those Who Refuse to Give UpThere was a moment in Astana that I still remember vividly, even though I onl...
A Mountain West Job Posting, and the Lane arena Wants to Take From SpeedoI read the job posting three times. By the third read it had stopped being a...
Angelina Lista Flips from LSU to Missouri: The Asset Is in Short Course, the Question Is in Long CourseAngelina Lista, a butterflyer in the high school class of 2027, has pulled he...
Treyvn Krauss and the No. 11 Recruiting Slot: Michigan Is Buying Distance, Not SpeedIn the dense results table of an American high school swimmer, a 20.73-second...
Vietnamese Swimming and the Four Data Filters Before Trusting a Results SheetRome, July 2026. Across eight days of competition at the world swimming...
Abbey Weitzeil's 23.72 Seconds: How the One-Second Gap Hides a 0.28-Second TruthCharlottesville, an October evening. The board above the 25-metre pool shows...
53.04 Seconds and a 1.76-Second Gap: When Gretchen Walsh Swims Alone on Her Own TrackOf the three fastest swims in the history of the 100m short-course-meters...
Kate Douglass Breaks U.S. Open Record in 50 Freestyle: 22.94 and the Sub-23 Second ThresholdThe time-trial session after the second session of the 2026 UVA Pro-Am meet i...
Gretchen Walsh clocks 53.04 in 100m SCM butterfly: a U.S. Open record and an opening 50 of 24.58 that matters morePeople look at the scoreboard flashing 53.04 and call it a record. I look at...
Vietnamese Swimming and the Data Void: When the Counter Matters as Much as the SwimmerIn the summer of 2026, at a pool in Nha Trang, I sat in the third row and tim...
