Swimming
Peter Kovacs Commits to Indiana: 20.03, a C-Final Cut and the Relay EquationAt the starting blocks in Indianapolis, the beep had barely faded before the...
Seven Empty Lanes on the Heat Sheet: Texas A&M and the 'Official Meet' Problem of 2026-27On October 10, 2026, at the Texas A&M natatorium in College Station, I did wh...
26.75 Seconds in Niigata: Yusei Imaizumi's World Junior Record and What the Scoreboard Never SaysThe scoreboard at the Niigata prefectural pool read 26.75 seconds in the...
Gretchen Walsh Lowers Short-Course 50 Freestyle World Record to 22.75 SecondsAt the University of Virginia pool, in a session where the women's 50 freesty...
Cassie Espinoza and USC: The Line Between the 25-Meter and the 50-Meter PoolEarly morning in Hanoi, I opened SwimSwam's recruiting feed with one hand and...
US Swimming and the 1,845-Swim Question Ahead of the 2028 Olympic TrialsWithin the American swimming community, the organisers of the 2028 Olympic...
Yu Yiting Breaks the Chinese 400 IM Record: The Front 200m Did the Work, Not the Closing SprintAt the Astana stop of the Swimming World Cup, Yu Yiting touched the wall in 4...
Vietnam's Women's Swimming After Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên: A Generational Question Without an AnswerIn May 2026, on the stands of the Mỹ Đình Aquatic Sports Palace, I sat next t...
Arizona State Routs Northern Arizona 201-99: A One-Sided Scoreboard and the Races Nobody WatchedOn the scoreboard of a pool in Flagstaff, Arizona, the team score stopped at...
5 of 8 American Freshmen at Arizona State Swam Lifetime Bests in Their First Meet: The Coaching Philosophy Battle Between 'Swim Fast Often' and 'Preserve the Well'When the Arizona State Sun Devils entered the 2026-2026 NCAA season, head coa...
Zoee Fulton becomes West Florida's first commit for the class of 2027In the water at the Florida Senior Championships last March, there was a mome...
College Swimming League and the New Tier of American College SwimmingOpening Amid the noise of the transfer market, a different sound rose from an...
A 25-Meter Pool Inside the NCAA: How US College Swimming Is Syncing Its Calendar with the WorldAt noon Eastern Time, three American college swim teams stepped into the wate...
Swimming and the Lesson of an Empty Analysis: When Data Must Come Before ConclusionsIn sports journalism, a deep-dive analysis is usually judged by how sharp its...
World Swimming: A Power Map, Underwater Technique and Records That Cannot Be ErasedIn Tokyo, I sat in the commentary booth and counted. Not medals, not records ...
Vietnamese Swimming: The Base Probability of a Generation Between Two StandardsThere is a moment I remember not because of a medal. It was an evening at the...
Jayla Kuzak Verbals to Pitt for Fall 2027: When the Slope of Improvement Matters More Than Absolute TimesOn a June morning in Saigon, I opened the recruiting feed of the American...
1,700 Tickets at Stanford: When American College Swimming Learns to Sell ItselfThe sound of breaking water did not come from the lanes. It came from the...
Seven Empty Lanes on the Heat Sheet: Texas A&M and the 'Official Meet' Problem of 2026-27On October 10, 2026, at the Texas A&M natatorium in College Station, I did wh...
26.75 Seconds in Niigata: Yusei Imaizumi's World Junior Record and What the Scoreboard Never SaysThe scoreboard at the Niigata prefectural pool read 26.75 seconds in the...
Gretchen Walsh Lowers Short-Course 50 Freestyle World Record to 22.75 SecondsAt the University of Virginia pool, in a session where the women's 50 freesty...
Cassie Espinoza and USC: The Line Between the 25-Meter and the 50-Meter PoolEarly morning in Hanoi, I opened SwimSwam's recruiting feed with one hand and...
US Swimming and the 1,845-Swim Question Ahead of the 2028 Olympic TrialsWithin the American swimming community, the organisers of the 2028 Olympic...
Yu Yiting Breaks the Chinese 400 IM Record: The Front 200m Did the Work, Not the Closing SprintAt the Astana stop of the Swimming World Cup, Yu Yiting touched the wall in 4...
Vietnam's Women's Swimming After Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên: A Generational Question Without an AnswerIn May 2026, on the stands of the Mỹ Đình Aquatic Sports Palace, I sat next t...
Arizona State Routs Northern Arizona 201-99: A One-Sided Scoreboard and the Races Nobody WatchedOn the scoreboard of a pool in Flagstaff, Arizona, the team score stopped at...
5 of 8 American Freshmen at Arizona State Swam Lifetime Bests in Their First Meet: The Coaching Philosophy Battle Between 'Swim Fast Often' and 'Preserve the Well'When the Arizona State Sun Devils entered the 2026-2026 NCAA season, head coa...
Zoee Fulton becomes West Florida's first commit for the class of 2027In the water at the Florida Senior Championships last March, there was a mome...
College Swimming League and the New Tier of American College SwimmingOpening Amid the noise of the transfer market, a different sound rose from an...
A 25-Meter Pool Inside the NCAA: How US College Swimming Is Syncing Its Calendar with the WorldAt noon Eastern Time, three American college swim teams stepped into the wate...
Swimming and the Lesson of an Empty Analysis: When Data Must Come Before ConclusionsIn sports journalism, a deep-dive analysis is usually judged by how sharp its...
World Swimming: A Power Map, Underwater Technique and Records That Cannot Be ErasedIn Tokyo, I sat in the commentary booth and counted. Not medals, not records ...
Vietnamese Swimming: The Base Probability of a Generation Between Two StandardsThere is a moment I remember not because of a medal. It was an evening at the...
Jayla Kuzak Verbals to Pitt for Fall 2027: When the Slope of Improvement Matters More Than Absolute TimesOn a June morning in Saigon, I opened the recruiting feed of the American...
1,700 Tickets at Stanford: When American College Swimming Learns to Sell ItselfThe sound of breaking water did not come from the lanes. It came from the...
