Swimming
Beyond Mirpur: The Truth of Short-Course Pools at Hungarian Nationals and Our Blind Drumbeat
The Blank Lane, the Silent Clock: The Time Swimming's Record Never Wrote
The 7.10-Second Gap: What Amy Hempenstall's Washington State Commitment Doesn't Say
One Session, Eleven Events, Eleven Heats: What Virginia's Prep Meet Is Actually Measuring
A $25 Ticket and Mirpur's Empty Gallery: The Experiment of Selling Swimming to a Crowd
No Competitive Conclusion Can Be Drawn from an Unidentified Swimming ReportHook The swimming report submitted for analysis identifies no swimmer, event,...
Professional Swimming Analysis: The Triangle of Data, Technology and TransparencyIn international swimming, every fraction of a second is now broken down and...
The Evidence Gap in Swimming Analysis: Can Competitive Judgments Be Trusted Without Times, Records and Athlete Identification?A bold claim about swimming is easy to make. It takes little effort to create...
Beyond Mirpur: The Truth of Short-Course Pools at Hungarian Nationals and Our Blind DrumbeatWhere the Hungarian Nationals Numbers End, Our Story Begins I was scrolling...
From a One-Woman Cayman Program to Alabama: The Numbers Behind Sierrah Broadbelt's CommitmentOn the day Sierrah Broadbelt touched 2:14.60 in the 200 back at the Cayman...
Mirpur Medals and Padma Currents: In Bangladeshi Swimming, Whom Do Our Champions Actually Beat?At the 2026 National Swimming Championship I sat in the press row of the...
The Blank Lane, the Silent Clock: The Time Swimming's Record Never WroteMIRPUR, DHAKA — Second morning of the 2026 National Swimming Championship. Th...
The 7.10-Second Gap: What Amy Hempenstall's Washington State Commitment Doesn't SayIn December 2026, in a 25-metre pool, Amy Hempenstall's 200-metre backstroke...
Washington State's British Recruit in the Shadow of Conference Realignment: Where Amy Hempenstall's Commitment StandsA report published on SwimSwam's college recruiting channel states that Briti...
The 1:44.21 Promise: Derek Hernandez-Ojeda and Arizona State's Class of 2028 BlueprintI begin with a number, because everything that can be said about Derek...