Swimming
MVP Trophies, 25-Yard Pools, and the Golds I Counted in Mirpur2026-09-27Seven in the evening, on a balcony in Rajshahi, an old spreadsheet glows on m...
An MVP Arrived, the Splits Didn't: Curzan, Heilman and the Ledger of Swimming2026-09-26SwimSwam announced the CSL Match 2 MVPs in a single line: Claire Curzan and...
Thirty Golds and Eight Missing Medals: China's Asian Games Swimming Rule and the Ledger the Pool Left Unfinished2026-09-26The alarm went off at 1:10 a.m. Vancouver time. Tokyo's clock said early...
The Fastest Night With No Times: In the College Swim League Ledger, the Empty Cell Is the Story2026-09-26The swimming happened last night. The swimming was fast. That is the entirety...
Seven Golds, One Record Night, Zero Sources: Auditing the Asian Games Swimming Ledger2026-09-26At dawn on Saturday I laid three numbers side by side — 3:41.28, 2:04.83, and...
Three Shadows Beside Marchand's Throne: Mapping the Pool from Aichi-Nagoya to Los Angeles2026-09-26The 100m butterfly final at ASIAD 2026 was decided by a touch. The pad printe...
MVP Trophies, 25-Yard Pools, and the Golds I Counted in MirpurSeven in the evening, on a balcony in Rajshahi, an old spreadsheet glows on m...
The Fastest Night With No Times: In the College Swim League Ledger, the Empty Cell Is the StoryThe swimming happened last night. The swimming was fast. That is the entirety...
An MVP Arrived, the Splits Didn't: Curzan, Heilman and the Ledger of SwimmingSwimSwam announced the CSL Match 2 MVPs in a single line: Claire Curzan and...
Seven Golds, One Record Night, Zero Sources: Auditing the Asian Games Swimming LedgerAt dawn on Saturday I laid three numbers side by side — 3:41.28, 2:04.83, and...
Three Shadows Beside Marchand's Throne: Mapping the Pool from Aichi-Nagoya to Los AngelesThe 100m butterfly final at ASIAD 2026 was decided by a touch. The pad printe...
Thirty Golds and Eight Missing Medals: China's Asian Games Swimming Rule and the Ledger the Pool Left UnfinishedThe alarm went off at 1:10 a.m. Vancouver time. Tokyo's clock said early...
The 0.11-Second Lesson: CSL Match 1 Says More About Format Than About Times1. Hook: When the Gap Can Be Measured but Not Felt "I kept the lane logbook...
Thirteen Days of Error: The October 2026 Swimming Calendar and the Big Gap in the Short PoolI read the October 2026 international swimming calendar three times, and thre...
November Form in September: What Miranda Grana's 1:49.54 Actually SaysTo a reader who doesn't follow swimming, 1:49.54 is just a number. To me it i...
Zero Point Seventeen Seconds: Stanford's Verbal Commitment and My Ledger of Seventy-One GoldsOn a winter evening in Rajshahi I sat at my desk trying to verify a single...
The Fastest Night With No Times: In the College Swim League Ledger, the Empty Cell Is the StoryThe swimming happened last night. The swimming was fast. That is the entirety...
An MVP Arrived, the Splits Didn't: Curzan, Heilman and the Ledger of SwimmingSwimSwam announced the CSL Match 2 MVPs in a single line: Claire Curzan and...
Seven Golds, One Record Night, Zero Sources: Auditing the Asian Games Swimming LedgerAt dawn on Saturday I laid three numbers side by side — 3:41.28, 2:04.83, and...
Three Shadows Beside Marchand's Throne: Mapping the Pool from Aichi-Nagoya to Los AngelesThe 100m butterfly final at ASIAD 2026 was decided by a touch. The pad printe...
Thirty Golds and Eight Missing Medals: China's Asian Games Swimming Rule and the Ledger the Pool Left UnfinishedThe alarm went off at 1:10 a.m. Vancouver time. Tokyo's clock said early...
The 0.11-Second Lesson: CSL Match 1 Says More About Format Than About Times1. Hook: When the Gap Can Be Measured but Not Felt "I kept the lane logbook...
Thirteen Days of Error: The October 2026 Swimming Calendar and the Big Gap in the Short PoolI read the October 2026 international swimming calendar three times, and thre...
November Form in September: What Miranda Grana's 1:49.54 Actually SaysTo a reader who doesn't follow swimming, 1:49.54 is just a number. To me it i...
Zero Point Seventeen Seconds: Stanford's Verbal Commitment and My Ledger of Seventy-One GoldsOn a winter evening in Rajshahi I sat at my desk trying to verify a single...