Swimming
Vietnamese Swimming and the Lesson of an Empty Dossier: When Data Stays Silent, Do Not Give It a VoiceOn August 13, 2026, I sat down with a swimming analysis dossier sent back fro...
Nine Empty Cells in the Vietnamese Swimming FileAt a national swimming championship, the results sheet goes up on the pool wa...
Yusei Imaizumi and the 26.75 in Niigata: A World Junior Record in 50m Breaststroke Read From the Data Still MissingMorning: 26.75 seconds. Evening: 26.82 seconds. A 17-year-old Japanese swimme...
McEvoy Fails on the Astana Ice, and the Expansion Map the World Cup Just RevealedThe sound of a skate blade cutting Astana ice is nothing like the sound of...
Astana, World Cup Stop 3: Five Names on an Ice Rink and an Empty Data SheetThe ice in Astana is a few dozen degrees colder than an Olympic pool. Cameron...
Arizona Smith and Florida's Long Game: When a Verbal Commitment Is Only the First NumberOver the past 12 months, Arizona Smith's short-course 200 freestyle has dropp...
The Empty Data Sheet of Vietnamese Swimming and the Analyst's Ethical LineOn Tuesday night I reopened a report file saved from the end of last month....
The 50-Meter Pool in New Orleans: The Unreported Base Layer of World SwimmingOne October morning, a job posting landed in my inbox. Tulane University, in...
Vietnamese Swimming and the Regression Problem: Why a SEA Games Medal Is Not Yet a SignalOn May 17, 2026, at the My Dinh Aquatic Sports Palace in Hanoi, when Nguyen H...
Grace Higdon Commits to William & Mary: What the Time Sheet Says About the 2027 Recruiting ClassIn October 2026, at the FHSAA Class 1A Region 1 meet in Florida, Grace Higdon...
The Empty Data Sheet: A Swimming Analyst's Most Valuable RefusalAn empty sheet appeared on the screen at 1 a.m. I had just finished running a...
Matsushita and the 0.05 Seconds That Erased a 12-Year Record: What the Scoreboard Doesn't SayIn the middle lane, Tomoyuki Matsushita touched the wall and the scoreboard...
When the Track Has No Finish Line: A Multi-Sport Writer's PerspectiveThere is a moment in sports writing that I call "the silence before the...
Marrit Steenbergen and 50.32 Seconds: A European Record Built in the Back HalfThe electronic clock ticked past 50.31, stopped at 50.32, and held. Marrit...
The Blank File of Vietnamese SwimmingOn the electronic board of a national swimming meet held earlier this year, a...
Steenbergen Lowers Her Own European Record in the 100 IM at the World Cup: 56.18 Seconds and a 1.07-Second Gap That Will Not CloseThere is a moment in a 25-metre short-course pool that only someone who has...
Vietnamese Swimming and the Gaps No One Bothers to CountEarly one morning at a pool outside Nha Trang, I sat in the top row of the...
Noelle Benkler Commits to Cal for 2028-29: A Verbal Pledge and Two Years of WaitingThe sound of water breaking in a short-course pool is different from a...
